Post by Isles de Taylor on Sept 26, 2018 9:26:52 GMT
The Dreisendorf Metro is Isles de Taylor's most iconic transit system. It was built with the new and growing capital city in the 70s, but to understand the Metro, we need to go back to when Dreisendorf was built.
Dreisendorf was a plain with several islands and rivers until the 1950s, when the New Capital City Act of 1953 was passed. The city started construction in 1967, some 14 years later than planned but the city was up and running by 1971.
A rapid transit was needed for the new city but it was a question of where to put it. The first design was for an above ground elevated system like we see Line 2 today between Vancouver and Dover. Due to ambitious plans to build skyscrapers above though, the newly formed Metro Commission rejected the idea in favour of the second design, an underground system.
Line 1 started construction in 1976 and was complete between Palaise Royale and Wolfenberg in 1979. The line was extended to Mountbatten North in 1981. The initial line did not have platform screen doors but after a spike of suicides across the country, they were installed on the under construction Line 2, which was complete in 1989.
Line 2 was fully operational between Wolfenberg and Newhaven and became a congested and inadequate line very quickly. The Metro Commission was quick to plan Line 3, an East-West line between Mountbatten and Kearsney. Only the bit between Mountbatten and Dover was ever constructed and opened in 1993.
A plan for a fourth line was announced in 1995, it would link the suburb of Lincoln to Wolfenberg, and the section between Lincoln Central and Wolfenberg opened in 1998. However, a proposal to extend to the new Larsanon International Airport was announced. This required a complicated reconstruction of Wolfenberg Metro Station where a new shaft was built for the new Line 4 platforms. This work was complicated by the fact that Line 1's southbound track was directly above the under construction Line 4 platforms. This caused Line 1 to terminate at Wolfenberg for four months and only go north from the station.
While this was going on, a fifth Line was built between Lincoln and Dover. This line was one that needed a lot of work, especially as it was alongside the main line track to Northfields Street mainline station. Lincoln North station was the hardest to build as it was in a compact area with little space for a surface building and ticket hall area. It opened in 2000, over-budget and some ten months late.
The Wolfenberg reconstruction was still going on at this time and finally reopened in 2002, four whole years after construction started. An extension opened to Larsanon Village four weeks later. A year after that, Larsanon Airport station opened.
Dreisendorf was a plain with several islands and rivers until the 1950s, when the New Capital City Act of 1953 was passed. The city started construction in 1967, some 14 years later than planned but the city was up and running by 1971.
A rapid transit was needed for the new city but it was a question of where to put it. The first design was for an above ground elevated system like we see Line 2 today between Vancouver and Dover. Due to ambitious plans to build skyscrapers above though, the newly formed Metro Commission rejected the idea in favour of the second design, an underground system.
Line 1 started construction in 1976 and was complete between Palaise Royale and Wolfenberg in 1979. The line was extended to Mountbatten North in 1981. The initial line did not have platform screen doors but after a spike of suicides across the country, they were installed on the under construction Line 2, which was complete in 1989.
Line 2 was fully operational between Wolfenberg and Newhaven and became a congested and inadequate line very quickly. The Metro Commission was quick to plan Line 3, an East-West line between Mountbatten and Kearsney. Only the bit between Mountbatten and Dover was ever constructed and opened in 1993.
A plan for a fourth line was announced in 1995, it would link the suburb of Lincoln to Wolfenberg, and the section between Lincoln Central and Wolfenberg opened in 1998. However, a proposal to extend to the new Larsanon International Airport was announced. This required a complicated reconstruction of Wolfenberg Metro Station where a new shaft was built for the new Line 4 platforms. This work was complicated by the fact that Line 1's southbound track was directly above the under construction Line 4 platforms. This caused Line 1 to terminate at Wolfenberg for four months and only go north from the station.
While this was going on, a fifth Line was built between Lincoln and Dover. This line was one that needed a lot of work, especially as it was alongside the main line track to Northfields Street mainline station. Lincoln North station was the hardest to build as it was in a compact area with little space for a surface building and ticket hall area. It opened in 2000, over-budget and some ten months late.
The Wolfenberg reconstruction was still going on at this time and finally reopened in 2002, four whole years after construction started. An extension opened to Larsanon Village four weeks later. A year after that, Larsanon Airport station opened.