Did you ever draw a fantasy public transport network map - an entirely new net, or an extension of an existing one? Do you have tips for thinking up and drawing networks? Post it here - it doesn't matter whether it's tram, metro, express tram, light rail or whatever.

As a matter of fact, I have. I was thinking about starting a similar thread yesterday evening - seems you read my mind...;)

For a fantasy city that looks like New York, I designed this map:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2261/maymetromz4.png

Another fantasy map I made is this one:

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9023/amsterdam688ni.gif

...actually based on a very real 1968 plan for the Amsterdam metro. Never completed in this way, because the building of the only existing underground line (the current East Line) gave rise to quite some controversy: whole parts of the historic city centre had to be demolished in order to build this line. At present, the North-Southline is u/c - it's shown as 'line 1' on the map above (although only a small part of it will actually be built).

This is more of a fantasy map for Amsterdam, depicting lines I think the city needs:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5586/amsterdam20308yv.png

...and this map is probably to remain a fantasy as well; it shows all current subway plans for NYC. There's no certainty for any of these projects to get the final go-ahead:

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9724/nymap20203iu.gif

That's one awesome hell of a lot of work that went into those, especially the NY map... Thanks for posting ;)

PS You know how to post images, don't you? Well I don't. When I click "Insert Image" a window appears telling me to "enter the text to be formatted". I don't know what this means or how it works - could you please help me?

This is one line I would like... just for my own personal convenience :)

The route goes:

Bromley South - Grove Park - Eltham - Woolwich Arsenal - South Greenwich for Peninsula - Canary Wharf - Canada Water - London Bridge - Waterloo - Victoria - Paddington - Willesden Junction - Wembley Park



http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3927/loncon2xd5.jpg

A quick tutorial:

1. Upload your images to an image hosting site, preferrably www.imageshack.us (you can either make an account, or start uploading directly. Images should be in .jpg (good for photos), .gif or .png (good for maps) format);

2. Go to the forum and insert the url (that's the long text in the "direct link to image"-tag in Imageshack) in the 'text to be formatted'. Another, easier way is this:

just type:

x

where x is the url of your image.

That's the whole idea of posting pics. Just give it a try.

@ SE9: Looks like a bypass for the Jubilee Line to me...;) Another, easier way would be branch lines off the Jubilee: one branch Bromley-Canary Wharf in the SE, and another branch off Green Park following your route through Paddington and to Wembley. Paddington could do with a line that gets into the centre more directly, so it wouldn't be a bad idea.

Yep, the backbone from Waterloo to Greenwich Peninsula follows the Jubilee Line.

The only current problem is... its very long to travel between Victoria-Paddington / Paddington-Waterloo / Waterloo-Victoria... which are all major terminii.

HOLY SHIT
there are other people like me
this is quite exciting

i usually make random fantasy city maps when I'm truly bored with roads etc but wow
never knew there were others who could put so much more detail

:horse:

^^ Even how 'weird' your hobby might seem...I've found out by now you're never alone at it...;)

wow...what program do you guys use anyways

Photoshop?

MSPaint.

I'd like to see some other maps, besides the ones SE9 and me have posted here already.

I used to draw maps like this in pencil before the first PC. THere was an Aussie SSC thread on this line started not so long back .... you really need to know the existing network & topography reasonably to really appreciate these efforts. I've meant to digitize my efforts for some time, but it's too late tonight!

http://xs305.xs.to/xs305/06332/meumetrogrande_copy.JPG
16 years old :D

^^ The map or the guy who made it? :D

I started on my first fantasy map in 2001. The result can be seen in my first post.

HOLY SHIT
there are other people like me
this is quite exciting

There might be thousands of them ... or worse! I used to make phantom timetables, phantom travel brochures, phantom rolling stock ... and phantom demographics to keep the whole thing running. Would I lie to you ? :scouserd:

i usually make random fantasy city maps when I'm truly bored with roads etc but wow
never knew there were others who could put so much more detail

:horse:

A quick tutorial:

1. Upload your images to an image hosting site, preferrably www.imageshack.us (you can either make an account, or start uploading directly. Images should be in .jpg (good for photos), .gif or .png (good for maps) format);

2. Go to the forum and insert the url (that's the long text in the "direct link to image"-tag in Imageshack) in the 'text to be formatted'. Another, easier way is this:

just type:

x

where x is the url of your image.

That's the whole idea of posting pics. Just give it a try.

Thanks a lot. ;) I've made a map of a tram network for Groningen (a city in the northern Netherlands with a hundred thousand something people) and I hope to post it tomorrow. Also, I've drawn a network map for the Rotterdam metro AD 2020 (on paper) - I'll try to digitize and post it a.s.a.p.

This is one I made for Toronto's subway (based on existing rails and other people's proposals). didn't put too much work into this, but you get the general idea.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5525/map2completecopyae9je3.png

Here's the commuter rail system for my fictional city (Hinto) and its metro area:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/hintomedia/hinto-studio/star-systemmap-03-official.png

MHTA (Metropolitan Hinto Transit Authority) is the agency that runs the metro system. I don't have all the details worked out for the metro yet.

As a matter of fact, I have. I was thinking about starting a similar thread yesterday evening - seems you read my mind...;)

For a fantasy city that looks like New York, I designed this map:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2261/maymetromz4.png

This is awesome... have any others?

Sorry I couldn't post the tram map for Groningen... it was too big for Imageshack! I tried to make it smaller but then the image went all crappy... too bad...

:gaah:

Anyway, the map for the huge Rotterdam metro extension is coming up soon.

@ sbarn: Yes I do. I'll post some as soon as I get home...

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3927/loncon2xd5.jpg

I would extend the London Underground as follows (interchanges in bold):

Bakerloo line:

Elephant and Castle -> Burgess Park -> Queens Road (Peckham) -> New Cross -> Lewisham

Northern line:

Kennington -> Camberwell -> Denmark Hill -> East Dulwich -> Dulwich Hill -> Sydenham

Split Northern line, renaming Morden -> Bank -> Camden Town -> Edgware the City & South London line.

Victoria line:

Walthamstow Central -> Leytonstone and take over the Central line loop.

Cool!

I thought I was a freak for making make-believe transit lines for fictional cities...That's what I do when I'm bored at work. Most of them resemble manhattan though.

I'll post this map of my Seattle's Dreamline Metro.

I was going to make it all fun by commercializing some of the lines (Starbucks for the western line, and Amazon for Seatac) because their hq are located at Sodo & Beacon Hill, respectively.

Anyways, I'm very proud of this little map I've made. I think it'd be a nice fit for Seattle. I'm not too familiar with south and west seattle, so the only stations I put were the ones going up for the current airport link and now-defunct green line (Ballard - W. Seattle). :)

Seattle's Dreamline
5 lines
40 miles of track
43 stations
150,000 daily passengers


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/captain_cookie/seattledreamlinemetro2.jpg

**Map is not to scale...and sorry for it being a bit hard to read!!

Time for me to put up my updated map of the first one I posted. Not much has changed, though: I only filled in the western part of town and displayed the railway lines around the city. Recently, I also included the numbering of each line. Lines with numbers 1 - 33 are full metro lines. Lines 91 - 94 are light rail lines à la DLR in London, which should be converted to full metro in the future (yes, I also made up a fake history-future time line for this metro network). Line 100 is a monorail line. All stations with white dots are local-only stations, since this network uses the same local-express distinction as NYC does, with 4 tracks per line. All the lines running from north to south (sort of) and numbered 1 - 10 are local-only lines. Lines 11 - 19 can be either local or express - most of these lines are part of a former division (comparable to the BMT, IRT or IND in NY) that operated all lines going from east to west. Lines 21 - 33 are express metro lines - at least in the city center. Outside of it, they make all stops, with the exception of a few lines like 24, 28 and 33, which have express tracks (e.g. line 24 is the airport express). There are also a few lines with a third center track (comparable, again, to some NY lines), used for rush hour express services (not shown on this map):

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7527/metronumberedmw7.png

This is a map showing all the tram lines in the north-east of the city (the part where the blue, red, brown and grey lines run through on the big map). The tram lines 71 - 73 are 'express tram lines', with a third rail in the center allowing bypassing of local stations:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7936/tramma3.png

...and here is a fantasy map showing all local/regional railway lines that go into the city via tunnels. It's still rather schematic and only shows service patterns, terminal stations and (in thin grey) metro lines. The average radius from the city center (located somewhere in the middle) to the borders of this map would be 50 kms. I'll put up the geographic map as soon as it gets more detailed:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9781/railmapzg5.png

And finally, a peak into the future. This map shows what the network depicted in the first image might look like 'in 15 years' (it's all fictional, remember?). All the dotted lines are 'uncertain' projects. Can you spot the differences? ;)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9329/metrofuturecz2.png

This all crazy enough for you? ;)

I discovered that once you convert your images from Bitmap to JPEG, all your worries about pic size are gone before you can say 'cool!'. :eek2:

So here is my map of a tram network for Groningen:

http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/5781/tramkaartgroningenjpegversieqz6.jpg

This is not going to be realized, at least not before the year 2250 or so - the 14-line tram network is comparable to that of The Hague (the smallest city in the Netherlands to have a tram network, with 476,000 inhabitants) while Groningen has only 181,000 inhabitants.

