@crayonista92
Subterranean tubular railway enthusiast & expert procrastinator. I also rescue books and maps from charity shops. 33/YIMBY/Ace/Queer/ND https://www.instagram.com/crayonista92/profilecard/?igsh=eWN4eXlvd3dsaTZq
Sydney's rail network as of 2026 in the London-esque style of the 1939-1953 map
Sydney's current (well, near-future) rail network in the style of the 1939-1953 Beck-style pocket map!
A major redevelopment of Edgware town centre has taken a step forward after an at times fractious Barnet Council meeting approved the outline planning application.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/edg...
Map of Dublin city transport servcies - the bus & tram routes of the Dublin United Tramways Company (1896) Limited, the private company that was to be merged into the new CIÉ in 1945 & fully nationalised in 1951. It ignores the railways and the bus services of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) to the NE of the city! It appears folded in a street guide to the city issued by the DUTC. The routes appear in red on a green background along with other streets in white. On the right a list of 'important' destinations is shown. The city's extensive electric tramways were being abandoned, most going between 1938 and 1940 whem due to the Emergency five routes were reprieved finally closing in 1949. The DUTC had first run buses in 1925.
Dublin back in the day; the 1941 Dublin United Tramways map of their bus & tramway system; the latter was well on the way to abandonment before the Emergency reprieved the last handful of routes until 1949. #ireland #dublin #transport #history
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RAC : Know your motorways : guide to motorways and motorway driving : The Royal Automobile Club : London : January 1973 : cover. From a time when Britain's motorway network was relatively new and when the network of such roads was still being significantly expanded. Many such guides were produced by mapping agencies, oil and petrol companies and, as here, motorisng organisations. This RAC guide gives details as to motorway driving and safety, including the recently introduced warning sign systems, as well as opening to a map of the nation's motorway system as of autumn 1972. This I've scanned in two sections. The whole then folds out to form a more detailed motorway area guide showing in greater detail the junctions and intersections. This was another edition of the RAC guide as one exists for June 1972 and others probably were produced. This cover shows the M6 running through the Lune Valley alongside the West Coast Main LIne and the adjacent A685.
RAC : Know your motorways : guide to motorways and motorway driving : The Royal Automobile Club : London : January 1973 : Britain's motorway picture : Scotland and Northern England : From a time when Britain's motorway network was relatively new and when the network of such roads was still being significantly expanded. Many such guides were produced by mapping agencies, oil and petrol companies and, as here, motorisng organisations. This RAC guide gives details as to motorway driving and safety, including the recently introduced warning sign systems, as well as opening to a map of the nation's motorway system as of autumn 1972. This I've scanned in two sections. The whole then folds out to form a more detailed motorway area guide showing in greater detail the junctions and intersections. This was another edition of the RAC guide as one exists for June 1972 and others probably were produced. This scan shows motorways across the central belt of Scotland and as far south as the M62 from Liverpool to Hull via Manchester & Leeds.
RAC : Know your motorways : guide to motorways and motorway driving : The Royal Automobile Club : London : January 1973 : motorway signs and signals. From a time when Britain's motorway network was relatively new and when the network of such roads was still being significantly expanded. Many such guides were produced by mapping agencies, oil and petrol companies and, as here, motorisng organisations. This RAC guide gives details as to motorway driving and safety, including the recently introduced warning sign systems, as well as opening to a map of the nation's motorway system as of autumn 1972. This I've scanned in two sections. The whole then folds out to form a more detailed motorway area guide showing in greater detail the junctions and intersections. This was another edition of the RAC guide as one exists for June 1972 and others probably were produced. The top of the sheet shows the warning signals that helped give advance information as to road conditions, lower speed limits and lane closures. Below are examples of standard motorway signs and a list of RAC emergency control centres, with phone numbers, that motorists could use to summonse assistance.
