Transit Maps: Public Transport Victoria

Official Map: Victorian Train Network, Australia, 2017

January 4, 2017

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3.5 stars, Australia, commuter rail, Melbourne, metro, passenger rail, PTV, Public Transport Victoria, V Line, Victoria

I’ve got a whole slew of requests for a review of this recently released map, so hold onto your hats! First off, this map is the final result of a three year process – Transit Maps reviewed an initial concept back in April 2014 – so it’s definitely taken a while to reach this final form. The gradual adoption of a new corporate identity for Public Transport Victoria (PTV), complete with a custom typeface called […]

Official Map – Melbourne and Regional Victoria Night Network Map, Australia, 2015

October 30, 2015

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1 star, Australia, bus, commuter rail, Melbourne, night map, PTV, Public Transport Victoria, tram, Victoria

Sent my way by Nick Stylianou, here’s a map out of Melbourne, Victoria designed to support a major revamp of weekend night time transit in and around that city. For me, this piece continues a worrying recent trend of night service maps that have poor contrast and legibility, simply for the sake of pushing a dark “night” colour theme. This one even has freakin’ stars in the background, which is starting to verge on the ridiculous. […]