Johnsonverse World History/Transportation

== Bay Area Rapid Transit ==
The BART system is much, much different than OTL.
The core of the system began in the 1920s, when streetcar companies in the San Francisco Bay Area began converting to either elevated railways or subways. By the early 1950s, only the San Francisco Municipal Railway's system remained due to the use of private rights-of-way, but the subways and elevated railways were a disparate hodgepodge with little connectivity. One upside was that these services proved to be very popular, so much so that National City Lines (the General Motors shell company used as part of their conspiracy to monopolize mass transit) couldn't gain a foothold in the Bay Area.
In 1958, the counties of San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Marin formed the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District to bring the disparate systems under one single governing body and physically connect them. Planning for a unified system was completed by 1961, and in 1963, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) was formed, funded by the six-county BARTD and operated by Continental Rail. Days after the formation of BART, CR set to work connecting the system, as well as building brand-new lines along corridors that had no service. The old trains were replaced with retired New York City Subway trains that were refurbished and modernized.
As of 2024, BART is the largest subway system in the world by number of lines, stations, and trains. BART lines in the Johnsonverse, aside from the OTL lines, typically follow the same routes as OTL VTA, SamTrans, AC Transit, and Golden Gate Transit bus lines, as well as OTL VTA light rail lines. A map showing where the Johnsonverse BART lines are is coming soon.
==Flying Scotsman==
Under Johnson, its US tour went much more smoothly than IOTL.
== Former Cunard Line and White Star Line ships ==
Continental Shipping Lines has purchased many ships from Cunard and White Star Line over the years, saving them from scrap.
==Tokyo subway==
Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway, as well as Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit, the Saitama and Toyo Rapid Railway Lines, the Yamanote Line, the Toyoko Line, and both subways in Yokohama (the Yokohama Subway and Minatomirai Line), are operated by one company, Transport for Tokyo, and as one continuous system.
== Transport for London ==
There are some changes to Transport for London services, including the London Underground, due to being under Johnson ownership:
*The “Fleet Line” plans were completed, with an extension from Charing Cross to Lewisham (using the existing plans to extend it from Charing Cross to Aldwych, then from Aldwych to Blackfriars, Tower Bridge Road (brand-new station), and terminating at Lewisham), and the “Jubilee Line” name was never used. Later, the Fleet Line is extended to Dartford, similar to the “Cricklefleet” line from a pre-WWII proposal. The OTL Jubilee Line Extension still exists from Green Park to Stratford, and is a separate line called the “Millennium Line”, with a blue-grey colour on the Tube Map, and also having branches linking to Twyford Abbey and Clapham Junction (based loosely on this fanon map).
*The Aldwych branch of the Piccadilly Line is not only still used, but has trains directly to and from Cockfosters in both directions, and is extended to Waterloo station.
*The Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) was completed on time in late-2018, with much less delays. The Northern line extension to Battersea and Bakerloo extension to Lewisham (later Hayes and Beckenham Junction) were also completed much earlier.
*The “Northern Heights” was completed after WWII, and the Northern City line of British Rail was later linked to the Waterloo and City line, becoming an official Tube line in the early-90s along with the rest of the W&C.
*The Central Line still goes all the way to Ongar, instead of stopping at Epping - the Ongar branch is also a part of the Central Line proper.
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