And here is my plan to just about treble the size of the Rotterdam metro network:

http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/2692/metrokaartrotterdamjpegversieuk6.jpg

Lines 1, 2 and 5 are up and running; line 3 is a railway line that's actually being converted and linked to the metro net; line 4 is a tram line that should be converted in my opinion; line 6 is now a railway line; line 7 is pure fantasy, as is the northern branch of line 8; the southern branch of line 8 was once planned, but will not be built at all... >(
I've made a few minor alterations to the existing and to-be-converted lines.

Mind that geographically, both maps are total crap.

Alargule's maps and the explanations behind them are really awesome... ;) Personally, I lack anything that remotely approaches the titanic devotion necessary for such a project, which was demonstrated recently when I tried to make something similar, but I didn't even finish the city map, let alone the network...

^^ You should realize that I spent several years to come to the completion of those networks...The evolution of the network began in 2001, when I didn't even have the city map. I only had some vague ideas as to how certain streets were to run in relation to each other, where the major squares of the city should be, where the rivers should be etc. Somewhere around 2003, I made the first map that closely resembles the one above; in 2004 I came with the 'definitive' version of it. So that alone took me 3 years. The metro network itself got it's final shape after a couple of try-outs. After that, I've spent most of my time detailing the network, ironing out the inconsistencies, developing a fictional history that should explain why certain lines run the way they do, and even come up with detailed track maps of complex stations. This is a hobbyist project that'll probably never get finished. The network itself won't see any radical changes though; I'm happy with it the way it is now. But in the future I might work out track maps or station diagrams in more detail. The city map itself isn't definitive, let alone finished, either. As you can see, there are still many 'blank spots' that should be filled in - later...;)

I like your Rotterdam map - some extensions really aren't that 'out of this world'. Others are - but that's a fantasy map for after all...

Hey, i usually don't visit this section, but i highly reccomend you to use PowerPoint for drawing maps, it s a great help.

This is original map for Belgrade tram network that I drew in PowerPoint, i belive fantasy maps could be drawed too :)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/beobuild/maps/trammap_small.gif

Powerpoint? Oh well, MSPaint still works fine for me. :D

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/beobuild/maps/trammap_small.gif

Wow... you really drew THAT with Powerpoint? Awesome! I can't distinguish it from a genuine professional map. ;)

Can you teach me how to draw such cool things using PP?

Thanks in advance :)

You should realize that I spent several years to come to the completion of those networks...The evolution of the network began in 2001, when I didn't even have the city map. I only had some vague ideas as to how certain streets were to run in relation to each other, where the major squares of the city should be, where the rivers should be etc.

I want to draw a fantasy network for a fantasy city too... can you tell me what is the best point (lines, stations, city shape, streets?) to start with to avoid giving up early?

for some reason, I feel more comfortable drawing by hand
eventhough there are limited colours and irregularities

drawing on paint always provides "generic" maps for me :)

Here you have some fantasy maps:

this one is for Washington:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2262/waspq8.th.gif (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=waspq8.gif)

Here is another map for Barcelona

You have to click over the image:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3482/bcn14bh6.th.gif (http://img84.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bcn14bh6.gif)

This is for a fictional city: WORLD-CITY

All stations are from systems around the world. If you find I have used a name twice, please, let me know.

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/4683/capital3pm4.th.gif (http://img105.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capital3pm4.gif)

This is a fictional map for Madrid:

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6033/madridfantasia5gw0.th.gif (http://img20.imageshack.us/my.php?image=madridfantasia5gw0.gif)

And this one is for Girona.

Girona is aprox. 100.000 people. It is the capital city of my province (Spain). Of course, there is no a metro system in Girona!!!

<a href="http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gironala2.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7109/gironala2.th.gif" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" /></a>

Sorry, I try it again:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7109/gironala2.th.gif (http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gironala2.gif)

Just a question:

@alargule, kub66... How do you post your images? You have to click over my images in order to see them correctly, but you insert them directly, with no click...
Can you explain me, please...

Jordi Serradell

^^ Don't use the thumbnail code, but the direct link url. Insert that url between X - where X is the url. That way your images are posted directly. But thumbnails are OK as well; that way the pages don't get that blown up...;)

I want to draw a fantasy network for a fantasy city too... can you tell me what is the best point (lines, stations, city shape, streets?) to start with to avoid giving up early?

I always started with the network, and designed the city around it. That way, at least I had a network...;) Later on, I'd fill in the major streets, major stations, rivers, parks, railway lines etc. If necessary, I'd change some line configurations - or street patterns for that matter. You can mould it in whatever way you want it - that's the whole idea of a fantasy network...:D

Worl-city metro:

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9734/capital3pm4ai6.th.gif

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/6192/capital3pm4rd5.gif

Awesome map... funny idea, too, to use existing station names from around the world instead of dreaming them up yourself :)

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/6192/capital3pm4rd5.gif
^^Great worl metro map!!
:eek2::eek2:
You are the best in this, Jordi! :okay:
:wink2:

:applause::applause::applause::applause:
Great!!

@ sbarn: Yes I do. I'll post some as soon as I get home...

Dude... these maps are f**king awesome. Thanks for sharing!! :cheers:

I really like that World Metro Map too. I see you included some Amsterdam names (Wibautstraat - Amstel - Bijlmer) as well. Any more I didn't find? ;)

Worl-city metro:

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9734/capital3pm4ai6.th.gif
Hi Jordi,
That map is really great! A fascinating idea! While looking at it, it brings up memories from those cities. It must have been a lot of work. I don't know if you are still working on it but I have a few suggestions on how to make it even more enjoyable: Use more stations of full metros and less (or none) of light rails (speaking for Germany, there's too much Rhine-Ruhr in your map and too little Berlin, Hamburg, or Munich). Try to include stations of all major cities equally. Distribute the stations randomly but put stations in city centres (like WTC) in the centre of your map and put those that are outside the centre in the original city also outside the centre in your map. Include some characteristic names like "Times Sq/42 St" or "5 Av/59 St". And perhaps make the shape of your World City roughly resembling a world map (e.g. using rivers as oceans; this idea is not new, however).

...a few suggestions...

You call that 'change the map completely according to my insights'-wish list 'a few' suggestions? :D

First of all: thank you for your comments, and sorry for my poor English.

Here you have another metro-world system map: ths stations have the name of a city with a metro system.
In the light blue line (circular line), you can find the biggest metro systems (New York, London, Paris, Tokyo….) and inside the circle there are the world´s main cities with a metro system. Of course, the importance of a city is a relative matter, and for sure, you will find exceptions…
In the light pink and grey lines we find the cities with systems under construction, planned or even rumoured. From Singapur, there are the newest openings: San Juan, Kazan, Nanjing, Torino…). I sign it in dark blue. The next city will be after Daejon.

Of course there is a problem with transfer stations between constructed / under construction lines… Sometimes I write a city with a metro system: Mumbai, and sometimes a city with no metro system yet: Jakarta.
Brilliant ideas welcomed…

To Micro: it is difficult to draw a correct world map, as many metro systems are together in Europe or Far East Asia.
Some metro station names are too much long, so I have to use a shorter version of them.

Yes, there are too much Stadtbahn / Europe names. But for me, Spaniard, it is easier to remember european names than asian names. I am sorry for it.

Yes, I will change some names (in fact I have find some errors…). I will try to write in the city centre the most important / emblematic names: Times Square, Ginza, Otemachi, Piccadilly Circus, Sol, WTC…).
What is “important”? Well, that´s another discussion!!! (City population, beautiful stations, a nice name…).
What is “a nice name”? Well, that´s a very personal issue. But it is very simple: I like some names and I do not like others!

More suggestions are welcomed.

And of course, I am waiting for your own maps!!! Please, share them!

Jordi Serradell

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5941/mon343je3.gif

Great! I could get from Rotterdam to Amsterdam via Frankfurt and Cairo! :D

Just finished: a fantasy Amsterdam map, somewhere around 2026...;)

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8246/amsterdamfuturezu1.png

Not that unrealistic, though. Many if not most lines are plans (either present or past), and some are u/c (line 52). I just filled in the 'blanks': stations, their names, and possible routings.

my rendering of a fantasy metrolink in st. louis

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/datboy12000/MLsystemmap.jpg

To Micro: it is difficult to draw a correct world map, as many metro systems are together in Europe or Far East Asia.
Yes, it makes no sense making your city's shape like a world map because this would contradict with the reqirement of placing downtown stations in the centre of the map. Maybe your World City could be roughly of a round shape to resemble a globe.

Both your maps are nice, but I prefer the one with station names.

By the way, Mark Ovenden has put a map with metro city names in his book 'Metro Maps of the World', and it resembles a world map with rivers making the oceans.

Here is my map (again, geographically total crap) of a helicopter/flying metro system for a fantasy city... And yes, I know helicopters will never be used as serious urban public transport - they use gargantuan amounts of energy and the purchase price is too high - but (if you replace the turbine engines with fuel-cell-powered electric motors to reduce noise) it's a cool idea, isn't it?

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9880/zelfbedachthelikopternetjpegversiegd1.jpg

Wow, great to see that some people use to do these maps as well! I thought I'm the only one on earth with my transit maps.

This shows the metro system, city rails and regional trains in Helsinki area (it's not a fantasy map):
http://www.jasperk.net/kaikkea/valmis1.jpg
I did that with Photoshop 7.0. It's pretty good software to design maps once you learn to use the right tools.

I will post some more maps later.

