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=== Liberty City Subway === | === Liberty City Subway === | ||
The subway system in GTA III's Liberty City is one of two public transportation systems; there is also an elevated rail line, the [[Portland El]], running exclusively in the borough of [[Portland Island]]. The subway features four stops dispersed throughout all three boroughs, serving as an interborough link. It provides convenient access to [[Francis International Airport]] with a subway station at the complex. | The subway system in GTA III's Liberty City is one of two public transportation systems; there is also an elevated rail line, the [[Portland El]], running exclusively in the borough of [[Portland Island]]. The subway features four stops dispersed throughout all three boroughs, serving as an interborough link. It provides convenient access to [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]] with a subway station at the complex. | ||
The Portland El and the subway are two separate, independent systems. There is no physical or official connection between the two services. | The Portland El and the subway are two separate, independent systems. There is no physical or official connection between the two services. | ||
Revision as of 19:51, 7 March 2010
Subway in GTA III
The elevated and subway rail systems of Liberty City as depicted in Grand Theft Auto III encompasses two ring lines, one elevated and one underground, which serves various portions of the city. Because the GTA III rendition of the city is reused in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the railway systems remain virtually unchanged in the game, saved a few minor tweaks.
Description
The network composes of two
Portland El
The Portland El (Portland Electric Line) is a elevated train line that runs across Portland Island, Liberty City. The Portland El was completed in 1930, and continued to run until at least 2001 (when Grand Theft Auto III took place). The Portland El has appeared in both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, along with a section appearing in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The Portland El has stations in Saint Mark's, Hepburn Heights, and on the edge of Chinatown. The three districts served by the Portland El network, in Grand Theft Auto III, belong to the Leone Family, the Diablos and the Triads. This is likely by design, and after leaving Portland in Grand Theft Auto III it becomes extremely dangerous to use the Portland El, as each gang is out to kill the player character Claude.
The Portland El, by 1998, had fallen into a bad state, and three years later Mayor Miles O’Donovan has done nothing to improve the conditions. The Portland El has two train tracks, however stations only appear on one side, which may suggest that there was originally two trains running in opposite directions, or may just have been put in for possible use by the player only.
- Baille Station - Saint Mark's, Liberty City
- Kurowski Station - Chinatown, Liberty City
- Rothwell Station - Hepburn Heights, Liberty City
Liberty City Subway
The subway system in GTA III's Liberty City is one of two public transportation systems; there is also an elevated rail line, the Portland El, running exclusively in the borough of Portland Island. The subway features four stops dispersed throughout all three boroughs, serving as an interborough link. It provides convenient access to Francis International Airport with a subway station at the complex.
The Portland El and the subway are two separate, independent systems. There is no physical or official connection between the two services.