All posts tagged: Sydney Ferries

Cancelled Official Map – Public Transport Network Map of Sydney, Australia, 2016

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I’ve often lamented that Sydney’s transit maps each seem to live in a “mode vacuum”, where each individual map steadfastly refuses to acknowledge any other mode of transit, even though they’re all operated by the same agency. So the light rail map won’t show any connections to the main Sydney Train network, and the ferry map ignores the major train station located directly behind Circular Quay… that kind of stuff. Unfortunately, this new attempt at an […]

Erroneous Sydney Ferries Map from “Lonely Planet” Guidebook

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My dad just sent me this Sydney Ferries map as featured in the latest “Lonely Planet” Guide to that city. It’s obviously licensed from the official version (February 2015, 2.5 stars) with some minor edits like the removal of the background grid lines.  However, the map’s whole background has been accidentally shifted upwards, leaving all the routes seriously misplaced relative to the harbour. The Parramatta River line now appears to use Parramatta Road to reach its […]

Official Map: Sydney Ferries Network, 2015

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One last map from Sydney (for now!).  One of the great pleasures of summer in Sydney is catching a ferry across the beautiful harbour to destinations like Taronga Zoo and Manly. This is the current system map, introduced at the same time as the train and light rail maps that I’ve previously featured.  The seven routes, which used to be depicted in a rainbow of colours on previous maps, are now various shades of green, […]