RAC : Know your motorways : guide to motorways and motorway driving : The Royal Automobile Club : London : January 1973 : Britain's motorway picture : Northern England, Wales, the Midlands and the South. From a time when Britain's motorway network was relatively new and when the network of such roads was still being significantly expanded. Many such guides were produced by mapping agencies, oil and petrol companies and, as here, motorisng organisations. This RAC guide gives details as to motorway driving and safety, including the recently introduced warning sign systems, as well as opening to a map of the nation's motorway system as of autumn 1972. This I've scanned in two sections. The whole then folds out to form a more detailed motorway area guide showing in greater detail the junctions and intersections. This was another edition of the RAC guide as one exists for June 1972 and others probably were produced. This shows the north of England and the Midlands, dominated by the M1, A1M, M5 and M6, Wales and the south of England with motorways radiating out from London, Conspicuous by their absence are the M11 and M25 as well as the M42.
Jan 1973 RAC guide "Know your Motorways" - info & advice on motorway driving, signs & safety inc. the new "warning signals". A map showing the extent of the then network. @showmeasign.online @maps.sabre-roads.org.uk @roads.org.uk #roads #infrastructure
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The conversation about reform of bus services in England would benefit from maps that reveal the inefficiencies of the current service. So we drew one. humantransit.org/2025/06/bus-...
This is essentually the correct route for the north of England. I could prove it with endless modelling, but i dont need to as its obvious. Some questions around the edges we could use modelling for (Rochdale vs Oldham, Halifax) but mostly just get on with it www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/its-...
New design for the MTA subway map—broader, more colorful lines, deeper blue for water, on top of white (land) background
New subway map seen in the wild. #transitmaps #mta #nyc #subwaymaps #maps #cartography
And this afternoon, a visit to the forgotten platforms at Holborn.
A 10/10 tour by the team!
#HiddenLondonTours #londonunderground #tours
Was thinking the same thing; something like this maybe?
I took this opportunity to update the Mass map. Previously the maps were a simplified estimation of the shape. More recently, I've actually traced the state outline, keeping the 45/90 degree rule. What do you think?
That logo survived the visual horrors of privatisation. Just leave it alone.
From a vantage point low on the platform, a C Stock Circle Line train stands with its doors open while passengers presumably headed towards Hammersmith or needing the Metropolitan Line look on.
#OnThisDay 84 years ago the 1863 Kings Cross St Pancras Metropolitan Line station was replaced by the current one to the west, one of very few pre-war developments completed during wartime. In 1995 an inner rail Circle Line train calls: 6089Gardener buff.ly/tECmKuz 1/2
1968 Tube map showing Warren Street to Victoria on the Victoria Line as a dashed outline 'under construction'
#OnThisDay 56 years ago, the Victoria Line was extended from Warren Street to Victoria. This Tube map from the year before shows the extension 'under construction'... I always find a Tube map with something u/c exciting and optimistic @ltmuseum buff.ly/YgkCrdX
Absolutely bang on piece by @dhnnjyn.bsky.social
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This image is a detailed map depicting the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland's railway network. The map is divided into five sections, including a main map of Ireland and four zoomed-in areas around Derry and Portrush, Belfast and Bangor, Cork, and Dublin. It features station names in both Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) and English and highlights major cities and towns connected by the railway. Railways are shown as red lines in the Republic of Ireland and orange lines in Northern Ireland.
• i a r n r ó i d • n a • h é i r e a n n • 001 •
• a comprehensive homemade map of all railways and stations currently in operation in the republic of ireland 🇮🇪 and in northern ireland 🇬🇧
• bilingual gaeilge/english
• www.behance.net/gallery/1898...
#transitscapes #transitmaps #ireland #gaeilge
Commuters have a far worse service compared to 2020. Still many timetables not fully restored. Trying to make up the shortfall in revenue by squeezing people who have no option to travel doesn't grow patronage and is a false economy.
Pub full of assorted railway signage
I'm in signage heaven.
I am thinking... if GBR takes on ticket retailing on a national (appreciate this is a bit fuzzy in GBR's case) basis, then maybe we could finally get that national rail smartcard? And maybe it could look like this? Take your pick from trad red, blue/white, Pullman grey or departmental yellow. 1/2
British Rail : Greater London Network Map : 1 April 1965 : Scanned in two sections and here stiched together in low-res. Higher res available on Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2qMh3KV The sections of the diagram of British Rail's April 1965 "Greater London Network Map" issued here as a folder and that was also produced as a Quad Royal poster map. In the latter format the diagram carries the name of the designer, D.J. Lowten. The diagram follows, in some ways, the Beck diagram of London Transport in depicting the complex suburban system of British Rail both north and south of the Thames. This is a relatively early outing for the new British Rail corporate identity.
