Everything about Urban Rail And Metro Maps totally explained
Almost every
urban rail operator produces a
map or
diagram of their system which can be used by passengers to navigate their way around.
They are usually produced for display inside the
carriages; on the
platform walls; inside and outside the entrances and exits of
metro stations and often as
leaflets or
brochures which can be obtained from ticket offices or direct from the transit operator.
In the
21st Century, the majority of these are in the form of
diagrammatic representations of the system. However, some cities still prefer to show their transit system on highly detailed
topographic or
3D maps of the entire urban area.
One of the pioneers of the urban rail diagram was the
London Underground map which in turn was inspired by long thin diagrams of individual lines inside the carriages and by the work of
LNER draughtsman George Dow. Early maps of the
Berlin U-Bahn,
Boston T,
Paris Métro and
New York Subway also exhibited some elements of the diagrammatic form.
Iconic status
There are a growing number of
books,
websites and
works of art on the subject of urban rail and metro map design and use.
One of the most well-known adaptations of an urban rail map was
The Great Bear by Simon Patterson. First shown in
1992 nominated for the
Turner Prize The Great Bear replaces station names on the London Underground map with those of explorers, saints, film stars, philosophers and comedians.
Other artists such as Scott Rosenbaum, and
Ralph Gray have also taken the iconic style of the urban rail map and made new artistic creations ranging from the abstract to the
solar system.
Following the success of these the idea of adapting other urban rail and metro maps has spread so that now almost every major subway or rapid transit system with a map has been doctored with different names, often
anagrams of the original station name.
There are now hundreds of examples of diagrams in an urban rail or metro map style that are used to represent everything from other transit networks like
buses and national rail services to
sewerage systems and
Derbyshire public houses.
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