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Historical Map: Compañía General de Ferrocarriles Catalanes, 1954

July 29, 2019
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Here’s a beautiful map from 1954, showing the lines of the Compañía General de Ferrocarriles Catalanes (CGFC), the predecessor of today’s Llobregat–Anoia commuter rail line. The map is mainly notable for its restrained use of the four colours available to it: black line work with blue, red and yellow all performing precisely one function each. I also enjoy the economical depiction of Barcelona, which is represented solely by Montjuic, the port area and the towering […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Metro Bilbao, Spain by Raül Santín

November 25, 2018
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Submitted by Raül, who says: Hello, this is my third transit map that I create, but the first one that’s not a fantasy one (previously I did a Tallinn Metro Map and a Tram network for my town), so it’s a redesign of Metro Bilbao and suburban network. I would like to know your feedback about it, and I would also like you to publish it because I don’t think there are many circular maps […]

Submission – Historical Map: Madrid Metro Map and Linear Diagram, 1945

December 6, 2017
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Submitted by Pablo Martin, who says: This is the Madrid metro map from 1945, I found the diagram below really interesting, as I haven’t seen a similar one for any other network. Transit Maps says: Nice find, Pablo! The geographical map is fairly clumsy and unremarkable, but the diagram beneath is very interesting. It’s what I call a “linear diagram” – each route is shown as a straight line, with interchanges indicated by a vertical joining […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: Radial Madrid Rail Transit Map by David Herraiz

August 28, 2015
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Submitted by David, who says: For some time now, I’ve been busy designing a Madrid transit map, and your blog has been a great help. It’s fantastic to have access to all this information and, first of all, I wanted to thank you for running this blog. Your comments are always helpful. Latest Madrid Metro maps were, so to speak, not very appropriate and, even without previous experience in map design – I’ve always been […]

Official Map: Metrovalencia, Valencia, Spain, 2015

April 28, 2015
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The opening of Metrovalencia’s new Line 9 in March 2015 led to both a restructuring of the previous network (renumbering and rerouting of some lines) and this new system map.  This version differs from previous ones in that it differentiates between “metro” and “tram” services – using a solid line with white station dots for the former, and an two-toned line with coloured station dots for the latter. I’m not entirely sure the differentiation needs to be […]

Photo: FC Barcelona “Subway Map” at the Barca Museum

April 3, 2015
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Welcome to FCB Island! Or something like that… I’d love to have listened in on the design brief for this project: Make it an island!  Yeah, an island that looks like our crest! With lots of subway lines going everywhere and converging at the stadium! But none of them will go to the airport! Ha ha! Hilarious! I know, make the subway lines spell out “FCB” in the middle!!! Great! And it’s gotta have ALL the […]

Submission – Unofficial Maps: Redesigned “INAT” Metro Maps of the World by Jug Cerovic

April 8, 2014
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Submitted by Jug , who says: I completed a set of new schematic metro maps of 12 cities using a common standard. I have tried to make easy to read, memorize and use maps but at the same time pleasant looking. Crowded centers are enlarged and specific features such as ring lines highlighted. You can see all the maps here. Transit Maps says: You all know that I love an ambitious transit mapping project, and this is […]

Official Map: Madrid Metro Tourist Map, 2013

August 19, 2013
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A few people have requested this recently-introduced “simplified” Metro map from Spain’s capital, so here goes… Introduced with much fanfare earlier this month, this new version of the Madrid Metro map is aimed solely at visiting tourists, showing where all the main zones and points of interest are in relation to the comprehensive subway system. This kind of map is hardly unique — London has had a central city bus map showing points of interest […]

Official Map: RENFE Cercanías Madrid Commuter Rail, 2013

June 12, 2013
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Following on my review of Madrid’s old-is-new Metro Map (June 2013, 3.5 stars), I’ve had quite a few requests for Madrid’s commuter rail map, operated by the state-owned RENFE rail company – so here it is! The map is a very solid effort, with unusual but effective station markers: small squares that “cut through” the route lines. The overall design is very angular, with no smoothing of the route lines or the zone boundaries that […]