African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 955 Rhein Palace Subway Station
Although the Rhine City Metro was completed a long time ago, it will take some time before it can be put into normal operation, because the Rhine City is currently very empty and there is no need for a means of transportation such as the subway to dredge the city.

This resulted in the Rhine Metro being built earlier than the Hungarian Metro, but being officially put into use much later. In fact, the Rhine Metro was completed as early as 1896. As for the completion time of the Rhine Palace Underground Metro mentioned by Ernst, it was actually Line of the Rhine Metro.

After all, it involves the royal palace, so the design of Line 2 is more complex and the standards are higher. In addition, the government and Rhine Palace sections of Line 2 also have supporting shelters, temporary command centers and other places, so the project workload is even greater.

This means that the only two subway lines in Rhine City are currently out of service. Line 1 is a completely civilian line that runs across the city center and the southwestern industrial and residential areas, while Line 2 is divided into two parts, one part is a civilian line, and the other part is for use by the East African government and royal family. There is a certain difference between the royal line and the East African government line.

The two subway lines in Rhine City are the current situation of subway construction in East Africa. Even Dar es Salaam, the most economically developed city in East Africa, has not built any subway lines.

After all, Dar es Salaam has a population of only about 1863, while London had a population of more than million when the subway was built in , and now it has exceeded million. Therefore, Ernst believes that the standard for subway construction should start with an urban population of million. No city in East Africa can meet this standard.

As for the Hungarian Metro, it is a political project for Hungary to celebrate the 1896th anniversary of its founding. In addition, the population of Budapest had reached two million in , meeting the standards for building a subway in terms of economic and population needs.

As for why Budapest has such a large population, it is mainly because of its good foundation. It was originally two cities, Buda and Pest. After 1873, they merged into Budapest and became the capital of Hungary. At that time, Budapest had a population of over one million.

With the industrial development of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in recent years, and Hungary being a plain area, it is easier for industry and population to concentrate in Budapest.

In comparison, the Rhine Metro is a complete political product. Given the current population size of the Rhine, opening and operating the metro is a complete waste of resources.

Of course, Ernst believed that the construction of the Rhine subway was completely reasonable. After all, the planes from East Africa had already taken off. In the future, when cities were dealing with bombing in a state of war, the subway would be a natural refuge. As the political center of East Africa, the city of Rhine must make preparations early.

Of course, it is not an easy task for foreign forces to launch an air strike on Rhine City. After all, Rhine City is located in the inland center of East Africa, and it takes a lot of time to fly here from the coast.

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In the evening, after Ernst and Constantine returned to the Rhine Palace, Ernst took his family to familiarize themselves with the structure of the Rhine Palace.

Of course, Ernst was also a newcomer, so Butler Thomas introduced him to them.

"This is the entrance to the Rhine Palace subway station. It is located in the room at the center of the Rhine Palace. Turn the mechanism behind the bookcase, and a passage will appear. Go down the stairs at the entrance of the passage. There is a gate here. Pull it up, and the power system will start to supply power to the lights."

As Thomas closed the gate, the lights in the passage lit up instantly, and then everyone walked down the stairs.

"In fact, there are other passages in the Rhine Palace, and it is even equipped with elevators. However, elevators are not very reliable after all, so it is best to choose this traditional staircase when escaping." Thomas said seriously.

Ernst did not comment on this point. Stairs are definitely more reliable than elevators, but they are not as prone to accidents as Thomas said.

After all, the elevators in the Rhine Palace are well maintained, and with regular inspections, it is almost impossible to encounter malfunctions. Of course, nothing can be said absolutely.

The Svet Palace in the first town was equipped with an elevator, and the Rhine Palace was even more so, so the elevator maintenance workload of the Rhine Palace was much greater than that of the Svet Palace. After walking for a while, we came to a flat ground, but there were still stairs going down.

"The Rhine Palace subway station is more than 170 meters underground, so the stairs extend downward in stages," said Thomas.

Finally, when they were almost at the bottom, an iron gate appeared in front of everyone.

"This metal door is the first barrier separating the Rhine Palace subway station from the Rhine Palace. There are two of them in total. The construction of this metal door alone took a lot of effort and required the use of machinery to open and close it."

Thomas then gave a demonstration, which showed that it was actually just using the joystick to drive the complex mechanical structure to open and close.

Thomas just gave a simple demonstration, moving the door a dozen centimeters. After all, it still had to go down, so it was impossible to close the door first.

After a while, we finally arrived at the location of the Rhine Palace subway station. The subway station under the Rhine Palace is a palace-style building, magnificently built.

In fact, according to Ernst, this subway station is very similar to the subway stations built during the Soviet era in Moscow in the previous life, so he is very receptive to the scene before him.

But it was different for Constantine, Karina and the princes and princesses of the Hechingen royal family. They were greatly shocked. This was equivalent to building an underground palace under the Rhine Palace.

"This subway station and a few others will not appear on the Rhine subway map. The Rhine subway has many hidden lines and shelters that are generally not open to the public. For example, the Rhine Palace subway station will not be used unless the royal family encounters a major threat. However, the subway station will also be on standby at all times to respond to any possible emergencies."

This situation is estimated to not occur in another hundred years. After all, with Ernst's arrangement, almost no foreign enemy will be able to enter the Rhine Palace area in the future, except for nuclear war, of course. However, Ernst is confident that East Africa will become the first nuclear-armed country in the world in this time and space. Therefore, unless there is a madman who really wants to fight to the death with East Africa, the safety attribute of Rhine City is maximized.

"By the way, I've lived to an old age and have never taken the subway. Can I try it?" Constantine said on the side.

"Dad, we want one too!" Like their grandfather, the little ones are very interested in the subway.

After all, apart from East Africa, the only three countries in the world that are building subways are the United Kingdom, Hungary and the United States.

The first subway in the United States was built one year later than Hungary and East Africa. It was the Boston subway, which was completed and opened in 1897.

Ernst naturally agreed to his father and children's request. After all, he also wanted to see and experience the subway in the 19th century.

Afterwards, under Ernst's instructions, the staff started the Rhine subway, which runs from the Rhine Palace Station to the platform of the Central Government Building, a distance of only about ten kilometers.

As for the experience, it cannot be said to be very good. This thing is actually not much different from a train. It is more like a tram. After all, it is also powered by electricity, but its electricity is supplied by the track, while the tram relies on the antenna above its head to connect to the power grid. The speed is not very fast, and the staff dare not drive at high speed.

(End of this chapter)