Rawson Line

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Rawson LineRawson-lijn罗森线 Luōsēn Xiànローソン線 Rōson-sen 	Rawson LineRawson-lijn罗森线 Luōsēn Xiànローソン線 Rōson-sen
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Route map 	Route map
Overview 	Overview
Transit type 	Rapid transit
System 	Wentworth Metro
Status 	Operational
Termini 	GladysvilleHamilton CentralOlympic (branch)
Stations 	20
Services 	3
Daily ridership 	712,950 (2018)
Annual ridership 	259.70 million (2018)
Operation 	Operation
Opened 	26 October 1934
Owner 	Transport for Wentworth
Operator(s) 	Wentworth Metro
Character 	Underground
Depot(s) 	Whetstone
Rolling stock 	B3 Stock (8 cars per train)A2 Stock (6 cars per train)
Technical 	Technical
Line length 	6.5 km
Track gauge 	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)standard gauge
Electrification 	DC 1500 V third rail
Transport for Wentworth rail lines 	Transport for Wentworth rail lines
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The (/ˈrɔːsən/ raw-suhn) is a north-south rapid transit line of the Wentworth Metro network. It connects the southern Borough of Crecimento with the central business district of Wentworth, as well as the northern suburbs, the Enderronian Parliament building and the Wentworth Olympic Park. The line is named after Rawson Street, which it runs under as it passes through the downtown core of the city.
The Rawson Line is the oldest and busiest metro line in the city; it carries nearly a quarter of all annual patronage on the network, and has a headway of just 2 minutes (30 trains per hour) in peak hour, making it one of the most frequent rapid transit services in the world.
The line is coloured red on system maps.
==History==
The Wentworth municipal government commissioned a study into an underground subway system in the 1920s following the realisation that population growth was outpacing the expansion of the city's roads network. Construction of the first line began in August 1927 with a proposed opening by 1930. However, the project ran out of funding by 1929 and the initial stage of the line remained unfinished until 1932, when construction restarted. The initial section of the line, stretching from South Wentworth (now named Crecimento) to Chiswick, including 6 intermediate stations, was dubbed the Rawson Line as a majority of the track was built directly beneath Rawson Street, then Wentworth's busiest north-south thoroughfare. The metro opened with great fanfare on 26 October 1934.
Technical College station (now Crecimento University) opened in 1946 as the system's first infill station. The line was extended to Woodford on the North Shore in 1951, with four intermediate stations. This formed the basis for further extensions to the north, which eventually occurred in 1971 to Hamilton Central and Blairgowrie in 1996, where it terminates today.
At the other end of the line, the southern terminus remained at Crecimento for decades due to minimal suburban expansion until well after World War II. Construction began in the 1970s to extend the line southwards, but it was not until 1980 when a short extension to Hespefield was completed to connect with the newly opened Enderrail Hespefield railway station.
Phase 2 of the southern extension opened with 4 new stations on 23 September 2003, more than 5 years behind schedule and 25 years after originally planned. The Rawson Line thus now terminates at Gladysville, which was for a short while the southernmost station on the network, being located at the tip of the Toronto Peninsula. Since its opening, the southern extension has consistently failed to meet ridership targets, as the area served by the extension is significantly less densely populated than the rest of Wentworth. As a result of the low patronage, most southbound services after 10pm terminate at Hespefield, which has terminating facilities.
===Opening history===
Segment 	Opened 	Length	Stations	Name
CrecimentoOpened as South Wentworth. – Chiswick 	26 October 1934 	 	8 	Initial section
Crecimento UniversityOpened as Technical College.	29 August 1946 	– 	1 	Infill station
Chiswick – Woodford 	24 August 1951 	 	5 	Northern Extension Phase 1
Woodford – Hamilton Central 	10 November 1971 	 	7 	Northern Extension Phase 2
Crecimento – Hespefield 	15 June 1980 	 	1 	Southern Extension Phase 1
Hamilton Central – Blairgowrie 	8 April 1996 	 	3 	Northern Extension Phase 3
Hespefield – Gladysville 	23 September 2003	 	4 	Southern Extension Phase 2
==Route description==
The Rawson Line's initial sections were constructed using the cut-and-cover method, meaning they are no less than 20 metres below the ground. The suburban extensions later constructed are regarded as deep-level as their tunnels were excavated through modern boring techniques.
