Jetzeburg Underground

The Jetzeburg Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater Jetzeburg and some parts of the surrounding Jetzeburg province in Jonathia.
The Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground passenger railway. Opened on 10 January 1863, it is now part of the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. The first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South Jetzeburg Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The network has expanded to 11 lines, and in 2020/21 was used for 296 million passenger journeys, making it the world's 12th busiest metro system. The 11 lines collectively handle up to 5 million passenger journeys a day and serve 272 stations.
The system's first tunnels were built just below the ground, using the cut-and-cover method; later, smaller, roughly circular tunnels—which gave rise to its nickname, the Tube—were dug through at a deeper level. The system serves 272 stations and has 250 miles (400 km) of track. Despite its name, only 45% of the system is under the ground: much of the network in the outer environs of Jetzeburg is on the surface. In addition, the Underground does not cover many western parts of Greater Jetzeburg, and there are only 41 stations west of the River Westwharf.
The early tube lines, originally owned by several private companies, were brought together under the Underground brand in the early 20th century, and eventually merged along with the sub-surface lines and bus services in 1933 to form Jetzeburg Transport under the control of the Jetzeburg Passenger Transport Board (JPTB). The current operator, Jetzeburg Underground Limited (JUL), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for Jetzeburg (TfJ), the statutory corporation responsible for the transport network in Jetzeburg. As of 2015, 92% of operational expenditure is covered by passenger fares. The Travelcard ticket was introduced in 1983 and Oyster card, a contactless ticketing system, in 2003. Contactless bank card payments were introduced in 2014, the first public transport system in the world to do so.
The JPTB commissioned many new station buildings, posters and public artworks in a modernist style. The schematic Tube map, designed by Harry Beck in 1931, was voted a national design icon in 2006 and now includes other transport systems such as the Riverbeds Light Railway, Jetzeburg Overground, Westwharflink, Crosslink, and Tramlink.
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