Btw. Huge thanks to Gartenzwerg! I'll try to get Powerpoint as soon as possible!

a helicopter/flying metro system for a fantasy city... And yes, I know helicopters will never be used as serious urban public transport -
Flying metro: :)

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4043/wuppertalovertheriveran9.jpg

Flying metro: :)

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4043/wuppertalovertheriveran9.jpg

Oops... I didn't know the "flying metro" term is already being used to describe the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (suspended monorail)... Well now I know, thank you for that :) Anyway, I meant helicopters flying between stations which are about as far apart as metro stations, with the speed and frequency of a metro.

Hello friends:

I love all your fantasy maps!

- I like the Hinto City Map: It is very nice. It is a good idea the loop service. Two weeks ago I went to Chicago and I used the loop often. By the way, I think Hinto City Metro System is similar to Stockholm (not the loop…): three lines with some branches. It is like a real city.
- It would be nice to see a Toronto Map as Monkeyronin posted it! 11 lines!!!
- Alargule: why do not you write the stations name in your fantasy city (the New York like one)? It would be great!!!
- WeirdoRotterdam: I love your maps, but it is very difficult to read the names. Very nice the Rotterdam project map.!!!
- Alargule: fantastic your Amsterdam map. Do you think you will build the brown line in the future?
- Chicago2Stlouis: I think the “green” line on your map will be opened soon, can you confirm this, please? Two weeks ago I went from Chicago to St. Louis. I used the metro from Lambert Airport to Laclede´s Landing. It is a very nice system. It would be nice to see all these extensions you draw in your map

I want to see more maps, please!!! :)

I am going to post some Mumbai maps.
Maybe there are not fantasy maps, because all the lines are supposed to be built in the future, but for many years I think there are just fantasy maps!!!

This is the metro map I posted in Urbanrail too:

In this map you can see the actual metro service, the suburban service (grey lines) and the THREE metro lines approved (yellow, light blue, light green). In fact I think the light green line will be under construction soon.

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7721/mumbaimap1fy4.gif

In this map you can ONLY see all the METRO lines that are to be build in the future:
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1623/mumbaimetrofuture1ev5.gif

In this one you can see the full METRO AND METRO-LIKE network in the future. There is no suburban service lines in this map (grey lines):

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8213/mumbaionlymetroservicevt4.gif

Finally, in this last map, you can see ALL the railway services in Mumbai Area in the future:
- the actual metro-like services
- All the new metro lines (approved / under construction) Phase I, Phase II and Phase III.
- and the suburban train services (grey lines)

For now, it is a fantasy map!!! But in the future I hope it will be a real map!!!

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/1889/mumbaifullnetworkrn1.gif

All comments / suggestions welcomed!!!

Great thread, I love drawing maps :P I've made a few in the past, but this is my most recent work. I started out by drawing some coloured light rail lines on a map of Copenhagen (the yellow/orange lines show current/future metro in CPH, the grey is S-Tog, commuter rail).
http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/Vision6Edit.jpg

Then I took the lines and made a map from it. The M logos show connection to Metro while the S logos represent S-tog connections. P&R is Park & Ride.

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/Vision6KORT copy.jpg

Great map StarFish!

@jserradell: Indeed the station names on my map are bloody difficult to read. This is because Imageshack makes the drawings smaller so they fit nicely in the thread display.

I can switch off the "resize image" function and post my maps again, so that the station names are as legible on the forum as they were when I worked on the maps in Paint. Here they come!

The tram map for Groningen:
http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/8839/tramkaartgroningenjpegversiejg5.jpg

The map of the Rotterdam metro's huge non-existent extension:
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/627/metrokaartrotterdamjpegversient2.jpg

The map of a helicopter network for a nameless fantasy city:
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1955/zelfbedachthelikopternetjpegversiegk0.jpg

Still, the maps are geographically total crap!

@jserradell: I checked UrbanRail.Net, and the Mumbai map there is exactly the same as the first one you posted. It even had your name at the bottom right! Well, congratulations - it must be a real honour to draw a map for such a great site as UrbanRail. And besides, if UR's godfather Robert Schwandl thinks you're a great map maker (and lets you know by asking you to draw a UR map) then you must be really good at it! Well done!

And to everyone who has posted maps so far: it's awesome! Keep up the good work! :okay: :okay: :okay:

- Alargule: why do not you write the stations name in your fantasy city (the New York like one)? It would be great!!!


Er, I think Alargule hasn't done it (and probably never will) because it's so much work...

Flying metro: :)

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4043/wuppertalovertheriveran9.jpg
Oops... I didn't know the "flying metro" term is already being used to describe the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (suspended monorail)...
I think the term is not used for describing the monorail. Sorry, I just wanted to make a joke...
:jk:

I have a fantasy city on paper (including network) also I have some fantasy underground maps of Zürich. But I have to scan it in.. could be complicated its drawn with pencil.

"Chicago2Stlouis: I think the “green” line on your map will be opened soon, can you confirm this, please? Two weeks ago I went from Chicago to St. Louis. I used the metro from Lambert Airport to Laclede´s Landing. It is a very nice system. It would be nice to see all these extensions you draw in your map"


the green line will be opening august 26. i can't wait

Alargule: why do not you write the stations name in your fantasy city (the New York like one)? It would be great!!!

As a matter of fact, I have filled in most station names on the island part. But they're so odd, you wouldn't even be able to read them...;)

Alargule: fantastic your Amsterdam map. Do you think you will build the brown line in the future?

Me? No...;) But on a more serious note: the central section between Lelylaan and Muiderpoort was proposed several years ago. There are no serious plans to build it right now, but who knows what might happen in the future.
According to the original 1968 metro plan, the section west of Lelylaan should have been connected to the existing subway line (51/53/54) - but they never made it past the central station.
Same goes for the section south of Muiderpoort station, which should have been part of an east-west line Gaasperplas-Geuzenveld.
The actually built two sections of this line: the section Verrijn Stuartweg-Gaasperplas today forms part of line 53, which runs parallel with lines 51 and 54 in the underground section in the city center. Underneath Weesperplein, a concrete shell for another station has been built. For more info and a map of the original metro plan, check my 'Amsterdam metro' thread!

I have a fantasy city on paper (including network) also I have some fantasy underground maps of Zürich. But I have to scan it in.. could be complicated its drawn with pencil.

I always draw maps again in Paint... it's a lot more work than scanning, but you can be sure that it will be clear and legible... :)

First of all: thank you for your comments, and sorry for my poor English.

Here you have another metro-world system map: ths stations have the name of a city with a metro system.
In the light blue line (circular line), you can find the biggest metro systems (New York, London, Paris, Tokyo….) and inside the circle there are the world´s main cities with a metro system. Of course, the importance of a city is a relative matter, and for sure, you will find exceptions…
In the light pink and grey lines we find the cities with systems under construction, planned or even rumoured. From Singapur, there are the newest openings: San Juan, Kazan, Nanjing, Torino…). I sign it in dark blue. The next city will be after Daejon.

Of course there is a problem with transfer stations between constructed / under construction lines… Sometimes I write a city with a metro system: Mumbai, and sometimes a city with no metro system yet: Jakarta.
Brilliant ideas welcomed…

To Micro: it is difficult to draw a correct world map, as many metro systems are together in Europe or Far East Asia.
Some metro station names are too much long, so I have to use a shorter version of them.

Yes, there are too much Stadtbahn / Europe names. But for me, Spaniard, it is easier to remember european names than asian names. I am sorry for it.

Yes, I will change some names (in fact I have find some errors…). I will try to write in the city centre the most important / emblematic names: Times Square, Ginza, Otemachi, Piccadilly Circus, Sol, WTC…).
What is “important”? Well, that´s another discussion!!! (City population, beautiful stations, a nice name…).
What is “a nice name”? Well, that´s a very personal issue. But it is very simple: I like some names and I do not like others!

More suggestions are welcomed.

And of course, I am waiting for your own maps!!! Please, share them!

Jordi Serradell

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5941/mon343je3.gif
:eek2::eek2:
Another great map, Jordi!
:okay:
We can go from Barcelona to Hong Kong directly: only one station!!
:D

I always draw maps again in Paint... it's a lot more work than scanning, but you can be sure that it will be clear and legible... :)
Well those maps were never meant to be shown to someone, well I always thought people would call me crazy.

I created two completley new airlines, complete with ads for their 'new' routes!

AustralianAirways
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h7/joninbrisbane/australianairwaysmap.jpg


I once drew a map of a massive city in complete detail including zones for industrial, res and commercial. The bmp was over 40mb in size, it took 15mins to delete on my old pc.

Bydgoszcz, Poland and its tram system:

Black: existing Red: planned

http://chruptak.eu.org/ssc/mapa-tram-2020.png

Well those maps were never meant to be shown to someone, well I always thought people would call me crazy.

I suggested to draw maps again in Paint. So if you didn't want to show your maps to anybody when you drew them on paper, fine. But now that you want to digitize and share your maps, I'd recommend Paint rather than scanning.

The Welshpool (Fictional in all ways) City Railway Network

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h7/joninbrisbane/imaginarymap.jpg

^^ That's rather small...got anything bigger...?

I created two completley new airlines, complete with ads for their 'new' routes!

