All posts tagged: V Line

Submission – Unofficial Maps: Sydney and Melbourne “Body Swap” Maps by Tom Anon

September 21, 2020
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Submitted by Tom, who says: Australia’s two rival cities are currently separated by Covid-Curtain. Whilst commuters are also separated from their daily commute in the meantime, let’s explore an alternate universe timeline where the cities have swapped their network maps! Transit Maps says: What a fun little project! What I particularly like is just how far Tom has taken the “body swap”: the real Melbourne map shows V-Line services out into regional Victoria, so the […]

Official Map: Victorian Train Network, Australia, 2017

January 4, 2017
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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 […]

Victorian Rail Network – Concept Map, April 2014

April 15, 2014
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Here’s an interesting proposed new map out of Australia which combines Melbourne’s suburban rail network with the V/Line passenger rail service. In a way, this makes sense, as many of V/Line’s services act as commuter rail services from surrounding cities like Geelong. With the introduction of the myki farecard, much of the V/Line network now even shares the same ticketing system, as shown on the map by use of a solid grey route line. However, it […]