Crespin Grove Railway Station
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Crespin Grove Railway Station |
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Brooksville [36, 69]
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Crespin Grove Railway Station is a rail station in Brooksville. One of the oldest stations in Malton, it has a storied history. Before the outbreak, it was on the Orange Line.
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| Ellicott | Matcham | Boyer | Haygarth | Mesney | Wakeham | Dye Y | Coleridge | Feltham | Toley | Corbin | Gilling | Turner | Locket-Piegsa G | Crespin | Ainslie | Stroud-Dadson P | Samways | Gass | Pattemore | Norris N | Shearston | Hutchin B | Cording Y | Fifoot | Shillito N | Keeling | Sellwood-Barens R | |||||
Description
OUTSIDE
You are standing outside Crespin Grove Railway Station, a narrow concrete building plastered with posters. Behind railings, you can see railway tracks disappearing into the surrounding city.
INSIDE
You are inside Crespin Grove Railway Station. Its platforms are empty, its departure boards blank, all trains having left the city during the evacuation.
Barricade Policy
Crespin Grove Railway Station should be maintained at Extremely Heavily Barricaded, as per the Brooksville Barricade Plan.
S-GRS
- S64-GRS - Groups & Radio Stations - Brooksville & vicinity
History
Beginnings
Crespin Grove Railway Station was built in 1906 by a small railroad company, under the name "Jones P. Hawson Memorial Rail Station". Nobody knows what the name of the company was because the relatively small company went out of business about 2 months after it's completion. When it was originally built, it was a small wooden station with slate roof tiles. The station only had about 4 employees, and was lavishly decorated with mahogany and oak.
Later History
After another rail company took the station, an accident on July 22nd, 1922 at about 11:57 PM caused the station to burn to the cinderblocks that made the foundation. It was rebuilt under the name "Crespin Grove Railway Station" about 20 years later in 1942, when rail traffic reached it's height due to military shipments. It was at this point incorporated into the Orange Line. This design was not too different from the original, but had toilets, electric lamps, and telephones added to the building.
In 1974, The building was refurbished, replacing everything. The refurbishment was finished in early '75, leaving us with pretty much the same station we know now. The decor was changed in late '82, and it was about 3 years later that the AVRail 288 accident occurred. After the AVRail 288 accident, the station's safety features were renovated. The yellow line by the tracks was moved back by about 3 feet. The support posts were removed and the roof was fitted with an internal suspension-bridge like support system. Minor changes from then on out included changing the station's primary decor colors to grey and blue, installing LED departure boards, constructing cell phone kiosks, and enlarging the parking lot.
The Zombie Apocalypse
On July 3rd, 2005, the zombie outbreak occurred in northwest Malton. The government called every train out of Malton after instituting the quarantine, and at Crespin Grove Railway Station it was no different. People wishing for immediate evacuation received it, and after the last train departed early that morning, Brooksville was left to its own devices. Now it sits abandoned.
Current Status
4/24/2014 The building has been very strongly barricaded. A portable generator has been set up here; it is out of fuel. The building has been decorated with an African painting.--James Castillo 14:25, 24 Apr 2014 (EST)
Nearby Resource Buildings
NecroTech Facilities
The nearest NecroTech facility is The Foreman Building, 3 blocks to the east.
- The second nearest are The Culling Building (4N, 1NE) and The Flooks Building (5NW), both in Brooksville and 5 blocks away.
Hospitals
The nearest Hospitals are St. Perpetua's Hospital in Mockridge Heights (5E) and St. George's Hospital in Greentown (2SW, 3W), both only 5 blocks away.
- The second nearest is Matthias General Hospital, also in Brooksville, and is 6 blocks away (4NW, 2N).
Police Departments
The nearest Police Stations are Rounds Boulevard Police Department (1SE, 1E) and Dixon Way Police Department (2SW) in Greentown, only 2 blocks away.
- The second nearest is Dore Street Police Department (3NW, 2W) in Brooksville, only 5 blocks away.
- The third nearest is Grandfield Row Police Department in Mockridge Heights (4E, 2NE), only 6 blocks away.
Fire Stations
The nearest Fire Station is Healy Drive Fire Station in Brooksville, 1 block due north.
- The second nearest is Mays Boulevard Fire Station in Brooksville, 4 blocks away (3N, 1NE).
- The third nearest is Polwhiele Way Fire Station in Greentown, 5 blocks away (1SW, 4S).
Auto Repair Shops
The nearest Auto Repair Shop is Gamis Auto Repair in Brooksville, 2 blocks north (1N, 1NE).
- The second nearest is Ashley Auto Repair in Mockridge Heights, only 8 blocks away (6E, 2NE).
- The third nearest is Naisbitt Auto Repair in Brooksville, 9 blocks away (5NW, 4N).
Malls
The nearest Mall is Marven Mall in South Blythville, to the southwest.
- The second nearest is Thompson Mall in Lockettside, also to the southwest.
- The third nearest is Pole Mall in West Grayside, to the southeast.
Bulletin Boards
The nearest bulletin board is at English Boulevard in Greentown, 3 blocks due southwest.
- The second nearest are at Ludlow Alley (4N), Churchous Avenue (3SW, 1W), and Ewerne Lane (4SW).
Revivification Points
The nearest Revivification Point is Cemetery 38,67, two blocks due northeast.
- The second nearest are Cemetery 38,73 in Greentown (2SE, 2S) and Cemetery 34,65 in Brooksville (2NW, 2N). Both are 4 blocks away.
