A rather lovely minimalist diagram of Intercity trains in The Netherlands as introduced by the Spoorslag 70 plan, an effort at modernising and standardising passenger train travel in that country. 

The coastline at the bottom left gets a little complex compared to the simplicity of the rest of the map, and all the type is angled (but at least all on the same axis!), but otherwise this is really quite lovely. The single thin black tick across the route lines to indicate a station is simple and effective, even on stations like Utrecht with multiple lines passing through.

Our rating: Fantastic early-1970s European design. Clean and elegant. Four-and-a-half stars!

Source: Wikimedia Commons – I’ve cleaned up and brightened the picture for publication a bit