AustralianAirways
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h7/joninbrisbane/australianairwaysmap.jpg


I once drew a map of a massive city in complete detail including zones for industrial, res and commercial. The bmp was over 40mb in size, it took 15mins to delete on my old pc.
Is this metro?
:crazy:
Very long lines!
:D

A few days ago I made a new metro map. It's for the fictional city of Olympia. It kinda resembles the Copenhagen S-tog system (with the 'fingers'), but it's still quite different with the circle and cross transit lines.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/evilstarfish/1MAPDONEjpg.jpg

Then yesterday I started creating an actual map of Olympia City. The only change from this system to the metro map is that 'National Theatre' has been renamed 'Royal Theatre', as royal seems more ... well, royal :D
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/evilstarfish/OlympiaMapjpgRESIZE.jpg

(I didn't make a key, as it seems fairly easy to get. Light grey with black outlines are highway, thick white lines are major roads/important streets, black lines are normal streets, all the coloured lines are subway lines, the dark grey line is national rail, blue words are station names, red names are places of interest, green areas are parks)

Enjoy :cheers:

^^ Looks great! But why doesn't your subway system follow any of the major roads/highways?

The bigger (and yet smaller) compressed network map, so I apoligise if the text is too blurry.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h7/joninbrisbane/imaginarymapsm.jpg
Enjoy

Awesome map J.I.B.! :applause:

It's funny how people create fantasy networks looking outstandingly similar to their own. Obviously we aren't that imaginative.

I personally live in Paris... and when I was 8 years old I've drawn my first fantasy metro system which was consisting in about 15 lines getting in all directions and strictly serving a well-defined administrative area. For the rest of the city, there was an RER. When I've grown up, I've continued to draw new networks, and I couldn't help myself to consider a system as not fulfilled if it's not doubled by an express network. :crazy:



Anyway, I couldn't find my old fantasy network maps on my hard drive. The only thing I could find is a network I've made with the game Transport Tycoon. Well, I know that game is old and everything, but it's the funniest I've ever known to designate your own little rail network. :)

Over here, my challenge was actually to draw a coherent subway network with Transport Tycoon. It's located on an imaginary city which would be in the Alps at the border between Italy and France. I'm quite satisfied as I succeeded to make the network so that you never need more than transitting through 2 lines to go fastly anywhere you want. The city is named Dufayel, and here's how look the map of the network:

http://mapage.noos.fr/marla13/dufayel.jpg

In the game, the lines look this way:

http://mapage.noos.fr/marla13/aerial-ssc.jpg



Here's a flatten version to see better how the network look like:

http://mapage.noos.fr/marla13/aerial-flatten.jpg

I like all your maps.
Is there a real subway with two different languages? I do not mean a bilingual city like Montreal, Brussels or Barcelona, where you can find signs in two languages. I mean some stations in language A and others in language B.
I like Dufayel map, it reminds me of the Paris Metro map
Olympia is like Hinto city: both have a loop zone!!!

joninbrisbane :18 lines!!! (second, only after New York!!!) (I think...)

Please keep posting your maps!!!

StarFish: I notice in your map you have quite a few Australian Names :) i.e Orange, Casula, East Hills, Annandale, Telopea, Linden and last but not least Dundas.

I really love looking at all these maps, it's an creative outlet! Keep them coming! :)

Is there a real subway with two different languages? I do not mean a bilingual city like Montreal, Brussels or Barcelona, where you can find signs in two languages. I mean some stations in language A and others in language B.
Singapore comes to mind as a true world city with station names in different languages:
Malaysian: Pasir Pandang, Bukit Batok, Tanah Merah, ...
English: Raffles Place, Botanic Garden, Redhill, ...
Chinese: Yio Chu Kang, Ang Mo Kio, Choa Chu Kang, ...
Indian(?): Dhoby Ghaut, ...
Italian: Buona Vista, Novena
I wonder if there's a resource somewhere that explains the origin of Singaporean metro station names. That must be very interesting.

Hong Kong also has a nice mixture of English and Chinese station names.

There are some English names in Montréal, like Sherbrooke, Snowdon, McGill.
Paris has a Franklin D. Roosevelt station.

Buona Vista and Novena are not Spanish. It would be "BuEna Vista" in Spanish. Novena could be Italian though.

PS: Just checked out online, and both are Italian.

"Buona Vista" means "Good View"
"Novena" is Italian for a series of prayers.

^^ Thanks! I will edit my above post because the error looks stupid.

I believe there must be some more Indian names in Singapore but I cannot find them.

Here's my expanded version of the Montreal Metro:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/lee_haber8/metroplan.gif

Hello friends:

I love all your fantasy maps!

- I like the Hinto City Map: It is very nice. It is a good idea the loop service. Two weeks ago I went to Chicago and I used the loop often. By the way, I think Hinto City Metro System is similar to Stockholm (not the loop…): three lines with some branches. It is like a real city.

Thank you! I guess I should clarify my system though... STAR is a commuter rail like LIRR/Metro North or Metra, only on a somewhat smaller scale. There's a separate subway/metro network (run by MHTA, hence the connection icons), which I haven't completely worked out yet.

I actually drew upon the networks from Toronto, Melbourne and San Francisco when I was drawing the map for STAR:

- a somewhat semi-circular coverage area due to geographical setup (city with one side facing water, and suburbs on the remaining sides), kind of like the GO Train in Toronto (the earlier incarnation of the STAR map looked even more like the GO map, before I introduced the City Loop)

- I actually got the idea for the loop from Melbourne. Funny, Chicago didn't even enter my mind until after I drew the map.

- The City Loop actually shares the alignment with one of the subway lines within the CBD, with the subway line running on one level, and STAR running on the other. That's kinda like the Market Street Subway in San Francisco, with MUNI at the top and BART at the bottom. That's also why I have the City Loop Fare Zone, in which the fare structures for both the STAR and the subway are integrated. I figured fare collection would be a hassle otherwise.

I actually used to have each branch colored as a separate line. I scraped that after I put in the City Loop, since I figured the map would look really messy if there were 9 colored lines going through the loop. So that got boiled down to the 3 divisions and the STAR Flyer airport trains; though each branch is still referred to as a line (eg. Lymstown Line, Lawrenceburg Line, etc.).

I would like to ask a question to our canadians forumers:
why most of the canadian metro maps have a black back?

As far as I know, only Montreal, Toronto and Buenos Aires (subte) use a black back in the maps.

I like to print all the maps I find in the internet. I have thousands of them. But I, personally, think that use a black back in the maps is an unncessary wasting of ink!!!

Of course, this is only, my point of view. But I prefer maps with white back: they are easier to read andto look at them, and I do not use so much ink!

By the way Haber, your Montreal map is very nice! It would be nice to see it in the future.

The Paris RER map used to have a black back (http://www.rru.com/~meo/Places/fr/rermap.jpeg). It's been changed about a decade ago to a grey back (http://www.vms.cnrs-gif.fr/images/rer.gif), and finally to a cream back (http://www.nucleide.org/exrs2006/images/rer.gif) showing different fees zones. Outside the waste of ink, I also think that a black back isn't that esthetic. To use a Parisian vocabulary, it looks like some kind of computer wires scheme emphasizing on the "network" aspect rather than on a more "human" aspect.

For some reason the fictional Copenhagen light rail map I posted earlier is just a red X. So here it is again :D
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/evilstarfish/Vision6KORTcopy.jpg

And now, the fictional north-German city of Tegel. Both subway and tram (the green lines) are operated by Tegel Transport, 2T (Called Zweite in daily speech)
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/evilstarfish/2MAP2copy.jpg


And a map I made during the summer, I know it's not metro, but I like it :D It's the Kingdom of Eureka (shh, not Iceland :D) and it has somewhere around 20 million people
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/evilstarfish/EurekamapDONEjpg.jpg

StarFish,
So, when are you doing a realistic metro/LRT-map for Copenhagen-Malmo combined? What are you waiting for!? ;)

By the way, which application are you using to make these maps? Especially the CPH tram one, which looks very good.

In the Dutch version of this thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=146297) I've been working on a vision map for Rotterdam, but one closely based on the most realistic of plans.

Red: completed.
Blue: completed.
Green: conversion from mainline to The Hague under construction, opening 2008.
Yellow: conversion from mainline to Hook of Holland from official plans.

Brown: official study to Zoetermeer (Sweet Lake City). Omitted on diagram.

White: Rotterdam tramlines. Omitted on diagram.

Turquoise: circle line vision based on official studies to connect the main subcentres (north: Meijersplein/airport, west: Schiedam, northeast: Alexander, east: Kralingse Zoom, southeast: Parkstad, south: Zuidplein). The near-centre stations are all undergoing urban development, with Parkstad expected to follow. I must admit that official studies currently envision tramlines.

Orange: vision line through Stadshavens, a massive harbour area will be redeveloped in a more distant future. In the diagram I assumed this new line will take over circle line services creating a new line for the old southwest linepart.

Black: mainline rail which will gradually increase service to metro-like frequencies in the not too distant future ("Stedenbaan").

I have also included new stations under official study for existing lines such as Spijkenisse Dijkzone, Charloisse Poort en Waalhaven Zuid.

http://www.robertjohnkaper.com/tmp/rr-stadshavens.jpg

http://www.robertjohnkaper.com/tmp/diagram1024.jpg

As you can see, I'm a-okay with Beck's Underground style.

I love that Rotterdam map! :P

And CPH/Malmö would be awesome, maybe I should try my hands at that :D I use Adobe Photoshop, btw

http://home.comcast.net/~gnielander/INDIANAPOLIS_METRO_SYSTEM_MAP2.jpgMy fantasy metro subway map for the city of Indianapolis.

