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Historical Map: Hamburg Hoch- und Untergrundbahn, c. 1912

March 12, 2014
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A beautiful old map showing Hamburg’s Ringbahn and spur lines. I believe that this map is from no later than January 1912, and it may be from even earlier, as the legend denotes that all the routes shown in red (the beginnings of today’s U-Bahn system) are “intended for execution” – that is, planned or under construction, not actually built. Construction of the Ringbahn began in 1906, and the first section between Rathaus and Barmbek […]

Submission – Maps of the Limited Accessibility of Public Transport

February 18, 2014
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Hi, you might find this interesting: we’ve recently released a project about the limited accessibility of public transport (subway + commuter trains) in New York, London and Hamburg. The results are maps with an interactive slider that let you explore how thinned out the transportation network get’s when you’re handicapped e.g. and here all the information about the project: http://mappable.info/blog/2014/2/8/accessibility Transit Maps says: The depiction of physical accessibility on transit maps of is something I’ve […]

Historical Map: Thüringerwaldbahn Tram Mural, Tabarz, East Germany, 1989

November 4, 2013
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A photo from 1989 of a newly-painted mural celebrating 60 years of the Thüringerwaldbahn, an interurban tram service running 22km between Gotha and Tabarz. As the original poster on Flickr notes, the scale of the map is “fanciful”, but it’s really meant more as a (rather lovely) decorative overview than an actual map. I’d be interested to know if the mural is still there, some 24-odd years later. Source: sludgegulper/Flickr

Official Map: Timetable/Service Frequency Map, S-Bahn RheinNeckar, Germany

September 16, 2013
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Here’s an interesting little map from one of Germany’s newest S-Bahn networks (established in 2003): a system map combined with some basic timetable information, which in turn illustrates how the lines interweave traffic to create higher frequency service along the central spine of the network. The map only shows major or interchange stations: enough to give a sense of timing without overwhelming the map with too much information. As you can see, each route only […]

Submission – Teeny Tiny Hamburg Transit Map

September 5, 2013
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Submitted by Miles, who says: When I was at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg (the largest model railway in the world), I found a tiny rendition of the Hamburg subway map in one of the models. It was  a very detailed map, although my photo is blurry because it was so close up. Transit Maps says: Looks just like the real thing! It’s probably a tie between this map and this generic one for smallest subway map […]

Historical Map: Berlin U-Bahn Connections, late 1930s

August 22, 2013
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Staying with Berlin for another day, here’s a neat, compact little connections map from the late 1930s. The presence of the “Reichsportsfeld” U-Bahn station means this map must be from no earlier than 1936, while “Adolf-Hitler-Platz” stands as a stark reminder of the dark days that Europe was about to face. The map is very simple (but not crude; the draftsmanship is excellent), and is embellished with some understated but gorgeous hand-lettering – there’s absolutely […]

Historical Concept Map: Circular Berlin U- and S-Bahn Map, c.1990

August 21, 2013
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Circular transit diagrams are certainly all the rage at the moment. I’ve reviewed two different takes on London here and here, and Maxwell Roberts’ circular New York diagram is generating a lot of internet buzz at the moment. That’s not to say that it’s a completely new and original concept, however. Harry Beck tried his hand at a circular Underground diagram in 1964, and Berlin’s Ringbahn was abstracted into a perfect circle as far back […]