Dedicated to the Science and Art of Transit Map Design
New: Brussels Tram & Metro 2025
Tram and metro in perfect harmony. First published in 2013, version 3 of this famous map includes all updates to 2025. Buy a poster from my webshop: click here to go there directly.
New: Netherlands Rail Network in Circles 2025
A new way to look at this complex, intensively operated network. Utrecht is at the centre and colour-coding has been chosen to highlight how the services mesh together. Buy a poster from my webshop:
London Circles Map 2024 with optional fare zones
More visually exciting and geographically accurate than the official standard TfL journey planner!
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and the chances are that sooner or later you will
encounter a map in which the routes have been
simplified and turned into a diagram. Schematic
maps are widespread, and are intended to make
your life easier, but are they really designed as
effectively as possible to give maximum assistance?
Could some of them be improved? How can this be
achieved? The answers to these questions lie within
these web pages. Photograph by Reka Komoli.
my world-famous circles maps and decorative maps.
experience, and licence my maps for commercial use.
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