^^ Can't we see it because it's a fantasy? ;)

^^ That, or even in his wildest fantasy Indianapolis won't have any decent public transit to show for. ;)

I love Washington DC style maps!

Here my City, Citrus Osdur, Based on Japanese Metro Cities (Specialy Tokyo and Nagoya)

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7572/citrusosdurvw5.th.jpg
And the Rolling Stock
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/2150/nuevoimagendemapadebits2ak9.png

To GER:

Is it possible to see a bigger version of your nice map? Now I can not read the names...

Thank you very much.

StarFish,
So, when are you doing a realistic metro/LRT-map for Copenhagen-Malmo combined? What are you waiting for!? ;)

By the way, which application are you using to make these maps? Especially the CPH tram one, which looks very good.

:drool: Please do a future Metro map for the Great Copenhagen-Malmö region. It would be nice to see swedi..err..sorry scandic station names on a Danish network (!). :yes:

The Huge Version of Citus Osdur

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7572/citrusosdurvw5.jpg

And my Vision Of Buenos Aires Subway (it´s called "Subte")

Actual Map

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/buenos-aires-map.gif

My Version (Its Not incluyes the actual 800 km of Suburban Railways)
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/4339/gersubtesj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7536/nuevoimagendemapadebitsqe4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ligth Blue: Line A
Red: Line B
Blue: Line C
Green: Line D
Purple: Line E
Yellow: Line F
Pink: Line G
Grey: Line H

Here is a fantasy map of LA that most of will become reality in some form in the next 30 years. this is made by Damien Goodman, who is a member here as well as SSP. This map includes current lines, lines under construction, and future lines that have been studied my the MTA as well as a few other potential lines.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/Imyurdada/goodmon_final.gif

"Intermetro 1986" it was an old project for the subway of Rome that never became a reality :


http://idisk.mac.com/eurocity/Public/Intermetro_Roma_1986.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4054/hamiltonrapidtransitmapfb6.png

Fantasy map for Hamilton, Ontario. The system would be elevated guideways running streetcars in their own ROW. The uptown/downtown line acts only as a geographical boundary, and there are no fare zones. There is an interchange with GO service at Hunter Station.

Chances are we will never see anything close to that here (as there isn't really a huge amount of demand for it), but I'd sure love an alternative to the HSR buses.

I'm currently creating a fantasy map for the entire city of Calgary but for the mean time here's one of a Northern Cross, enjoy!

http://ucalgary.ca/~daprevat/north_lrt.jpg

Hello, like alot of you on here I've been doodling fantasy subway maps since I was a kid!

This is a map of all the Metros, Subways, Undergrounds and metro-like rail systems in the world, placed loosely in the right place to make a diagram of how they might all link together in the style of the classic London Underground diagram!

It was conceived by myself a few years ago and executed by a wonderful chap called Alan Foale whose design studio are responsible for officially updating the London Tube Map. It was very kindly given official sanction by London Underground (a rare honour). It was produced for the book "Metro Maps Of The World" in 2003 (as mentioned on this forum by Mike) which had the official maps of every subway system, plus a handful of fantasy maps but a future edition will include more of these dream maps. It was also turned into a poster sold by Londons Transport Museum and there were some postcards and leaflet made of it too.

http://www.myspace.com/lifemark (only for myspace users - another more public link coming soon!)

It can be also be seen animated and curved round the globe here:
http://www.metromapsoftheworld.com/

And here it is on the first edition front cover in more detail:
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1854142720.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
...and revised for the second edition here:
http://www.schwandl.com/shopdata/0040_Welt+=7C+World/images/metro-maps-of-the-world_435x400.jpg

:-)
Mark

Wow, I wasn't aware the second edition mimicks the tube map in such a close fashion. Did you revise the entire overview for inclusion the inside title as you did for the first edition?

Yes Robert, pretty much everything that could be update was (calculated almost 300 new maps and images in darker blue UK edition) - and we have since produced a DUTCH edition, just 6 weeks ago! Also fully updated with over 100 new maps in and a Dutch version of the world map - cant paste it here as it does not exist online anywhere yet but happy to email U a copy if you've not seen it :-)

Mark

Front cover of Dutch edition is very different too:

http://www.nl.bol.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/nl/-/EUR/BOL_DisplayProductInformation-ViewImage;sid=baLn_abHXlrnvOO2xmTZykYfgaVXTnJBG00=?ImageUrl=large%2fBOOKCOVER%2fFC%2f9%2f0%2f5%2f8%2f9%2f9058975835%2egif&ProductTitle=Metrokaarten%20van%20de%20wereld

^^ I bought your book (the Dutch edition) a few months ago. Really a nice collection!

My fantasy map for a fantasy city. All that's left to do is fill in the stations...:|

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6531/maysoometroschematicey2.png

That's great Alargule glad U liked it.

It's such a bizarre thing for an English person to visit a country where everyone appreciates the value of public transport - I heard that in the Netherlands planners forbid building of new large settlements unless there is a provision for new rail or tram operations! Is that true or just an urban myth?

Such a long way from where the UK is. They want to throw up 200,000 new homes without even considering new rail! It's bonkers!


Your fantasy map is really nice, and here's a little tip for map-making I picked up while researching the book; try and think of how to make space for the station names at the same time as drawing the map - reason is, as you'll see when you try to fit the names in, they are an important a piece of the jigsaw as the shape of the lines. Happy mapping!

:-)
Mark

^^ That depends. Newly built-up areas in Amsterdam or Rotterdam usually get a new railway connection (metro, tram) to the existing network. In Amsterdam, they even built a completely new tram line to connect IJburg to the network.

Downside of it all are the huge costs, plus the fact that no project in the Netherlands somehow can be completed without considerable delays and cost overruns. In the meanwhile, the residents who came to live in the new areas all use their cars to get around...

@MarkO: I've seen the Dutch version on the Dutch forum but I refuse to buy translations for publications of which I speak the language (unfortunately limited to Dutch, English, German, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish at the moment).

I won't buy each edition of a book, but as time progresses you'll probably have another sale here for the third or fourth one. :)

^^ Snob...;)

Since the Dutch translation is readily available and - I presume - cheaper than buying the original one, I'd just buy it. Oh wait, I already did :)

@ MarkO: you're right about the stations. But my first concern was to design a map that would be a schematic derivative of this one:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2261/maymetromz4.png

Furthermore, I saw you included the map of Max Roberts in your book (at least: the Dutch version). I can remember Max posting his drafts at SubTalk (the present SubChat), which inspired me to make this (http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9724/nymap20203iu.gif) map. I think the NY MTA should reconsider using its present semi-geographic map. It doesn't really stand out, and makes a terrible mess of the Brooklyn Downtown area.

CapzillaRobert makes a fair point (though if you're sort of guy who needs the latest of everything, the Dutch version has about 100 new maps in :-)) - and cudos to him for speaking so many lingo's - I'm having trouble learning just one more (French) but yes I'm sure MMOTW will be available in other languages too and I know there will be a new English edition in 2007 - and would love to include more space for fantasy maps as they are much more experimental than some of the official versions. :-)

Regards the current NY map; (speaking as someone who's only visited rather than lived there) I must agree that it is seems a bit strange that New Yorkers (or rather the heads of MTA design department) have chosen a geographic map for a city that's so in love the grid.

The popular story was that the cities most recent diagram (Vignell's) somehow "uspet" users because stations were not were not shown in exactly the same relation to their geographic reality. Well (much as I love the Vignelli map as a piece of art) I cant really see why it could not have just been tweaked a little? After all New Yorkers had been using a diagrammatic style of map since George Salomens 1959 version so it strikes me the drastic move back to geographic was a slightly extreme reaction they've been too embarrassed to move back from ever since.

Certainly the Kick map, Max Roberts, the Columbia University version, your own erstwhile efforts and many other designers have shown that it is entirely possible (if not preferable) to draw such a complex network as a more user-friendly diagram (and in the case of the Kick map in particular http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project.cfm?id=267 still include the streets and districts with modern computer colouring techniques).

Those messy clumps of multi-coloured knitting wool on the curent NY map in Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and elsewhere are no use to man or beast and a concerted campaign by map designers might still shift the MTA into tidying things up, maybe?! We can live in hope!

^^ Maybe we should just spam the MTA with our alternative designs...;)
Of all attempts for a more user-friendly map, I like Jabbour's attempt (the Kick design map) most. And he really made work of it: he contacted the MTA with his map and held several interviews with local newspapers.
But the MTA seem more interested in building a new Fulton Transit Center with 'a fancy roof' than introducing a more user-friendly map...:(

....and finally thanks to the good people at London Underground Blogspot (http://london-underground.blogspot.com) I can include an image of the map I did for the MMOTW book.

http://static.flickr.com/103/313981428_168a503245_b.jpg

Was never intended as a fantasy of map of desired connections, just a quaint way of linking all the worlds exisitng metro systems on a diagram of the world. :-)

Also check out the blogspot - it always has amusing and bizarre stuff on!

x
Mark

Nice map! I never knew Amsterdam was located near Rostock...;)

Great map, MarkO!
:okay:
There are two "Valencia" in the dark blue line.
:D

"Attention: service from Valencia to Valencia has been suspended due to a passenger fallen ill between Fortaleza and Lisboa."

this is a splendide idea! i didn't know Auckland has some kind of metro system.

