Submitted by Tubal, who says:

I would want to share with you the railway diagram I made of the Asturias Principality (Spain), in case you are interested in comment it in your blog. The main advantage of this diagram is that I take into account the whole Principality, not just its central commuter area, as all the other maps of Asturias do. In addition, I have included the new station names that Renfe is trying to implement (it has taken many years for them to decide to do so) in order to take into account the Asturian nomenclature instead of the Spanish one.

Transit Maps says:

Wow, this is fantastic work from Tubal here – clear and clean design with heaps of information encoded into the design, all supported by a comprehensive and easy to read legend. I particularly like the yellow shading that indicates urban areas (which could then be shown with more detailed maps if this overview diagram was part of a larger graphic system).

Any quibbles I have are very, very minor: the labelling could perhaps be a bit larger throughout – particularly for the names of those urban areas and then for the names of the rivers. These are placed within the rivers at the moment, which severely limits the size of the type. Placing the label alongside the river would allow them to be bigger.

Only one part of the diagram strikes me as being perhaps a little too detailed when compared to the rest: the tiny little right-angle jog that the R1 line takes between Valdredo and San Cosme. All the other lines are straightened out as much as possible, so this little kink really stands out. Even if the line takes such a turn in real life (and a quick look at Google Maps suggests that it does), I think such a detail is unnecessary on a large-scale diagram like this.

Our final word: This is great – enough said!