The Railway Union of the Shafterlands (Krepian: Shaffyrlenen des Careta Fer des Untengkan), also known as RUS (Krepian: SCFU), is a trade union comprised of many private trains, tram and rolling stock companies from the Shafterlands and surrounding countries.
The union comprises 103 private railways, 92 tramways and 8 rolling stock companies. Founded in 1923 as an agreement between the North Eastern Railway, Fresbury Metro and Anders Heavy Industries (now known as EndeRails), the union has gradually expanded over the years to include most train companies in Shafterlandean Sumatra and the Krepian archipelago.
The union aims to encourage more people to travel by train instead of automobile. Starting in 2018, it launched a campaign to upgrade many railway lines so that trains could run faster at a lower cost than cars.
History
The Railway Union started in the 1920s in the midst of a growing trend to form trade unions. In the 1930s, most other trade unions collapsed as a result of government intervention to control trade unions. However, since the RUS was for-profit (it helped reduce costs by letting negotiations happen between railway companies, thus reducing duplicate lines), it survived the 1930s.
The Railway Union continuously evolved to become a negotiation platform between train and tram companies, reducing duplicate lines throughout the Shafterlands and also the Krepian archipelago. It also brought many railway companies into the realm of real estate, thus turning many unprofitable companies around.
Rolling Stock Classification
See Shafterlandean rolling stock numbering and classification