Portland Transit Authority

PTA (actually Portland Transit authority) is the largest public transport operator in Kingston and Boyce, operating many transit networks in the country. Since the purchase of the majority of the shares by CARTERrail owner Levi Carter in 2012, the company is looking to expand internationally.

Portland
The PTA was founded in 1935 in Portland, planning and organizing a scheduled bus transit service. It all started off in a quite small manner, with a bus link from the Downtown station out to the Inner Harbour and one to the Outer Harbour. After two years of a stunning success on these two routes, the PTA expanded greatly, offering services on over 30 bus lines into all parts of the Portland Metropolitan Area. On June 2nd, 1940, the Portland Tram started its service between Wellington and Nanaimo. The Tram however was not satisfying, terminating its service on December 31, 1952 after only 12 years of service, due to overcrowded streets causing delays. A Decision in 1958 brought back the Tram service, but moving it under ground, calling it a Subway. On three lines, the Downtown Area of Portland is now connected to all major suburbs as well as both ports, the airport and the Exhibition Centre in North Harley.

As of today, the Portland Bus service also features 76 day lines and 20 night lines, streching out into the furthest suburbs and being an addition to the Subway.

Manchester
On October 3, 1970 the Manchester CityLink started service, under control of the Manchester Transit Bureau. Until the late 80s, the Link operated smoothly but from one day to another, it all fell apart due to a problem with the axis' of the old M I trains, caused by too few maintenance. Most of the trains had to be taken out of service for maintenance reasons, causing the system to nearly collapse, with only 30 trains in service instead of 150. However, the crisis continued for almost four years, with the MTB unable to get back to full service on all lines. The Manchester City Senate voted in favour of a call for bids to operate the CityLink. Only two bidders joined in the progress, with the PTA winning. Since May 1990, the CityLink is operated by the PTA and is running without any serious problems ever since. Most of the old Class M I trains were wrecked and replaced by modern M II trains and M IV. Nowadays, the CityLink is a network of 250 trains on 7 lines, stretching out into the suburbs of the neighbouring city of Portland. The CityLink has also regained most of the popularity since its overtake by the PTA.