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Submission – Mashup Map: The London Underground as the New York Subway Map by Sean Sirota

May 5, 2022

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England, Europe, London, London Underground, map, New York, New York Subway, Sean Sirota, submission, TfL, tube map, United Kingdom

Submitted by Douglas, who says: I’m sure you would find it interesting, as you have attempted to do the inverse of what Sean is doing. Transit Maps says: This map is indeed the exact inverse of my project from 2019 to show the New York Subway in the style of the London Underground diagram, and arguably more successful as it actually works as intended (mine looks great, but is ultimately flawed as it cannot show […]

Fantasy Map: A Tube Map of Shared Words by Ali Carr

April 15, 2019

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Ali Carr, London Underground, TfL, tube map, Tube Map clone

I’ve featured a lot of alternative London Underground maps on the site over the years, but this one has to be the most delightfully bonkers one yet and I love it. Each line on the map consists only of stations that share part of their name with each other: so there’s a line for all the stations which have “Park” in their name, for “North”, “South” and other directions and so on. Interchanges occur when […]

Submission – Unofficial Map: London’s Rail Services by David Milne

August 2, 2017

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4 stars, commuter rail, David Milne, England, Europe, Greater London, London, London Underground, National Rail, Overground, passenger rail, subway, TfL, tube map, United Kingdom

Submitted by David, who says: This all started about 17 years ago as an exercise to teach myself to use Macromedia Freehand. The years passed, Freehand became Adobe Illustrator, and I continued to work on it. The original Idea was to create an A4 sized map to carry around in my pocket, but it quickly became apparent that to contain the desired detail and remain legible it would have to be printed at A1 or […]

Data Visualization: “London Heartbeat” by Oliver O’Brien

August 26, 2016

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data visualization, England, Europe, London, London Underground, Oliver OBrien, subway, TfL, United Kingdom

I’m loving this interactive map by Oliver O’Brien that uses entry and exit data direct from TfL to build a picture of how the Tube across the course of a typical day – with around 5 million rides or so. (The data doesn’t yet include the newly-introduced Night Tube, so things wrap up as the last “day” trains finish their journeys at the moment.) Watching the day progress is mesmerising enough – especially the flow […]

Video: New “Johnston100″ Typeface Family by Monotype

June 14, 2016

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design process, Edward Johnston, England, Europe, Johnston Sans, Johnston100, London, London Underground, Monotype, TfL, typography, United Kingdom, wayfinding

For Johnston Sans’ 100th birthday, TfL has commissioned Monotype to redraw the typeface, bringing the design back closer to its original roots in many respects. Going forward, it will be this cut that will be used on all new TfL signage, maps and collateral. The redraw also introduces two new weights – Thin and Hairline – that I remain unconvinced by. I suspect they’ve been added for online usage and advertising purposes, but they just […]

Reader Question: Have You Seen the Interview with the Designer of the London Underground Map?

May 27, 2016

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design, England, Europe, Geoff Marshall, graphic design, HC Beck, information design, London Underground, Londonist, TfL, tube map, United Kingdom

Question: Have you seen the interview Londonist did with the designer of the new London Underground map? Really fascinating! Answer: I sure have! If anyone hasn’t seen it yet, then head over to the Londonist website and watch the interview here. Personally, I wish it was more in-depth and technical, but that’s because I’m a total and utter transit map-making nerd who loves that kind of stuff. The interview does make a couple of very […]

GIF: Evolution of the London Underground Roundel (1908-2016)

May 24, 2016

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1908, branding, bullseye, Edward Johnston, England, Europe, evolution, Frank Pick, GIF, graphic design, logo, London, London Passenger Transport Board, London Transport, London Underground, roundel, TfL, Transport for London, United Kingdom

<Image removed at request of Transport for London, December 20, 2019> Surprisingly, I haven’t seen anything like this on the Internet before, so I went and made my own. It’s been compiled from various sources (both official and unofficial), so the quality is a little variable, but it’s still fun to look at! I’ve made the dimensions of the circle/ring consistent across all the different versions, so the height and width of the crossbar shrinks […]

Official Map – New TfL Elizabeth Line Overview Tube Map

May 18, 2016

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CrossLiz, Crossrail, Elizabeth Line, England, Europe, HC Beck, London, London Underground, TfL, Transport for London, tube map, Underground Map, United Kingdom

Thanks to Oliver O’Brien and CityMetric for finding this new Tube map that highlights the new Elizabeth Line (the line formerly known as “Crossrail”) route across London. (Side note: I think I’ll call this line the “CrossLiz” from now on, as – let’s be honest – the Queen always looks a tiny bit cranky these days.) First off, let’s examine the CrossLiz itself. Placing an entirely new line right through the centre of an already crowded […]

Official Map: Bicycles on the London Underground

May 17, 2016

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bicycle, England, Europe, London, London Underground, subway, TfL, Transport for London, tube, tube map, Underground, United Kingdom

One of the things I love about the London Underground is the seemingly endless cavalcade of official Tube maps: the normal map, large print, color-blind friendly, step-free access, geographical… and now this: where and when you’re allowed to bring your bike. Foldable bikes are allowed pretty much everywhere (but not during peak travel times, please!), but full-size bikes are much more limited in where they can go. In general, the allowed areas for such bikes […]

Unofficial Map: Redesigned London Underground Map by Rich Cousins

February 11, 2016

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accessibility, England, Europe, HC Beck, London, London Underground, Rich Cousins, TfL, Transport for London, tube map, Underground Map, United Kingdom

Just to show that there’s always a different way to approach the same design problem, here’s a completely different reworked Tube Map by art director/designer, Rich Cousins. Like me, Rich seems to have reached a breaking point where all the additions to the Tube Map over the years have made him say, “there must be a better way!”, although his criteria for a successful redesign are quite different to mine. Note that this map dates back […]