Please Mind the Gap S1| Episode 0: "The Pilot"

In a Alternate Reality Socialist United Kingdom, which was band-together with the S.U.E (Socialist Union of Europe) with the rest of Europe, with their own Socialist Union, the B.S.U, in 1917, was the worst year to be alive in, especially during… “The Great War” (Which would later be known as WWI after the advents of a Second World War in 1934), a horrific conflict that enacted international intervention in a conflict in East Europe between (South)West Asia.



This war would have taken great affect on the traffic demand, the english economy, and various companies situated in the United Kingdom. a cross-continential war put a massive shatter in the resources lock in every region, and with internal conflicts in europe, the B.S.U ordered a cross-country “resources distribution” program, and that didn’t mean military supplies; that meant EVERYTHING EVERYTHING, and the railways were also put in affect by this.



There were many railway boards that operated railway lines that provided services in various regions; however, there was plenty of internal company competition, with 5 railway boards in the United Kingdom operating 120 railway services. These boards would have handled