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Historical Map: Compañía General de Ferrocarriles Catalanes, 1954

July 29, 2019

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1954, Barcelona, Catalonia, CGFC, commuter rail, Companyia General de Ferrocarriles Catalanes, Europe, Guardiola, Igualada, Manresa, Spain

Here’s a beautiful map from 1954, showing the lines of the Compañía General de Ferrocarriles Catalanes (CGFC), the predecessor of today’s Llobregat–Anoia commuter rail line. The map is mainly notable for its restrained use of the four colours available to it: black line work with blue, red and yellow all performing precisely one function each. I also enjoy the economical depiction of Barcelona, which is represented solely by Montjuic, the port area and the towering […]

Project: 1954 Manhattan Rapid Transit Flow Diagram Digital Recreation

January 17, 2017

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1954, Adobe Illustrator, capacity, diagram, flow chart, New York, New York Subway, recreation, subway, transit map, typography, USA

I’ve long admired this beautiful 1954 flow diagram of subway service into Manhattan during the morning peak hour, so I set myself the personal challenge of recreating it using modern design tools (Adobe Illustrator) while still staying true to the original principles of the map. While it was certainly possible to just trace the source material in Illustrator with the pen tool and end up with a decent facsimile of the original, there’s really nothing to […]

Reader Question: Which of Beck’s London Underground Maps Do You Prefer?

February 17, 2015

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1954, design, England, Europe, H.C. Beck, Harry Beck, London, London Underground, London Underground map, question, the Tube, tube map, United Kingdom

Question: Which of Beck’s maps of the London Underground do you most prefer, and what properties does it have that elevate it above the others in your opinion as a designer? Answer: My absolute favourite Beck-drawn Tube Map is actually his unpublished 1961 Victoria Line proposal, which I wrote about in this post back in 2012. Go take a look at it – it’s simply gorgeous, with an arrow-straight lavender Victoria Line cutting directly across […]

Historical Map: New York City Transit System Morning Peak Flow, 1954

July 11, 2013

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1954, BMT, cartography, IND, IRT, Manhattan, New York, New York Subway, subway, subway map, USA

A beautiful old map showing scheduled morning peak service (both actual service and absolute maximum capacity) into Manhattan below 60th Street. The thicker the lines, the greater the service – much like modern service frequency maps! Being 1954, the subway is still divided into its three separately run divisions: BMT (Yellow), IRT (Blue) and IND (Red). Source: Ward Maps’ Facebook Page