Red River Delta Metro

Metro
Red River Delta Metro
Resz Rielze Metrya

Overview
Owner	United Trenchways
Area served	Red River Delta
Transit type	Rapid transit

Previously known as Barleigh-Newharlow Railway and commercially named Metro, the Red River Delta Metro (Namese Resz Rielze Metrya or Barleysz-Nehzarelo Metrya) is a rapid transit system serving the area colloquially known as the Red River Delta, including the cities of Barleigh, Newharlow, Gorgye and Huye, in western Riamo. Opened in 1948 with one 9-kilometre line and 6 stations, it was the first underground railway system in northern Riamo. As of 2023, the Red River Delta Metro has XXX unique stations across XXX lines, with a total route length of XXX km, making it the largest in western Riamo by route lenght.

Modern day

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The economic and population boom of the Nam River Delta led to a surge in traffic that was beginning to overwhelm the transportation system by the end of the 1980s. The transition to democracy led works paralized until 1980, when the Riamese Transit Masterplan was approved lead by Queen Diana I, which prompted the approval of multiple city masterplans across the following year. By 1983 the Master City Plan of the Red River Delta (1983–2000) was approved; the first-ever document in the history of the delta which brought together the four cities into a same urban masterplan. A 40-year phased program was designed that would include at least a dozen metro lines while bringing back a gradual introduction of pre-dictatorship "regional express" lines, with the system covering over 200 km by 2025. The plan eventually was discarded and postponed because of differences between local authorities, but it would lead the start of metro construction works on both Hewharlow and Barleigh.

1999-2005: Masterplan Phase I

The Master Plan of Red River Delta Metro-Region 1999–2020 was approved by the Ministry of Transportation on May 11, 2001. The plan had 17 lines in total, and included 7 regional trenchway intra-city-region express rail lines, eight urban metro lines, and five urban light-rail lines with a total length of about 500 kilometers. The Master Plan restructured the different cities' masterplans and unified them into a unified concept, with numerous line restructurations that conceived better intercity communication.

Master City Plans	Master Plan restructuring	Modern Name
Greenfield line (Barleigh)	Greenfield line	metro line 1
Worcester line (Barleigh)	Worcester & Coast lines	metro lines 2, 6
Newharlow central (Newharlow)	various tentative proposals	metro lines 4, 5 (partial)
Newharlow circular (Newharlow)	Newharlow Loop	metro line 16
Gorgye central railway (Gorgye)	Newharlow-Gorgye railway bypass	Trenchway lines A, B, G and metro line 12 (partial)

2005–2010: Phase II

Greenfield line in 1,2 and 3 partially built, the new Master Plane Phase II lenghened the system to 7 lines by 2010, with an aggressive expansion covering most of In 2003 when the length was only 3 lines, 65 kilometers (with a further 5 lines already under construction), Shanghai was named host city for the World Expo 2010, plans were made to extend the length of the Metro to 400 kilometers by the time it opened in 2010.[12] Thereby it completed the initial 40-year plan 15 years ahead of schedule. During Expo 2010 the metro system consisted of 11 lines, 407 km, and 277 stations.

2011–2021: Completion of a master plan

In 2009 Shanghai announced it would have 21 lines operating by 2020 with lines extending further into the suburban areas. At the end of 2021 (expected), most of the lines of the plan were opened (with an exemption of line 20, Jiamin line, and Chongming line) leading to 19 lines (line 1-18 and Pujiang), 802 km, 516 stations.

On 16 October 2013, with the extension of line 11 into Kunshan in Jiangsu province (about 6.5 km), Shanghai Metro became the first rapid transit system in China to provide cross-provincial service and the second intercity metro after the Guangfo Metro.

2021 onwards: Phase III construction The National Development and Reform Commission has approved the 2018-2023 construction plan for the city's Metro network. The construction of five new metro lines (and two commuter rail lines) and two extensions to opened lines are expected to take five to six years and are planned to start construction before 2023. After completion, there will be 27 metro and commuter rail lines covering 1,154 kilometers.

With the RRD Master Plan, 2017-2035 more emphasis was put on other rail transit modes. The plan calls for a comprehensive transportation system that consists of multimodel rail transit. Intercity lines (regional express railways, municipality railway, and express railway), urban lines (subway and light rail), and local lines (modern tramcar, rubber-tired transit system) in a length of more than 500 km each.

By 2035, public transportation is hoped to account for over 50% of all means of transportation, and 60% of rail transit stations in the inner areas of the main city will have 600m of land coverage.

Lines in operation

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Schematic map of Beijing Subway lines in operation. (Not to scale)

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Line Name	Code	Terminals (District)		Opened	Newest Ext.	Length km	Stations (# above ground)
1A & 1B	M1	Bluge (North Forth District)	Alseisz (North Forth District)	1969	2021	50.9	36 (13)
4	M4	Bluge (North Forth District)	Alseisz (North Forth District)	1969	2021	50.9	36 (13)