15: Alan Takes the Train

New Island Railways

Schedule A-2

SOUTHWESTERN COAST ROUTE 
Victoria Harbor to ROSEVILLE with connections to PUTNEY.

Note: flag stops are listed in italics.

lv             Ustimovitch Sta. VICTORIA HARBOR       AM             8:00

arr            Alison Beach                                                                         8:08

arr            Margaret Beach                                                                     8:19

arr            Ruth                                                                                      8:26

arr            Grapevine                                                                                8:28

arr            Salazar                                                                                   8:32

arr            Eureka                                                                                    8:35

arr            de Salazar Ruins                                                                       8:38

arr           Newport                                                                                8:55

lv             Newport                                                                                 9:10

arr            Ocean Grove                                                                         9:14

arr            Sims Creek                                                                              9:24

arr            Roaring Cape                                                                           9:33

arr            Ocean Yard surf spot                                                                 10:03

arr            Brandonbeach                                                                       10:15

arr            Briarwood                                                                                10:41

arr            Palmer                                                                                   10:52

arr            Barnard, Thames, Wetwater                                                       10:57

arr            Beachwoods                                                                               11:01

arr            Thursby Bay                                                                              11:11

arr           Irian                                                                                       11:16

lv             Irian                                                                                        11.31

arr            Old Irian                                                                                11:36

arr            Contentment                                                                          11:46

arr            Stonebill - Clearcreek                                                 PM            12:04

arr            Beastey                                                                                   12:11

arr            Basker                                                                                    12:36

arr           Pendleton                                                                                1:10

lv             Pendleton                                                                                 1:25

arr            Antrim                                                                                     1:57

arr            Sajak                                                                                        2:14

arr           ROSEVILLE                                                                          2:30

(connect with VICTORIA-PUTNEY EXPRESS)

lv             ROSEVILLE                                                                        3:03

arr            Hazelhurst Ruins                                                                       3:07    

arr            Hazel           (Alan will get off here)                                         3:10   
arr            Rosslea                                                                                   3:20     

arr            Skegness                                                                                 4:09

arr            Killen – High Spen                                                                 4:20

arr            Abbotsford                                                                            4:37

arr            Port Orford                                                                            4:55

arr            Portmore                                                                                5:22

arr           Putney Station PUTNEY                                                     5:30

After breakfast, Alan waved to a pedicab driver to get him to the train station, and he made it with only a few minutes to spare. The Ustinovitch Station, named after a famous Soviet railway builder, looked very European, though not nearly as large as those in say, Paris. Once inside, he found his train easily enough: three-cars, electric-powered, rather elderly-looking, but turned out with a fresh coat of red paint. Another two-car train was waiting at a track marked "Blindhaven" which is a coastal town to the southeast, Alan noticed on his map.  A few other passengers were getting on his train, but it was otherwise quiet in the station, perhaps because it was early.  

He was taking this local train so he could see the coast and as much of the island that he could before getting off at his destination near the town of Hazel.  He could catch the late-morning Victoria-Putney express, which would get him there much faster...but perhaps another time. With his train schedule and his map in hand, and finds he'll be going down the southern coast to Roaring Cape, then on to the western end of the island, and then curving back to his destination near Hazel. Cool!

He climbs aboard, finds a seat, and hopes they have coffee.

Alan will be heading southwest; Blindhaven is the other way.