All posts tagged: Europe

Submission – Unofficial Map: Transit Network of Gothenburg, Sweden by Jens Svanfelt

April 6, 2020
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Submitted by Jens, who says: Made a map of the public transport network in Gothenburg, Sweden. The official one (August 2018, 3 stars) just doesn’t look very good I think. Transit Maps says: This is a lovely effort, Jens – the map certainly seems to relate the tram line routes to the real world far better than the official map, which is stretched vertically quite a lot (to fit a required space?). The typography is […]

Submission – Official Map: Bus Map of Belluno, Italy, 2020

April 3, 2020
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Submitted by Luca, who says: This is the official transit map of Belluno, Italy, made by the provider of the service, Dolomitibus. It represents the 8 bus lines operating in Belluno, each with its own color: A=Orange (Arancio), B=Blue, C=Light Blue (Celeste), etc… It’s extremely schematic, as it’s far from the real paths buses follow. For example, the Blue and the Green lines are, in the upper half of the map, represented as adjacent lines, […]

Submission – Official Map: Bus Map of Mataró, Spain, 2020

March 5, 2020
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Submitted by Jep, who says: This is the official system map for my hometown’s transit agency, Mataró Bus. It operates an 8-line bus system with frequencies up to 15 minutes, 365 days a year. The map itself has undergone a small revamp in 2020, due to minor route changes for lines 3 and 4. Maps of individual lines are also available, as excerpts from the global map. Mataró is a coastal town 30 km (20 […]

Submission – Official Map: Lower Silesian Railways, Poland

March 2, 2020
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Submitted by Tomasz, who says: Here’s the official Koleje Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesia, PL) scheme with regional railway lines. Transit Maps says: A solid, workmanlike diagram of regional rail in the region around Wrocław, Poland. Nice thick, colourful route lines with good indication of stopping patterns for the various services. The legend is comprehensive and neatly organised at the bottom of the map. The labelling is a little inconsistent, with lots of different angles and even […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Bucharest Metro Diagram by Alexey

February 28, 2020
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Submitted by Alexey, who says: Hi! I am currently developing a metro scheme for Bucharest, and I would like to hear your comments on this. The tram and bus lines to the airport are also marked on the map, they will be displayed only on the poster version. Transit Maps says: This is a handsome diagram, distilling the Bucharest Metro down to its base elements only. In reality, the yellow M1 is nowhere near circular, […]

Submission – Official Map: Ortenau S-Bahn (OSB) In-Car Map, Germany/France

February 26, 2020
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Submitted by Neil Connolly, who says: This is a map of the local train network of Ortenau (the German county next to Strasbourg in France) as it appears on the train itself. As you can see, it runs trains into France too. While I very much appreciate the network (access to the Black Forest, Offenburg, etc., from France, where I live) the map has always annoyed me, but I can’t figure out exactly why. What […]

Unofficial Map: German Intercity Rail Network, 2020 by u/theflyingindonesian

January 27, 2020
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Thanks to everyone who has alerted me to this rather wonderful map of the German Intercity rail network, created by a Reddit user known only as “theflyingindonesian”. This is actually something that I thought about tackling after I finished my French TGV network map way back in 2011, so I know how daunting and complex a project this is! If you’ve never seen the official Deutsche Bahn diagrams for these networks, prepare to be very […]

Historical Map: Gotthardbahn Brochure Diagram, 1957

December 18, 2019
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I absolutely love this almost abstract representation of the Gotthardbahn from a Swiss advertising brochure from 1957. Just major cities, the distinctive loops and spirals of the line (described in detail in this post from 2014) and the famous 15-kilometre-long Gotthard Tunnel shown illustratively cutting through a massive mountain. Source: Retours.eu

New Official Map: Naples Rapid Transit Map, 2019

December 16, 2019
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Transit maps for Naples have been decidedly average and piecemeal in the past (see here and here for past reviews), so it’s lovely to see this new official map presenting a fully integrated view of rapid transit in and around the city. Designed by Andrea Spinosa of CityRailways — whose Atlas of Italian Rail Transit poster we reviewed back in 2014 — this is definitely a huge step in the right direction, being much better […]

Review: New York Subway and Paris Métro Architecture and Design Maps by Blue Crow Media

December 8, 2019
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Transit Maps previously reviewed Blue Crow’s London Underground Architecture and Design Map back in 2017, and they’ve just released two new maps in the series celebrating Paris and New York’s transit systems (there’s also another map in the series for Moscow). As before, the maps are simple but elegant in their execution, with a geographical map of the system on one side and the explanatory text and photos on the other. They come in handsome […]