....and finally thanks to the good people at London Underground Blogspot (http://london-underground.blogspot.com) I can include an image of the map I did for the MMOTW book.
Thanks, MarkO, for putting it online!! As I told you earlier I love that map! I'm glad that many geographical and spelling errors from the first edition have been fixed but I still found some (not that I was looking for them, but I have a sixth sense :) ). Is this second edition also available as a poster from London Transit Museum?

Some errors:
Hanover (only one n in English).
Tehran
Shenzhen
Kharkov
Munich and Brescia seem to share the same station
Linz is not between Munich and Nuremberg
Xian, China has a metro u/c (http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/182643.htm)

That world map is seriously cool! :okay:

http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/toronto_subway_map_hypothetical_553.PNG (http://imagesocket.com/view/toronto_subway_map_hypothetical_553.PNG)
Click for big.

Here's a fantasy map of Toronto I made. The original plans were by someone else in pdf file, but I made it into an image and changed a few things for a piece of fiction I was writing. Original credit for most of the ideas goes to Warren Schnurr.

this is a splendide idea! i didn't know Auckland has some kind of metro system.
Auckland hasn't got a full metro system, same for Sydney, Melbourne and some other cities...
:|

this is a splendide idea! i didn't know Auckland has some kind of metro system.

The map is loosely based on the London Underground. Given the placing of the other cities in Australia somthing had to fill in the place of New Cross station on the East London line. One solution would be to move Jakarta down to Aukland and replace Jakarta with Cebu which has been trying to get a system similar to Manila going. The entire South American network is the Picadilly line running through Heathrow. Maybe the Croydon Tramlink should be used to show South Africa, Australia and New Zealand where there isn't a metro system per se but something more in line of the Tramlink.


@TDude695

I've got my own variation of the map but I'm still tweaking some details and settling on station names. I've also included the streetcar network on the map. Just trying to find an audience to settle some of the details.

Cheers for all the suggestions and comments, Micro's spellings well noted!

Map was originally intended as way to show all the cities in the MMOTW book (with the much repeated proviso that we included some cities that were not metro's in the strictest sense - Stuttgart, Manchester, Lausanne, Jacksonville, San Diego, the Australian cities etc being just a few examples). Those places were included (as opposed to, for example Croydon, or some of the other equally valid light rail cities which were not included) simply because they had interesting maps, often used to give the impression of a metro-like service.

Auckland and Bangalore for example had plans to build Metro's though gather Auckland's now dropped theirs, but the map was worth including. Plus Gil is right about needing more southern hemisphere systems to balance it out.

Defining which is or is not a real Metro isn't an exact science as more and more hybrid systems emerge (should we for example include all monorails? modern low floor tram systems etc?). Problem with extending boundaries too wide is that a book of maps of every single rail-based system would become unwieldy, so we had to excercise a bit of restraint! Not surprisingly more and more older material turns up all the time, much of which I'd love to include in future editions, and same story with the fantasy maps, but we'll have to see how space restrictions go :-)

A properly updated poster may be available next year! Keep y'all posted.

Love the Toronto Fantasy system too TDude!

:) Mark

....and while we are at it, here's another fantasy map (for visual delight and world-wide giggling at how poor the UK is nowadays at digging new tunnels - well outside London any rate!)

The idea started with wondering what to do with the core spine (Oxford Road/University/Fallowfield/Withington) which is one of the busiest bus corridors in Europe and certainly would qualify for being converted to light rail at the very least, had it have been in any other major Euro country but Britain! However as that route passes along quite narrow roads (especially through Rusholme) the idea for burying any future tram lines and then extending the routes into a fully fledged fantasy metro (or pre-metro) seemed an obvious leap.

Most of the other routes are just there to make the map look nice (although they do 'serve' many areas which are not well connected to any other urban rail now or planned) but hey who says we can't play?! Especially love the idea of Manchester having a station called "Opera" (one of the most common metro station names in the world) and "Royal Exchange" (because it just sounds so grand), plus since Manchester really does have a Victoria and a Piccadilly station whose to say they might not name future urban rail routes after these mainline stations???!!!

Hang on! Just having a brief re-draw of that map! It'll be back later

@MarkO:
Correct "Palmero", it is "Palermo".
;)

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3076/routemap2ap0.pnghttp://img96.imageshack.us/img96/759/lametrolinkplansa3.jpghere is some ideas that i had for LA it helps separate metrolink and freight trains allowing much better frequencies on metrolink (3ish trains per hour each way on all lines). simpler opperation and more integration with the subway and light rail.

Hello metrofriends

Here is my new METROPOLIS CITY map.
I hope you enjoy it.

Suggestions and comments (about errors...) welcomed.

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1364/metropolisys8ut0.gif

I am sorry, this is not the map I wanted to post it.
As you can see this is a "Science fiction" map, with some Government names in it. It is stupid but I like it...

The map I wanted to post is:

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8254/metropolis234567sq1.gif

haha, i can't believe this. When I was about 8 or 9 I used to play this game called crosscountry USA (from school) about delivering goods to other cities. Then I dreamt of a real time live controlling game with a lot more detail, so I started tracing maps, and putting in a lot of cities, omitting others, and designing how the game would work (like GTA, but more benign)

BTW, any of you simcity fans? you can realize those maps and probably test them out with simcity and plopping. My cities in that game are always boring, grid style things, no creativity at all

http://home.powertech.no/micbergs/grabb/osloxmap.png

This is my fantasymap over how Oslo could be. Blue is some sort of a new tramsystem which should be compatible with both tram powerlines and train powerlines.

@Jserradell:
Great maps!!
:okay:

The map I wanted to post is:

How about placing the biggest cities in those stations where the largest number of lines meet?

I posted the metro map for Lysmere earlier, but I've been updating it :D Adding several new stations (to make it look better) and a RER type system.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/evilstarfish/Sim%20Calcio/RESjpg.jpg
(To give proper credit: a friend of mine made the logo)

Do you have a map of your city's metro, rail, or tram network that you want to post?

Well, post it here. And no, they don't have to be the official extension maps or something, or even make much sense. That's why it's fantasy! I got one myself.

Hartford, US

Hartford, at the moment, has no commuter railway system. Over 80% of trips into downtown (and there are a lot, the city grows over 50% during the day) is made by car, making our highways clogged up for a large part of the day. We have four Amtrak train stations, and that's it. The city and state are slowly but surely on the beginning steps of building a BRT network. Better than nothing except that most of the network will be built on already existing railways. :ohno:

I think that we are big enough to get a LRT network. The potential is amazing, because there are so much corridors for this idea to take place. I wish that my polticians could actually think big for once.

Here is the "homemade" version of my map (stations not included):
http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8540/map2ts5.png

It would compose of:
The Farmington-Manchester Line: This would be a streetcar-style LRT line on the western end, going down Farmington Avenue to connect with West Hartford Center in the middle. East of DT Hartford, it would use rail already there, to connect with Manchester, via East Hartford center.

New Britain Line: Already proposed, as BRT. Possibly if ridership figures are high enough, it can be changed back into LRT. The stations are already, in BRT form, being proposed and will be built by 2010-11. This would be the easiest one to build.

Bloomfield-Glastonbury Line: The northern part, north of Hartford Union Place, has been proposed as LRT in the past. The idea can be revived. The potential for that is amazing. However, the idea of the line to Glastonbury is a little more difficult because a new bridge would need to be built. I think that companies could drive for this one to built. IT would cross by a major Aircraft supplies plant (Pratt & Whitney).

Airport-Middletown Line: The northern half of this line, as well, is being proposed and approved, but as commuter rail, not LRT. And the current plan would compose a bus-link, although there is a railroad that goes to the Bradley Airport (local intl airport) area. I say drop that, and make a metro-style LRT train ride from Downtown Hartford to the airport. The mayor of Hartford has said this should happen (direct rail link) and there have been plans. The southern part to Middletown can be done too, because there is an abandoned railway there.

Here is the map on Google Earth, the terminii of the Airport-Middletown Line are not shown because they are actually a bit of a distance :dunno:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8940/mapzt5.png

How about you? Got any plans that you know can't happen, but wish they did for your city?

Here's a map I did up of what I'd like to see in Ottawa. The teal lines are streetcars, while the other lines are light rail, both surface level and subway. Most of them are done over existing but barely-used rail corridors.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/mennnc1701/Ottawafuturetransit.png

A new West Midlands (UK) Metro...
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll120/JohnQMetro/birming_diagram.gif

Of course, I have never even been to Birmingham, so this is just created from looking at Google Maps, Google Earth, and Wikipedia.

Even sillier, a new Tube line for London, whose main driver was that I thought the Tube map would look better with more south of the Thames...
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll120/JohnQMetro/south_love_line2.gif

I would welcome any comments...:)

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3184/initialbp7.jpg
Toronto's subway (red) and light rail (gold); thicker LRT lines represent LRT in pre-metro conditions

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6548/finalbe4.jpg
Suburban rail service: regular service would be all-day, 15 minute frequency. Lighter sections run during rush hour, and regional buses will provide service off-peak.

Interesting maps...:D

I love the maps!

Here's another map of mine, though this one I made for a term project. This is my fantasy map of a new Ottawa streetcar network.

