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Robloxity Metro is an under-construction rapid transit system in Robloxity. Phase 1 of Line A is set to open on June 4, 2026 . The system was first proposed in 1954 when the replacement rail network RART was founded for the cancelled Robloxity Subway. Transport for Robloxity and many governments used to state that Robloxity Metro “is highly unlikely as the RART rail services were the replacement for Robloxity Subway”. However, on September 20, 2021, it was officially revived.

History

After Robloxity Subway was canceled and RART services replaced it, the new system is a hybrid between subway and commuter/regional rail where it operates in a tunnel and as a commuter rail in the at grade parts outside of the city. It has a top speed of 83 mph, and uses a third rail. In 2009, TFR announced that they would be reviving a metro project, and identified 16 corridors in need of rapid transit. According to the Robloxian Transportation Board, the environmental study was suspended indefinitely in 2011 and the funds were “indefinitely deferred”. It was revived in 2018 and delayed due to COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020. The plan was finalized, and in 2021 it was narrowed down to 9 lines of subway to be completed by 2027. In 2023, PineWood Builders was contracted to build a tunnel boring machine for the project, and a 80 foot long tunnel was constructed in the east side of town.

On March 7th, 2024, TFR announced that it has created the bellmouth for the South Square station on the A line. On March 14, it was announced that some former parts of the RART line’s Two Hills branch will be transferred to the A line, and that the completion of the entire line should be completed by 2025. On May 3rd, 2024, it was announced that they have broken ground for the B line, and that when the lines A, B, and E opened, it will use semi-automated trains that will have one operator who pushes buttons to open and close doors, but an automated onboard system will start the train up and pilot it to the next station. The operator will be responsible for making manual announcements if needed, taking control in an emergency, and operating it if needed. When lines C, D and F open, they will be fully automated with no driver, and will be categorized as Light Metro.

On March 18, 2025, Potato Transit Authority Global Operations announced that it would be managing the A, B, D and F lines, under contract, and on the same day, a completion date of July 2025 was announced.

On March 22, 2025, the first train arrived after the delivery was delayed by four days. They will undergo testing at a temporary test track located at the future The Plaza Depot, located in The Plaza , until Phase 1 is complete (South End to Midtown), where the temporary track will be dismantled and on-line testing can begin in Phase 1. Also, Phase 2 (Midtown via Downtown Connector to Bend Quarter) has been given the tentative opening date of the fourth week of July, (Phase 1 would open on the first week of July), and Phase 3 (Bend Quarter to The Plaza) does not have a scheduled opening date. On March 24th, ground broke on the B line. On April 2nd, groundbreaking commenced on the MetroCenter station for Line B, which will be connected to Downtown Crossing station.

On May 4th, 2025, a borehole log was taken for the future “Plaza Lake” (this is a tentative name) infill station in the tunnel to The Plaza.

Lines

Line A , Line B , Line C,

Rolling Stock

The rolling stock for the A line and the D line has been awarded to Synth Rail Car to produce 40 five-car trains from its Megalopolis family of trains. The contract was finalized on May 15, 2023, and the first set is due to be delivered on March 19, 2025. Line B will use manual trains, like lines A and D, but it will have a linear induction motor system.

Downtown Connector Project

On October 16, 2018, the city published a plan along with its revived metro plans to build the Downtown Connector Project (DXP) to build a double deck tunnel, the top level being for RART trains which, will connect to the existing tunnel making a “City Circle”, like those in Raffineway, and Ro-Sydney, and the bottom level being for the Line A. It will be constructed using tunnel boring machines. This was originally proposed in the original metro plan in the 1960s, but was later dropped, briefly considered in the 1980s, dropped again, and revived in 2018. On June 18th, 2022, ground broke on the downtown connector, but with no certainty on whether metro would proceed, until the next year when it was officially confirmed that the metro plan would happen. It was also decided that the automated Line C will originate at Downtown Crossing. TFR said on March 22 that the RART level’s opening is not yet set, and it will not open until at least until after the opening of Line A.

Sinkhole

On March 4th, 2025, a 50 inch wide sinkhole opened up in the TBM retrieval area towards the southern end of the line. The machine had already traveled the length up to Bloxington Street and had deadheaded back to the staging area for disassembly (past the Bloxington Street station would be built using the NATM technique instead of the regular concrete panel pressing method. ) It opened up at around 4:16 PM according to traffic cameras. Using pipes, they were able to fill it up with concrete and crushed rock and stabilize the area. By March 12th, the machine was completely disassembled, but several local residents had raised a concern with the city council over the possibility of more sinkholes. A geologist from the Robloxia Geological Survey said that the zone was stabilized and there is no possibility of future sinkholes. The pit was covered by March 19th.

Delays with opening

The line should have originally opened some time in 2022, with construction set to begin in 2019. It was paused in 2020 indefinitely until 2021, when construction resumed. After that, there was a projected opening date of December 2024. The Department Of Public Works issued a notice of approval for the city to begin the acquisition of the RART Two Hills Branch, in June 2022. RART was initially reluctant to sell the branch, as it is managed by the state government, unlike RTC which is managed by the city government, meaning in accordance to state law, the transfer of ownership to the city cannot be payed for by state funding, but the transfer of ownership to the state can be payed for by state funds. In December of that year, the law was repealed and the RTC purchased the line in February 2023. The plan was revised to have Robloxity Area Rapid Transit trains terminate at Brentwood instead of not using the branch at all, and a 2 year Special Taxing District was created in Brentwood to fund this. According to public records, attempting to buy the branch had delayed the project by months, and cost the city R$4 billion, but according to the revenue estimate, it would pay for itself in only 8 months. At the time of February 2023, the first phase of the line had been cut back to only five stations (the rest in Phase 2 including the downtown connector would open up after), and the estimated opening date of the first phase would be in September 2024. In January 2024, a month long strike of unionized steelworkers caused the project to be delayed again. While the downtown connector section which would not even open until the first section had been completed, the stations were not developed yet, and they were drilling out the station from the bellmouths. Then, in April 2024, while constructing the Downtown Crossing station, construction workers found the remains of a timber trackway dating from the early 1800s. Archaeologists were able to stabilize it and haul it out within a few weeks. By August of that year, Phases 1 and 2 were done, tunneling-wise, but the stations, as previously mentioned are still being built. In September, a large flood occurred, flooding many of the station boxes. Construction paused until November, and a few weeks later, the Department Of Public Works announced they had terminated the contract of several contractors meaning construction could not continue until new excavation specialists could be hired. In February of that year, they had hired one, and by April all station boxes were complete. The opening date had then been moved in August of 2024 to a new estimated date of May 2025. The city council and the RTC jointly announced that the opening date had been postponed to June 6th, 2025.