Nordostat City Metro



Nordøstat Metro is a rapid transit system in Nordostat, the capital of Ostland. The first line opened in 1967, with the latest line to be opened was the fourth, in 2015. To date it has 45 operating stations, of which 28 are underground and 17 above. It was the first metro system to be opened in the country.

History
The constructions of the Line 1 began in 1957, after some years of troubles to execute the working labors. Nordostat city major in 1956, Ulrik Therkelsen, stated that "the city was not able to afford such a megaproject", refering to the original plans to build 34 stations and 5 original lines.

The final construction plan, approved on August 1957, stated that the first line was going to have 12 stations, starting in the southeast part of the city, in the neighborhood of Volkeslyske, and passing through city's downtown, ending 34 kilometers east, in Frejriketplaz district.

Later in March 1958, another plan were approved, with a new station and redirectioning the first 6 stations 4.5 kilometers north (approximately) from they were originally going to be, simulating a straight line from east to downtown of the city.

The first line was finally inaugurated with all-13 stations in 1970, 6 years late from estimated opening date and after almost 14 years of work. The delay was caused due to internal disputes between city's districts and councils, specially between Volkeslyske, Thorup and Nyostlandby districts about the location of the first 7 stations of the line, delaying the finishing of the lenght.

During that time, construction of a second line was approved, in 1962. While the first station finishing was delayed, Trondem district, located in the northern part of the city, boosted plans to build a second line from north to south, starting with 'Johann Obreham-Doors' station.

During the government of Welman Sbilter Walderstein, several works were proposed to improve rapid transit and railway systems in Ostland, but specially in Styroe island. In 2010, was approved to expand the line 3 to build 5 stations through Salkysten, Hall and Andrickson districts, and the planification of a fourth line. This fourth line will connect Himmursby satellite city to the rest of Nordostat from the south. It was inaugurated in 2014.

First Line
The Line 1 of the Nordostat metro was first opened in July 1967, with only 7 of 13 stations operating. After 3 years of disputes, the line was fully inaugurated on April 20, 1912. The entire work was supervised by the Ministry of Transport and Transit of Ostland and by the President (back then) Karl Boranstein.

The line's distinctive color is turquoise blue, with all the signs and the trains being of that color. The original route of the line ran from Thorup district, starting with the 'Thorupby' station, through city's downtown, ending in Frejriketplatz with the station of the same name, consisting of 13 stations. It was later expanded with 5 new stations in 1989, and with another two in 2002.