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/9002/phase3ye2.jpg

athens metro map 2030
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/athensMetro2.jpg

and a larger one here: http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/?action=view&current=athensMetro2-1.jpg

http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/toronto_subway_map_hypothetical_553.PNG (http://imagesocket.com/view/toronto_subway_map_hypothetical_553.PNG)
Click for big.

Here's a fantasy map of Toronto I made. The original plans were by someone else in pdf file, but I made it into an image and changed a few things for a piece of fiction I was writing. Original credit for most of the ideas goes to Warren Schnurr.

Toronto really should have a system of this size right now....

From my site http://il-nosika.populus.ch
http://images.populus.be/pixdir/le//lestransports/mhaaleval.jpg

Mhaale has an metropolitan area of 750 000 inhabitants.

http://images.populus.be/pixdir/le//lestransports/hoyos.jpg
Green: 2 lines of tramway
Pink: 5 lines of funiculars
Blue: Regional train

Hoyos has 345 000 inhabitants.

http://images.populus.be/pixdir/le//lestransports/mtroPDScopie.jpg

Pointe du Sud is one of main cities with 2 695 000 inhabitants

^^ How come Gare Central is so unconnected? That city could really use an extra east-west line, even if it's only a short one (City Hall-Wagner-Gare-Beryl, or CH-W-Gare-Casablanca-Airport).

Nice maps, but for such a big city the network looks very inefficient!

Nice maps ! :) Nice idea for making this thread! :D I'm masterplanning a fantasy city, I'm making the metromap in MS Paint ;)

Hi
Is anyone interested in my Parrahub concept for Sydney Australia http://www.parrahub.org.au/

Eddy

ok. ok ... here we go!
madrid:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/madridmetro2.jpg
berlin:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/berlin2.jpg
stockholm:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/stockholm.jpg
amsterdam:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/amsterdam-map2.jpg
paris:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/pariscopy2.jpg
moscow:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/moskow2.jpg
athens suburban rail:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/suburban3.jpg
athens metro:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/athensMetro2.jpg

my city - Santa Maria transportation map. metro, tram and suburban rail.
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/SantaMariaTransportation.jpg
the subway

stations: 186
length: 189,3km
lines:8

L1 Avenida del sol - Puerto central - Marianna
L2 Torros - Nacion central - Toledo
L3 Montana santa - Puerto central - Castillos antiguos
L4 Barrio nuevo - Nacion central - Celles de oro
L5 Cascaras - Opera central -Curba
L5b Campos de dignidad - Opera central - Hospital militar
L6 Los te arboles - Nacion central - Fortuna
L7 Calle de San Antoni - Puetro central - Funicular
L8 Delta - Opera central - Los Angeles
L9 (CIRCULAR) Puerto central - Opera central - Nacion central

operating hours: 5:00 - 01:30
rush hours: every 3 min
daytime: every 5 min
late evening: every 10 min

owned and operated by PUBLIC MSM

Tram

stations: 302
legnth: 212km
lines: 25
operating hours: 5:00 - 24:00 (all night during fridays, saturdays and sundays)
rush hours: every 2,5 min
daytime: every 4 min
late evening: every 8 min
after midnight: every 18min

owned and operated by PUBLIC TSM

suburnan rail

stations: 139
length: 554,4
lines: 8
operating hours: 5:00 - 23:00
departure per destination : every 20min

owned and operated by PUBLIC SSM

suburban ferries

ports: 17
lines: 2 along the coast line
operating hours: 5:00 - 23:30
departure per destination: every 8min

owned and operated by PUBLIC FSSM

PROJECTS

suburban rail: construction for the circuital line started from Toledo in the south, passing through the west side hills outside of the circuital highway to the north and then turning out in Costa Parda bay area. 9 new stations to be consructed and concertedly 14 stations for line 9. the length of the line will be 37.3 km with total length reaching 591.7

Metro L1: An extension going west to the international airport from Marianna with an intermidiate station on the circuital is under construction. The airport station will be connected with suburban rail line 9 and 2. the length of the extention will be 7.4km

Metro L3: An extension going south to the Colpos suburban station from Montana santa is under construction with a length of 2,1

Metro L4: An extension is planned for line 4, going south from calles de oro to san antoni

Metro L5b: An extension for line 5b is planned to go south from Hospital militar to olimpico

http://images.populus.be/pixdir/le//lestransports/southport.JPG

Metro of Southport (Nosika), metropolitan aera of 1 830 000 inhabitants.

Intercity network between Sigourney-La Défense and Moonlight Shadow Eastport (10 160 000 inhabitants). You can comparate it to BART system at San Francisco or kind of RER like Paris.

http://images.populus.be/pixdir/il//il-nosika/RIEnew.jpg

Nice maps, all! Here's something I've been working on for the past few days: a schematic map for my fantasy city "Maysoo".
It's not even closed to being finished: most of the station names have to be (made up and) filled in, I still have to create a legend and there's way too much space on the top and right sides of the map. Click on the picture below for a larger PDF-file:

http://www.nederlandmetro.nl/images/maysoo/SchemaMaysooMetro.png (http://www.nederlandmetro.nl/images/maysoo/SchemaMaysooMetro.pdf)

That looks amazing! ^^

What software do you use to make those maps? Other than MS Paint?

I use Adobe Illustrator. Great for map making - though a bit more complicated to learn then MSPaint ;)

I use Adobe Illustrator. Great for map making - though a bit more complicated to learn then MSPaint ;)

Do you need to buy it or just the free trial? I'm not paying $600!

http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/toronto_subway_map_hypothetical_553.PNG (http://imagesocket.com/view/toronto_subway_map_hypothetical_553.PNG)


We need a network like this in Toronto so badly. My only suggestion, instead of a subway along Steeles, create one along Queen St-Lakeshore Blvd. At least 250, 000 passengers daily would use it guaranteed.

Do you need to buy it or just the free trial? I'm not paying $600!

Those are your two options...;)

We need a network like this in Toronto so badly. My only suggestion, instead of a subway along Steeles, create one along Queen St-Lakeshore Blvd. At least 250, 000 passengers daily would use it guaranteed.
Dentrobate, my droog! I am Panzerfaust, from Urban Toronto. Remember me? The one who argued with you many a time before you ended up banned? Didn't expect to see you on here. I don't post much here, anyway.

I made that map a long, long time ago, before I really knew anything about transit planning (if you'll note the date I posted it). Nowadays, my map would be a lot different, with a Downtown Relief Line and extensive usage of LRT.

What software do you use to make those maps? Other than MS Paint?

Get Inkscape. It's open source, it's free, and it's about as good as Illustrator minus a few little specifics that won't make any difference to you making maps. Just google it.

A modified version of the CityRail network. Unlikely to ever happen...

It's mainly Suburban Heavy Rail with Metro Lines in other densely populated areas. There is about 70 new stations more than the current CityRail map.

http://chopstickles.com/misc-images/cityrail-future-small.png (http://chopstickles.com/misc-images/cityrail-future.png)

Click image for full size version.

I like the reappearance of the Ropes Creek line. :)

Some of the lines on the map don't really have much population around them but the idea was mainly for future growth areas. Ropes Creek seems to have a lot of housing going up hence that.

I'm suprised they even shevled that considering all the houses that would pop up there in the future.

I really like the way you represent the metro lines: colored stations on grey lines instead of colored lines.

BTW: you misspelled 'Museum'...;)

i know, its crazy, but...
SEOUL:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2655446014_14c1e092e7_b.jpg

Toronto really should have a system of this size right now....

Yes, the Toronto subway is massively under built. To put things in perspective, the City of Madrid and the City of Toronto have roughly the same population and land area. Madrid's subway is 282 km while the Toronto subway is 69 km.

Toronto, at the bare minimum, needs double the track it has now. I live in central Toronto near the waterfront and I can't take a subway downtown. I have to take a bus north 20 blocks, travelling away from downtown, before I hit track. Only then can I travel east. Then I switch to a southbound track to back track towards the lake again.

Completely absurd! I live directly west of downtown, but the only direction you can travel by subway from downtown is north! You can't go east or west, diagonal, nothing. The ridiculous part is that many Torontonians think the subway is fine the size it is.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=108050198920242492381.000451790ca871edead97&ll=43.488798,-79.525909&spn=0.871785,2.60376&z=10

My vision for Toronto, the subway and LRT lines.

Yes, the Toronto subway is massively under built. To put things in perspective, the City of Madrid and the City of Toronto have roughly the same population and land area. Madrid's subway is 282 km while the Toronto subway is 69 km.

Toronto, at the bare minimum, needs double the track it has now. I live in central Toronto near the waterfront and I can't take a subway downtown. I have to take a bus north 20 blocks, travelling away from downtown, before I hit track. Only then can I travel east. Then I switch to a southbound track to back track towards the lake again.

Completely absurd! I live directly west of downtown, but the only direction you can travel by subway from downtown is north! You can't go east or west, diagonal, nothing. The ridiculous part is that many Torontonians think the subway is fine the size it is.

This is what I dislike about our subway network too. Why, oh why hasn't a subway along Queen-Lakeshore been built yet? The people saying Bloor-Danforth is the downtown's east-west line, are nuts :weird:. Better-than-bus, or streetcar for that matter, is so desperately needed down here from Cliffside to Long Branch.

