QUENTINSBURGH- The long awaited 1 train extention to the Sean Bond International Airport Rental Car center, Hotel Vilage Area and the proposed Geolympiad Village has finally been completed. This gives the Geolympiad village area a direct link to downtown Quentinsburgh via QUARTA’s QLine Metro System.

Said route should greatly help if Quentinsburgh wins the Geolympiad bid.

Ironically, however, in the long run the stations will not be serviced by line 1, but by line 7.

The 1 line is the longest subway line in the QLine system. It’s also the most crowded. For several years, QUARTA has looked at two main improvements to combat the issue:

*New Express Service on Line 1 (first express service of its kind in Quentinsburgh’s history)

*Switching lines 1 and 7 south of Quentinsburgh Union Station.

In light of the Geolympiad bid, QUARTA plans to finish the express service on Line 1 (and possibly lines 4 and 7) by July 2015. The switching lines idea is going to be tested during the Geolympiad if Quentinsburgh wins the bid. If it goes well, the change will be made permanent and Line 7 will loop back out towards the airport and line 1 will end at Quentins Point Beach.

This comes around the same time as many great improvements to neighboring Sean Bond International Airport. The construction of Hotel Village Square added over 1000 hotel rooms near the airport, and the construction of the new East wing of Terminal A, the West wing of Terminal B, and new Terminal D for charter-style flights have nearly doubled Sean Bond International’s capacity. (Terminal-wise only. The airport still has the same number of runways.) SBD can now support more international FreedemiAir flights, as well as many more airlines flying internationally to Quentinsburgh.

Terminal D would be especially helpful for athletes flying in as a country on private flights. They would fly in through Terminal D and get bused to either Geolympiad Village or the actual venues.

Quentinsburgh is hoping that these improvements, as well as the other developments happening around the city, will continue to make it an attractive option for the 2016 Geolympiad.

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