U1 (Newstead Underground)

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U1
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U1 train at Aldenspandaw Centrum
Overview
TypeRapid transit
SystemNewstead Underground
StatusOperational
LocaleNewstead
TerminiSpandaw S
Teltaw S
Stations30
Operation
Opened3 December 1949 (1949-12-03)
Operator(s)Newstead City Transit (NST)
Technical
Line length22.6 km (14.0 mi)
Track gauge1,500 mm (4.9 ft)
standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC overhead wire
Operating speedup 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
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.