Transit Maps: stadtbahn

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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 […]

Historical Map: Strassenbahn and Stadtbahn Map, Vienna, Austria, 1933

July 17, 2018

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1933, Austria, city railway, Europe, S Bahn, stadtbahn, strassenbahn, streetcar, tram, U Bahn, Vienna

A map of Vienna’s city rail network in 1933, showing the extensive tram (Strassenbahn) network and the Wiener Stadtbahn, which now forms part of both the U- and S-Bahn networks. Interestingly, the stations of the Stadtbahn are only denoted by two-letter abbreviations on the map, which have to be cross referenced with a legend at the top right. This is also probably one of the earliest attempts at indicating fare zones I’ve seen on a […]

Submission – VitruviuS-Bahn by Arne Nys

April 24, 2015

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Submitted by Arne, who says: It suddenly appeared to me that the Berlin S-Bahn system had the form of Da Vinci’s Man of Vitruvius: a circle (Ringbahn), two arms (Stadtbahn) and a head + legs (Nord-Südtunnel and the southern branches at Yorckstrasse), with Friedrichstrasse as the heart of the network. So I made a map. What do you think? Transit Maps says: Well, that’s certainly a creative and unusual way to interpret the Ringbahn! Of […]