Generally, the Rawson Line runs in a north-south cardinal direction, and is completely underground. The southern terminus, Hespefield, has a transfer to Enderrail. From there, the line runs in an easterly direction through to Crecimento before turning north under Kinmen Road and through to Rawson Street. It passes under Rawson Street until past City Hall where it turns east again, running under Dellbourne Avenue and crossing the Swan River. Under the intersection with Gannons Road the Rawson Line continues north to its northern terminus at Victoria Park.
===Train operations===
The majority of metro services on the Rawson Line during the day operate from one terminus to the other. Most services after 10 pm terminate at Hespefield instead of Gladysville due to low ridership towards the southern end of the line. For most of the year, the Rawson Line operates 21 hours a day, from 4 am to 1 am. On New Year's Day, Lunar New Year, Republic Day, Independence Day and Christmas Day, the line stays open throughout the night.
Day 	AM 	AM 	AM 	AM 	AM 	AM 	AM 	AM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	PM 	AM 	AM 	AM 	AM
Day 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	1 	2 	3
Weekdays	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	2 mins (30 tph)	2 mins (30 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	2 mins (30 tph)	2 mins (30 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	10 mins (6 tph)	10 mins (6 tph)	10 mins (6 tph)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Weekends	10 mins (6 tph)	10 mins (6 tph)	10 mins (6 tph)	10 mins (6 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	5 mins (12 tph)	10 mins (6 tph)	10 mins (6 tph)	10 mins (6 tph)	Closed	Closed	Closed
==Stations==
Code 	Name 	Distancekm	Distancekm	Opened	Interchange 	Borough
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 	Gladysville 	 	 	2003 	 	Crecimento
 	Somerset 	 	 	2003 	 	Crecimento
 	Chatteridge 	 	 	2003 	 	Crecimento
 	Whetstone 	– 	0.00 	2003 	 	Crecimento
 	Hespefield 	1.44 	1.44 	1980 	 	Crecimento
 	Crecimento 	0.56 	2.00 	1934 	 	Crecimento
 	Crecimento University	0.52 	2.52 	1946 	 	Crecimento
 	Rawson Circus 	0.70 	3.22 	1934 	 	Wentworth City
 	Macquarie Square 	0.56 	3.78 	1934 	 	Wentworth City
 	City Hall 	0.50 	4.28 	1934 	 	Wentworth City
 	Riverside 	0.66 	4.94 	1934 	 	Wentworth City
 	Docklands 	0.52 	5.46 	1934 	 	Wentworth City
 	McKay 	0.51 	5.97 	1934 	 	Wentworth City
 	Chiswick 	0.50 	6.47 	1934 	 	Wentworth City
 	Parliament 	 	 	1951 	 	Fernleigh
 	Victoria Park 	 	 	1951 	 	Fernleigh
 	Redditch 	 	 	1951 	 	Fernleigh
 	Ladbroke Hill 	 	 	1951 	 	Fernleigh
 	Woodford 	 	 	1951 	 	Fernleigh
 	Regentsville 	 	 	1971 	 	Hamilton
 	Nakamura 	 	 	1971 	(Olympic branch)	Hamilton
 	Gunderson 	 	 	1971 	 	Hamilton
 	Jubilee Hills 	 	 	1971 	 	Hamilton
 	Boronia East 	 	 	1971 	 	Hamilton
 	Swindon 	 	 	1971 	 	Hamilton
 	Hamilton Central 	 	 	1971 	 	Hamilton
 	North Hamilton 	 	 	1996 	 	Hamilton
 	Werrington 	 	 	1996 	 	Hamilton
 	Blairgowrie 	 	 	1996 	 	Hamilton
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===Olympic branch line===
Code 	Name 	Distancekm	Distancekm	Opened	Interchange	Borough
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 	Nakamura	 	 	1971 	(main line)	Hamilton
 	Olympic 	 	 	2019 	 	Hamilton
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