All posts tagged: commuter rail

Submission – Unofficial Map: Future Rail Services of Copenhagen, Denmark by Marco Berends

May 7, 2019
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Submitted by Marco, who says: With a great pleasure I have read and learned from your posts and reviews. I would be grateful to hear your opinion on the Copenhagen transit map I developed earlier this year. The goal is to create a future-proof and iconic network map with design references to the city. The metropolitan area has four rail systems: heavy rail, the overground S-tog, the Metro and light rail. Until now, the different […]

Submission – Official Map: Sydney Rail Network Map, 2019

May 1, 2019
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Submitted by a good number of people, who have all spotted this new map in the latest batch of Sydney Trains timetables and want to know what I might think. I’ve talked about a draft version of this map quite a bit on Twitter already, but I may as well compile my thoughts “officially” on the blog as well. Transit Maps says: The most obvious change to this revision of the map is the addition […]

Official Map: Integrated Mobility Map of Mexico City, 2019

April 17, 2019
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I’ve had quite a few requests to review this new map out of Mexico City, so here goes… The first thing to note is that Lance Wyman, the designer of the original Mexico City Metro logo and much of the design language of that system (the original station icons and the distinctive Tipo Metro typeface, for example) was involved in this work, though I’m not certain as to what extent. Certainly, the Movilidad Integrada “MI” […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: A Transit Map for Parents by Hilário de Sousa

April 16, 2019
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Submitted by Hilário, who says: Recently I was back in Auckland, after not having been there for years. I discovered that my parents have never caught the bus there; this is despite them living close to reasonable bus routes, and – as senior citizens – having free public transport most of the time. (They are not against public transport; they are just migrants who were never shown how to look up public transport information.) So […]

Submission – Official Map: JR West Kakogawa Line Strip Map, Japan

April 5, 2019
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Submitted by Jason H., who says: Hi! I’m currently living in Japan for a year as an exchange student, and I’ve come across many train maps here (of course), and I actually originally found your website from the JR West system map you posted many years ago. (It has been updated, with a few route changes but also more colors if you want to check it again). Here is a picture I took of a […]

Submission – Future Map: Melbourne Rail and Tram Map, 2025 by Durfsurn

March 27, 2019
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Submitted by Durfsurn, who says: Originally I was making a map similar to my previous style of Melbourne/ Australian transport maps, but as the increasing complexity of a multi-modal map made itself clear I decided to streamline the lines, trying to balance real life corridors with more sensible and understandable map design. First I was inspired from a recent trip to Japan (amazing PT systems with manic maps to go with!) and added Line Identifiers […]

Submission – Fantasy Map: Rail Map of the Wasatch Front, Utah, 2050 by Christopher Council

March 4, 2019
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Submitted by Chris, who says: Here’s a map I’ve done that presents a vision for Wasatch Front rail transit in the year 2050. It’s done in the style of the London Underground map. Possible future lines are shown with dashes and are based on various proposals throughout the years. Some are very likely to be built fairly soon, while others are not. For instance, some parts of the Wasatch Line (my name) have been proposed, […]

Submission – Historical Map: New Jersey Commuter Rail, c.1971–1976

February 8, 2019
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Submitted by Shaul Picker, who says: I have a Flickr and save these images from eBay listings and elsewhere. This is from the NJ DOT, now NJ Transit. This map is from the 1970s, as indicated by the presence of the Bayonne Branch. Transit Maps says: This is a great find, Shaul – thanks for sharing! The best I can do to date this is that it’s after 1971 (the formation of Amtrak), but before […]

Submission – Official Map: Unified Map of Transit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018

January 17, 2019
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Submitted by Henrique, who says: Hello! Rio de Janeiro has, now and finally, a new official map of all the metropolitan transport system. Here, we have BRT corridors, tramways, metro lines and a suburban rail, but each system used to have your own map in the stations. What you think about the design of it? Transit Maps says: The text on the government web page promoting this map roughly translates to: “This tool… aims to […]

Video: Introduction to an Alternate Berlin Transit Map by Pasha Omelekhin

December 5, 2018
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All transit maps should have their own cool launch video! And this one certainly makes the map look very intriguing, with its more geographically faithful and organic layout. The distinctive Hundekopf (dog’s head) shape of the S41/S42 Berlin Ringbahn is certainly very apparent! The larger font size is also quite obvious, even at a distance.  The only minor quibble I have about this video is that it calls this map “THE new map”, contrasting that against “the […]