U1 (Newstead Underground)

U1
U1 train at Aldenspandaw Centrum
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Newstead Underground
Status	Operational
Locale	Newstead
Termini	Spandaw S Teltaw S
Stations	30
Operation
Opened	3 December 1949 (1949-12-03)
Operator(s)	Newstead City Transit (NST)
Technical
Line length	22.6 km (14.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,500 mm (4.9 ft) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC overhead wire
Operating speed	up to 100 km/h
Route map Newstead Underground Line U1 Spandaw Towerplat Aldenspandaw Centrum Breade Strate Markstrate Newet Feld Steanfeld Buskstrate Langenfeld Yunge Strate Willemsplat Lange Strate Raadshous Amteshous Centralstatië Lieþbrigge River Leith Lieþ Oststrate Universitÿt Zoologisker Garden (closed) Botanisker Garden Yoost-Þingsbuy-Strate Rÿkshall Market Þurchstrate Husstrate Rÿkshall Þornstrate Teltaw Kerke Aldenteltaw Frontstrate Teltaw

The U1 is an rail rapid transit line of the underground system in Newstead. The line is 22.6 km long and has 30 stations. It runs from Spandaw through the city centre to Teltaw, crossing the city from west to east. Between Raadshous and Universitÿt, it runs alongside the U3. The U1 is the oldest line of the network, first opening for some public tests in June 1948 before beginning regular passenger service as line A on 3 December 1949. The line is known by its present name since 1960.

History

A line crossing the city centre from northeast to northwest was included in some of the very first plans for an underground railway in Newstead in the 1900s. In 1940, one of the lines that was planned went from Willemsplat to the northwest of the city centre to Þurchstrate in Rÿkshall (Rixhall), with later plans extending this line to the new developments in Spandaw in the west and in Teltaw in the east. A section from Willemsplat to Zoologisker Garden was chosen as the first section to be built, with construction starting in 1942 and being mostly finished by the spring of 1948. On 11 June 1948, the first train ran from Willemsplat, carrying the mayor of Newstead alongside some journalists, with limited passenger service starting on the section the next day. However, it took until 3 December 1949 for regular passenger service to begin. By 1958, line A had reached its present termini on both ends.