Transit Maps: North Rhine-Westphalia

New Official Map: A Radial Diagram for Rail Services in Cologne, 2022

February 28, 2022

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Benedikt Schmitz, Cologne, Die Informationsdesigner, Europe, Germany, Kolner Verkehrs-Betriebe, KVB, North Rhine-Westphalia, radial map, regional rail, S Bahn, tram

I’ve had quite a few requests for this one and I’ve been meaning to write about it for quite a while, so here goes! This one’s definitely worth presenting as a before/after comparison – the new 2022 diagram above compared to the previous 2021 below: It’s no secret that I’ve been somewhat skeptical of radial diagrams in the past – seeing them as perhaps a little too flashy for their own good and often being […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Rail Transit of Dortmund, Germany by Moritz Köhler

January 27, 2019

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3.5 stars, Dortmund, Europe, Germany, H Bahn, monorail, Moritz Kohler, North Rhine-Westphalia, passenger rail, regional rail, S Bahn, stadtbahn, suspended railway, U Bahn, unofficial

Submitted by Moritz, who says: It’s me again, Moritz – this time with an unofficial redesign of the light rail and regional rail map of my hometown, Dortmund. The light rail network itself is based on a simple principle where the trunk routes form a triangle in the city centre, thus allowing to reach every station with no more than one change of trains at one of the three central intersecting points. To depict this […]