Toalupiri Rapid Transit System

''"Toalupiri Metro" redirects here. For the metropolitan area of Toalupiri, see Toalupiri municipality.''

The Toalupiri Rapid Transit System (Ulakisonian: Таувалупири Зигармудъq Бардах Tauvalupiri Zigarmudıq Bardakh), commonly known as TRTS, Toalupiri RTS, or Toalupiri Metro (Метро Таувалупири), is the system serving Toalupiri and nearby area collectively called the "Toalupiri municipality" in central Ulakisonia. It is operated by the Toalupiri Metropolitan Transportation Management Council, and is Ulakisonia's first rapid transit system.

It was opened on August 31, 1942 with eight stations when the country was under British colonial administration. This line would now be known as "Heresh-4 Britaniya", the fourth line of the metro system. The Toalupiri Metro has eleven operational lines, each having twelve stations. It is the second largest metro network in Ulakisonia following the Sheze Metro. During the 1990s and 2000s, the network went under heavy modernization and expansion projects. The last expansion project, the Heresh-11 Minzapusht, was completed in December 2019.

History
The British colonial government of Ulakisonia initially planned to establish a rapid transit system similar to that of in the 1920s. This was in order to boost development within the Ulakisonia colony. Originally, the city of Sigiyan was chosen to be where the first rapid transit system in the island would be establised, but the idea was dropped in favor of Shayagrad, due to its larger population and higher potential of intercommunal development. After it was approved, construction work of the Shayagrad Metro commenced in 1933. It was originally scheduled to be completed by 1938, but was delayed due to constant land disputes with local landlords, eventually leading to boycotts against the project.

The system was eventually completed and commenced operations on August 31, 1942, with eight stations part of a line titled the "Shayagrad Metro Line". For the first few years, the line was solely used by the upper to upper middle class peoples which were a very small minority in Shayagrad at the time. During demonstrations against British colonial rule in Ulakisonia during the mid-1940s, after the, several metro stations were targets of bomb blasts and mob attacks.

The metro line came under native Ulakisonian authority after the country itself gained independence in 1948. However, as the civil war immediately began subsequently, resulting in deteriorating infrastructure and lack of funds, the Shayagrad Metro was indefinitely closed. The stations were left to be decayed during the late 1940s and the vast majority of the 1950s and were often used as hiding areas of pro-communist rebels. They were also used as places where women and children are constantly raped and tortured, especially during the 1950s. The events became to be known as the "Shayagrad Metro Horrors".

As tensions began to ease in 1961, the metro stations began to be renovated, as a part of completely reopening the whole line. Only a handful of stations were reopened in April 1962. By 1964, all the stations were reopened, and plans for expanding the metro system began at that point. Construction work for the second line of the Shayagrad Metro began on September 30, 1965, scheduled to be completed in 1969. Along with the city itself, the Shayagrad Metro was renamed to "Toalupiri Metro" in July 1967. The Toalupiri Metro was shut down once again in October 1968 as conflict reescalated, therefore construction on the second line was temporarily halted. It was reopened on May 19, 1970, a while after the communist takeover.