Mafiy Metro

Mafiy Metro
Mafiy Mejro

File:Mafiy Metro logo.png
Overview
Owner	Mafiy City Council Wik Province Seerm Province
Locale	Mafiy, Wik, Vyvland Jebon, Seerm, Vyvland Siveer, Wik, Vyvland Balker, Wik, Vyvland
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	71
Annual ridership	226 million
Operation
Began operation	1928
Technical
System length	93.7 km (58.2 mi)
System map

The Mafiy Metro (Vyvlander: Mejro Mafiys or Mafiy Mejro) is a metro system in Mafiy, Vyvland and nearby suburbs in Wik and Seerm provinces. It is made up of four lines, on which lie 71 stations, and has a ridership of approximately 226 million passengers per year. The busiest stations are Norgerplaac and Cenjral, which are situated at major intersections of suburban and national trains in addition to multiple Metro lines.

The metro system is the third-oldest (after Vlud Metro in Vlud and the Jeselbaan in Jesel) and third-most used (after Vlud's and the Lyksdal Metro) in Vyvland. The first part of the system was opened in 1928, and its last extension occurred in 2010. The Metro system extends across the city, and in four cases outside the city limits, to the suburban towns of Jebon and Siveer, and to the city's airport. It is operated by a condominium between Mafiy City Council (which owns 75%), Wik Province (which owns 15%) and Seerm Province (which owns 10%).

History

In 1923, it was decided by Mafiy City Council that Mafiy, then the fourth-largest city in Vyvland, should open a small metro system to ease the flow of traffic through the historic city centre, with its narrow streets and resultant low capacity, and also to connect the city's two large rail stations, Norgerplaac and Cenjral, which had no direct rail connection. The first section of metro, between the two mainline stations, opened on the 4th July 1928, and served three intermediate stations at Gortensjrat, Vensderdok and Viaduk. Today, this section forms the central part of the Reys line. The city's metro was thus the third built in Vyvland, after systems in Vlud and Jesel, while Lyksdal, Lorence and Strossen subsequently constructed systems.

The Vyvlander Civil War caused planned extensions to the sole line to be postponed, but in 1945, the metro line was extended two stations northwards to Norgerbruj. This was followed by extensions to Masger in the north and Huseg in the south in 1948 and 1950 respectively. The following year, the section of the Vrumeer line between Jorjaagen and Loimjri was constructed, which intersected the Reys line at Norgerplaac, thereby linking the station there with Mafiy's other mainline terminus at Abasaas. Successive improvements and extensions to the two lines were made during the 1950s, which was a major period of growth for Mafiy after the influx of Southern refugees to the city.

In 1968 the Reys line, which had by then been extended in two western branches to Jebon and Umbertspruk, was split, with the new Rysey line operating services on the Jebon branch and on a newly-opened line to Wesdad in the city centre's east. By 1975, ridership was over 100 million per year, while the metro system was similar to its modern extent, with the notable exception of the Rudaar line. However, in the upcoming decades, the metro system was chronically underfunded, leading to a dearth of improvements in capacity or line length; between 1978 and 1992, no new stations were opened, despite construction of unused tunnels to Dopelmyd and between Dinkerborg and Ostwalplaac. The lack of construction was due to the city and province's concentration on other factors, including tackling the urban poverty in the city, and upgrading roads in the countryside.

The Socialist majority which gained control of the city council in 1990 pledged to revamp the metro system in order to deal with the large increase in passengers in the 1980s. Their flagship project was the opening of what came to be known as the Rudaar line, after having been called the Niy ('New') line up to 2004. The initial phase of this project extended from the new Yniversdat station in the proximity of the Great Hall of Mafiy University to Dinkerborg station, which is connected to Abasaas. As well as relieving congestion, the line improved travel to and from the University and to Abasaas from Cenjral Station, which would previously have required a change at the over-capacity Norgerplaac. The last improvements to the system were made in 2010, when the Rysey line was extended to Aldansov, a western suburb of Jebon.

Infrastructure

A train arrives at Pardengat station

Services

The system is relatively comprehensive, extending into each of the seven boroughs of the city. The four lines of the system all interchange with one another. One train runs on each line approximately every four minutes, although a shuttle service operates every other two minutes between Norgerplaac and Cenjraal at peak times. The Metro stays open from 5am in the morning to 1am the following day; the four hours in between the opening and closing times are used for maintenance.

Line name		Distance	Stations	First opened	From	To
Reys Line		23.9km	21	1928	Wesliy Ees	Eeraagen
Vrumeer Line		25.1km	20	1951	Siveer	Molgersdad Medel
Rysey Line		28.3km	24	1968	Aldansov	Siveer
Rudaar Line		16.6km	15	1999	Denesel	Dopelmaaf

Construction

The Metro system lies mostly underground, but with substantial surface sections on the northern end of the Reys line, eastern ends of the Vrumeer and Rysey lines and the western Rysey line. The method of construction was mainly cut-and-cover in the suburbs, with lines descending to deep-level in the city centre and various hilly areas of the city for which cut-and-cover would be impractical; due to this, Norgerel station is approximately 60 metres below ground. Most stations have two platforms per line, but Norgerplaac has a total of twelve platforms, with four on each line, to deal with the great flow of passengers in the station. Due to the multiple different periods in which the system was constructed, a range of station designs exist, but those in the suburbs are generally relatively basic.