The 1965 British Rail "Greater London Network Map" from a folder; the diagram appeared as a poster where D.J. Lowten is credited with the design that echoes London Transport's Beck Underground diagram. #London #map #railways @markonthemaps.bsky.social @transitmap.net
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Diagrammatic map of the railway system in the Sydney Metropolitan Area - issued 1974 and an apparently late iteration of the London 'Beck' style diagram that the city issued before and, it has been discovered, after WW2.
I've never seen this 'Beck' style diagram for Sydney railways as late as 1974?... @transitmap.net @markonthemaps.bsky.social @crossing-lights.bsky.social #map #sydney #transport #transit
lol, a clip of a Tesla's vision system trying to understand a train
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Metropolitan Line old route map
the new version of the rather brilliant National Rail dot Com map is out, updated for 2025 with a Railway 200 themet too!
www.railmap.org.uk
Map showing proposed Jubilee Line Extension Scheme in London, January 1989. Crown Copyright - Department of Transport 1989
Map showing the proposed Chelsea-Hackney Line with alternate routes A and B in London. Crown Copyright - Department of Transport 1989
Map showing proposed Docklands Second Line and Bakerloo Line Southern Extension in London. Crown Copyright - Department of Transport 1989
A map showing proposed and existing rail routes in London with coloured lines indicating different routes and station names. Crown Copyright - Department of Transport 1989
Central #London Rail Study
A joint study by the Department of #Transport, LRT, and British Rail
Maps of the:
• Proposed Jubilee Line Extensions
• Chelsea-Hackney Line (Crossrail 2)
• Bakerloo Line Extension
• Crossrail Schemes
And more:
www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.p...
2034sight Regional System Map with the following CTA routing changes: Red Line (L1): - Reconstruct Loyola as a full transfer station with a turnback track - Operates between Loyola-130th, with select trains continuing to/from Howard, using the inner NSML tracks Purple Line (L2): - Morse and Jarvis reconstructed as side-platform stations - Purple Line operates on the outer NSML tracks to Clark Junction, then follows the Red Line thru the subway - Purple Line southern terminus at Garfield/Wentworth using the 61st middle track for turns Orange Line (L3): - Full-time thru-running with the Brown Line - "Split Loop" operations (northbound via Wabash and Lake, southbound via Wells and Van Buren) Brown Line (L30): - Reconfigure Western to be a terminus station - Reversed direction on the Loop (inner, clockwise) - Peak only service to supplement regular Orange Line operations Green Line (L4): - "Split Loop" operations (northbound via Wabash and Lake, southbound via Wells and Van Buren) - All trains go to Ashland/63, with Garfield-Cottage Grove (later Dorchester) trains as a new shuttle service Pink Line (L5): No changes Blue Line (L6): No changes Loop Shuttle (L7): - New Loop Shuttle service on Inner Loop when Brown Line (L30) trains are not operating Yellow Line (L8): No changes Gold Line (L9): New shuttle operation between Garfield-Cottage Grove (later Dorchester)
Polished up my "Split Loop" concept to decongest the Loop: running thru Green and Brown/Orange Line trains all over the Outer Loop, with select peak Brown and and Pink on the Inner Loop to eliminate all conflicts at Tower 12. Also puts Purple in the subway and streamlines NSML. Alt text for details.
This thread sums up my utter apathy & frustration with the modern railway network.
A once expansive network, cut to the bone & left to rot for decades, now an overpriced, unreliable, uninspired husk of what it once was.
Forgive me for not getting hyped for the opening of some new bus shelters.
I redrew the Tyne and Wear Metro map. theoditsek.wordpress.com/2024/12/10/t...
Well that was extraordinarily lucky I happened to be bothered to check the status page for the night bus as it turns out the timetable has changed so it now arrives at 0323 instead of 0327 and I would have almost certainly missed it otherwise 😳
A tsunami warning has been issued for the Bay Area.
Trains are being held out of the Transbay Tube. We are clearing trains out of underground stations in San Francisco and on the Peninsula.
