Orange Line (Draluire Railway)

## Orange Line

The **Orange Line** is a rapid transit line in Draluire in the state of Draluire. It runs on elevated and at grade tracks and serves the southwest portion of Draluire, running from Draluire Circle to Jewellpet.

## Sights

The Orange Line serves the Grand Jewellpet Costume Arcade.

## Operations

The Orange Line operates between Jewellpet and downtown Draluire weekdays from 03:30 to 01:25, Saturdays from 05:00 to 01:30 and Sundays from 04:00 to 01:20. On weekdays, headways consists of 10tph (trains per hour) during rush hour, 8tph during midday and 5tph at night. Saturday service consists 5-8tph during the day, then 3-4tph during late night hours. Sunday service runs 5tph during the day, then 3-4 tph at night.

## History

The line was first mentioned in the 1918 proposal of the Orange Line. The line was proposed to end at Brockwell Plains, however, due to financial constraints the route was cut back to Trieste Street in the 1920 proposal.

In the 1930s, there have been concerns about traffic jams near the Grand Jewellpet Costume Arcade. Thus, the new proposal published in 1938 contained the same route as the 1920 proposal, with the addition of Jewellpet station being a minor difference to those proposed in 1920.

Years after World War II the Orange Line began its final approval, running from Draluire Circle to Jewellpet. Construction of the line began in late 1946 and was completed in December 1948. The line opened to the public on 1 January 1949 with an inauguration ceremony as the **Jewellpet Line**. (In the past, the Grand Jewellpet Costume Arcade would bar anyone who is not in costume. Today, this is no longer in effect.) The Jewellpet Line was the first line to get the 5000-series cars and a selective entry/exit door for passenger boarding. At that time, the Orange Line train length was composed of four cars.

The Orange Line began to recieve 3200 series trains in 1992, followed by 3490 series in 1998. In 1995, co-inciding with the opening of the Airport Express line (the Yellow Line), the Jewellpet Line was renamed the **Orange Line**. In 2016, a refurbishment work on the 3200 and 3490 series trains began, which includes replacement of destination blinds with full-colour LED destination indicators, and the replacement of plastic blinds of train run number indicators with the yellow LED ones. The 3490 series' refurbishment, which took place in 2018, also replaced the green flipdots of train run number indicators with yellow LED ones.

## Rolling stock

The Orange Line has used different types of rolling stock since its opening in 1949:

* 6000 series: 1949-1990 (manufactured by St. Louis Car Company)
* 2400 series: 1990-2006 (manufactured by Boeing-Vertol)
* 2600 series: 1990-2009 (manufactured by Budd Company)
* 3200 series: 1993-present (manufactured by Morrison-Knudsen)
* 3490 series: 1995-present (manufactured by Siemens)
* 7000 series: 2019-present (manufactured by J-TREC)

## Services

Every train displays the destination (overhead) and the train run number (top right). When both the 3200-series and 3490-series refurbished, plastic destination blinds were replaced with full-colour LED destination indicators.