All posts tagged: passenger rail

Submission – Unofficial Map: Trams of The Hague, The Netherlands by Hugo von der Thüsen

October 27, 2025
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Submitted by the designer, Hugo, who says: I have always been ashamed of the official transit diagram for the tram system of The Hague [PDF link – Cam]. It’s a weird A4-shaped portrait diagram oriented so that the beach is at the top which is a strange choice as most residents of The Hague would tell you they think the beach is to the West/left. In reality it’s to the North-West and should be diagonal. […]

Submission – Official Map: Kaohsiung MRT Diagram, Taiwan, 2025

September 3, 2025
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Submitted by Emerson, who says: This is Kaohsiung MRT’s new system map, following the Red Line extension to Gangshan and the completion of the LRT loop. So far, Kaohsiung has not been featured on this site, so I would love to see your opinions on their map! Transit Maps says: I have to say that I’m not totally in love with this diagram: it just seems quite generic and bland, unfortunately. Even the nice touch […]

Submission: Official Map – Transportation Network of Brittany, France, 2025

August 25, 2025
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Submitted by Nicolas, who says: I live in Brittany, France, mostly on the western side of the region, so I am submitting its network map, containing coach, boat, and plane (yes, plane) routes in this great region. Since merging the transport networks a few years ago, the region has decided to re-number the lines of coaches (to be fair, needed, there existed 4 line 1), where the last 2 digits will carry over with a […]

Submission – Official Map: Northern Railway Map, England, 2025

August 18, 2025
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Submitted by Nicholas, who says: Northern Rail’s new map is well worth a look – I find it exemplary for making such a previously nebulous network entirely understandable. Graphics pretty well impeccable. I understand this network may not survive the transition to Great British Railways, but it would be great if GBR could commission a nationwide suite of such maps for all the regional networks by the same author. Transit Maps says: I agree with […]

Quick Project: Queensland Rail Network Diagram

July 2, 2025
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Okay, as promised in the previous post, here’s my version of the Queensland passenger rail network as a diagram. As is usual for these redesigns, I’ve only spent a few hours on this – just to show that better design doesn’t necessarily need to take a lot of time. Everything is meant to be simple but clear. The rules – the same canvas size as the official map, and all of the information on the […]

Submission – Official Map: Queensland Rail Network

July 1, 2025
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Submitted by Bushland Maps, who says: I have noticed that no one has submitted the Queensland Rail network map, so here it is! Sort of… I have attached the link to the web page rather than the image because the legend isn’t on the map, its actually below it on the webpage… That will be fun to format! I find this map peculiar for a few reasons, namely the fact that corners, station dot locations, […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Arendal Region Transit Map, Norway by Hazael

August 27, 2024
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Hi! I made this transit diagram myself. I saw there was no “real” map with all the stations for the region of Arendal in Norway, so I decided to do this project. I would love to read your comments and criticisms! Transit Maps says: There’s a lot to like about this diagram – a nice pseudo-isometric effect with clean and simplified geography, an excellently-executed magnified inset overview of the Arendal bus terminal, and a comprehensive […]

Historical Map: San Joaquin County, California, c. 1910

October 11, 2023
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Here’s a beautiful old illustrative map – this is from a prospectus advertising the benefits of settling in San Joaquin County, California in 1910. Part of depicting this as a desirable place to live and do business is showing the multitude of modern railway lines – including several electric interurbans – almost all of which seem to converge upon Stockton, neatly in the middle of the map. This being an advertising tool, the situation shown […]

Submission – Unofficial map: Integrated Rail Map of Wales with Bus Connections by James Jackson, 2022

June 21, 2022
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Submitted by James, who says: Hello there! The last time you reviewed a map of mine was in 2015 [See review here – Cam]. Since then I’ve moved houses, had several new jobs, and been through a pandemic. I’ve recently been reworking a map of the Welsh rail network, based on a 2:1 triangular grid, using Affinity Designer which has continued to improve. You will see there are some clear design factors in the diagram. […]