Transport in Kulpania

Kulpania is home to a significant transport network, including high-speed railways, metro systems, and on-road tram systems. Most of the transport is relatively modern, in line with the rest of the country, due to its significant developments in recent years. As such, transportation is generally fast and efficient.

Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Kulpania

Railways in Kulpania are operated by the government's Transportation Division, but give the impression of being private companies. Because of this, different franchises often have differing levels of service and train liveries, but they are all still operated by the government. The five standard speed railway franchises are CapitalConnect, Southeasternly Rail, Great Soutrian Railways, Dutell Trains, and Westex. High speed services in the country are operated by the Kulpan highspeed franchise.

These railway franchises also operate some ferry services, such as the Isle of Blak ferry operated by CapitalConnect, and a service from Port of Micajer to the Potor coast operated by Kulpan highspeed.

Metro systems

Kulpania has had many metro systems put into place recently, during the period of rapid development in the country. Some examples would be the new Oloton Metro, or the Towta metro system. These metro systems are relatively short in track length and lacking in stations, but this is because they have only been completed very recently, and more extensions are planned for the future. The Lowtah metro system also opened quite recently, being fully completed on 23 November 2020 after a phased opening. The system has proved effective at mitigating the city's traffic problem, prompting the city council to consider further extensions to the network. Port Hidon's city council is also planning for a metro system to be built, but there are no definitive plans in place currently.

On-road tram systems

In addition to metro systems in metropolitan areas, it is not unheard of for on-road tram systems to be built in slightly smaller settlements. One notable example would be the tram system of Nintón (nɪn'tɔːn), a not so well-known settlement that still possesses trams. Despite their low cost, there are not many tram systems in place in Kulpania, because in many cities the trams would become intertwined with bad congestion. In these cases it is far more likely for a metro system or light rail network to be put in place instead. Both of these methods are much more common.

Road network

Kulpania has a well-established network of roads, consisting of high-speed highways, lower speed expressways, and simple two-lane ways. Kulpan roads fall into one of three classes, CP (Cross-Province), A, or R (regional). Cross-Province routes are wide highways with a typical speed limit of around 130 km/h and three to five lanes in each direction. A-class roads can be one of two types: expressway or interurban. Expressways are similar to Cross-Province routes, with grade-separated junctions and several lanes, but tend to have slightly lower speed limits of 100-120 km/h. Interurban A-class roads are considerably different, generally having just one lane in each direction and lacking any clear division between different directions of traffic. R-class roads are much smaller roads, which are almost always narrower and having low speed limits. This type of road tends to link smaller towns and villages, or different districts/areas in a larger area.

Cycling infrastructure

Due to its modern developments, the government of Kulpania has realised that cycling would be beneficial to the nation, so has invested considerable effort into developing the country's bicycle-based transport. Almost all of the country's major cities have cycle lanes on many roads, enabling easy traversing of the urban areas. Several smaller settlements have also invested in dedicated cycleways: roads which ban motor traffic and only allow cycling and pedestrians.

The Burilán Cycle Superhighway was announced as part of Dalow Transport Services' "Connect the West" initiative in 2019. It is a grade-separated cycleway which, when fully completed, will run 10.3 miles from the suburb of Burilán to Dalow city centre. The first phase of construction was completed in December 2021 and subsequent construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2022.