It's a shame for me that in order to get into the city via transit I need to take a bus all the way south to Dundas and head across to access the subway @Islington. This can take at least 90 minutes on a good day with another 40 mins sojourn on the metro. If an Eglinton Line was built out to Pearson, I could easy well slash that commuting time in half, and via the subway be in the core within 45 mins. These are the types of improvement in customer service the TTC should look at before hiking fares. Tell me is it fair we're paying more now for the same or even worsening quality of service?

I've been working on a fantasy rail system for a fantasy city for a while now.

There's no key so far, but the thicker coloured lines are for metro trains while the thin black lines are for commuter/suburban rail type trains. Stations with the "National Rail" logo are ones where commuter/suburban rail trains stop. I think everything else is pretty self-explanatory. Trying to think up of names for each different line that isn't just "Blue Line", "Red Line" etc.

http://www.angelfire.com/tv/jarbury/Train_System-v2.jpg

The train system is for the city I've drawn below. The rail lines are the pink/purple lines. Motorways are red.

http://www.angelfire.com/tv/jarbury/BCv17.jpg

Sorry the images are so big, the city spreads quite widely east-west. The scale of the map at the size it's shown below is around 1cm-1km. So it's about 70 km east-west. I reckon the population would be around 5 millionish.

Oh my God. You really put some effort in there.

Well done mate, I'm really impressed. You should sell that to Dubai!

^^ It's far too realistic for Dubai! LOL

This is one I made for Toronto's subway (based on existing rails and other people's proposals). didn't put too much work into this, but you get the general idea.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5525/map2completecopyae9je3.png

Nice ideas monkeyronin! My plan included a brown heavty rail loop in the DT like yours only it's a little more north since it ran under Spadina, Dundas, Bay, and then Davenport! I too had a Bay Avenue Road route! If only this would come true..

Heres a map that I have made for a city that i made in Simcity...
Its roughly geographically accurate hence the 45. angles...also something that I have missed out is that the stations that are marked at interchange stations but appear with only one line is a Main Line interchange...

also where the 9th Avenue and East End Line run along side each other, they share the tracks rather than just being two separate lines. The whole system is underground...but some elevated and surface proposals are in progress...
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x48/poshbakerloo/subwaymap.jpg

The one I did for my city (half a million ppl)
http://i37.tinypic.com/zxp837.png

The black lines are bus corridors, and some of them really are under construction.

Here's the commuter rail system for my fictional city (Hinto) and its metro area:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/hintomedia/hinto-studio/star-systemmap-03-official.png

MHTA (Metropolitan Hinto Transit Authority) is the agency that runs the metro system. I don't have all the details worked out for the metro yet.

wow, that looks so realistic!

A modified version of the CityRail network. Unlikely to ever happen...

It's mainly Suburban Heavy Rail with Metro Lines in other densely populated areas. There is about 70 new stations more than the current CityRail map.

http://chopstickles.com/misc-images/cityrail-future-small.png (http://chopstickles.com/misc-images/cityrail-future.png)

Click image for full size version.
hey deanh, what software did you use to make that map?

^^ - Just used Macromedia Fireworks (old as!)

:banana:

http://www.chopstickles.com/misc-images/smaller-map-sml.gif (http://www.chopstickles.com/misc-images/smaller-map.gif)

:banana:

This thread is cool :D

I did some imaginary maps long time ago, so here are two examples.


I. A map inspired by NYCsubway, no station names, other names are imaginary language, inspired by Hungarian :D
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u152/curz85/metromap.gif

II. This map is a tram network, no names. There are also three subway lines. Inspired roughly by the layout of Czech city of Brno.
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u152/curz85/1miasto17.gif

Here is a modification of the Chicago CTA I made. It includes the following improvments:
-Circle (Teal) Line
-A Kedzie Street Subway (Black Line)
-Extensions of the Yellow, Red, Orange, & Green Lines.

O what a system if would be.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4185/20061103233731ctamap.png

I have been planning an extension to the Athens system with more than 254 miles to beat both London and Shanghai by route length. Alongside that there would be artificial islands to recreate maps from my favourite video games.

Here is my draft:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3309/3577031378_7a31fdffab.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaggers/3577031378/)

I used Google Earth Pro and is there a tool so I can make good curves and represent lines shared by many lines properly?

Thanks.

^ I am not sure if there is a function on Google Earth..

I think I am going to start making one with Fireworks :)

Thank goodness for you guys. I always used to feel so lonely when I drew up maps but now I see there are some other fantasy planners. I will try to post some maps later which I drew for friends but what I mainly have to say is 'Great Job!"

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/864/ahmedabadmetrofinal.jpg

For those who don't know, this is Ahmedabad, a city in western India with 5 million people but no Rapid Transit System.

I have a better PDF version of this map, the jpeg-ifying made it worse

Seems like nobody comes on this thread anymore...:ohno::ohno::ohno:

I do. It's inspired me to do my own. I'm thinking of creating a virtual city based on a map of Wuhan, Hubei that I had on my computer. Having to put it all onto Fireworks and I'll be doing it as part of my summer project to whittle away my spare time! :)

^^ I made this map on AutoCAD, and it is far simpler than Fireworks, if you know the commands.

Finish it up fast and put it up.

Bye the way, are you from Tehran?

If you are, try making a better map of the Tehran city Metro itself, I've not seen a good map of Tehran Metro.

Artist Graeme Currie's version of the Merseyrail map:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/Merseyrail/starmap.jpg

^^ :rofl::rofl::rofl:

One for Plymouth, nr. Cornwall:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3633560558_fabcd98279.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaggers/3633560558/)

^^ I made this map on AutoCAD, and it is far simpler than Fireworks, if you know the commands.

Finish it up fast and put it up.

Bye the way, are you from Tehran?

If you are, try making a better map of the Tehran city Metro itself, I've not seen a good map of Tehran Metro.

Well I was born in Tehran, though I would never really class myself as being from Tehran. I am British, not Iranian, having grown up here with British values. That being said, I'm not ashamed of my Iranian heritage :P so nobody get antsy.... haha!

That being said, I can't find a great wealth of maps on Tehran Metro, so I decided to make on on Adobe Illustrator. Almost finished it as well. Debating though whether I should try and illustrate the lines under construction or planned.

Here is the map I've drawn of the Tehran Metro:

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8720/tehranmetro.gif

^^ I think you should include all lines.

Very neat map.

And that yellow line has only five stations??

Apparently... I decided not to add the other lines as there doesn't appear to be any firm indication as to the stations etc and so I decided to leave them out until they were firmed up. I did however modify the map to include the other part of line 4, which is under construction, I think, which will interchange at Azadi. I also had to correct a couple of things as well:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8720/tehranmetro.gif

Yeah, I thought something was missing (I was searching for Tehran Pars station, I remember that because it sounds like Tehran Purse).

How about your fantasy map now...

Me? I simply used Illustrator for diagrams.

The fantasy map is going to take a lot longer haha :P

Hi! I recently finished my fantasy tram network map for Tallinn, Estonia in 2040:
http://www.yhistransport.eu/pildid/elektritranspordikaart_thumb.png (http://www.yhistransport.eu/pildid/elektritranspordikaart_4.pdf)
Click on it for larger image (pdf).

The current tram routes are drawn with solid lines, except that tram route no. 4 finishes in Tondi station, route no. 2 drives between Kopli and Ülemiste stations. Everything else is imaginary, though some are based on real projects (that never got built). The "I stage" is with wide dashes and "II stage" in small dashes.
Since a light rail service has been planned in Tallinn since 1970-s, most of the people hope that one day the light rail will be built. Most likely is that routes 5, 7 and 10 will be built, 6 is a possibility, extending 3 to Pirita, 4 to Risti and building 8 are long shots. Extending 2 to Pelguranna, 3 to Viimsi, building 9 to Tabasalu and 11 between two districts - pure fantasy of what I'd hope. I also hope you like my map :):):).

I made this map for my SimCity city (2,2 million citizens) :) Still expanding it, done this all with paint. (Names & info is in Dutch)

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm151/24-7pics/ERT-3.png

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/670/highspeedrail.th.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/i/highspeedrail.jpg/)

What I would love to see happen in a HSR in the UK. There are connections to the Isle of Wight as that is where my 'company' originates. I have various plans for the Island transit and this would be the ideal progression. The lines show the routes, not the express stations etc.

New Steinway subway map...
Its a map for a city I made on SimCity...

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x48/poshbakerloo/subwaymap-1.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/670/highspeedrail.th.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/i/highspeedrail.jpg/)

What I would love to see happen in a HSR in the UK. There are connections to the Isle of Wight as that is where my 'company' originates. I have various plans for the Island transit and this would be the ideal progression. The lines show the routes, not the express stations etc.

Very interesting...

I'm not sure about some of the routes though...just seems a bit of on odd route...

Swansea-Oxford and Newport-Falmouth

Sandown-Europe via London is very good though...

Ha! I know what you are saying, but the idea would be stages- The Island needs a connection between it and the mainland. So after they are created, a highspeed link between London and Portsmouth and Southampton and Cardiff seemed logical. Then they would connect to Falmouth/Folkstone-Europe. There is some logic in the madness...honest. :P

Nice map PoshBakerloo

For those of you using Fireworks to make maps - how do you get such nice curves? I've no idea how to do that!

Hi! I recently finished my fantasy tram network map for Tallinn, Estonia in 2040:


The current tram routes are drawn with solid lines, except that tram route no. 4 finishes in Tondi station, route no. 2 drives between Kopli and Ülemiste stations. Everything else is imaginary, though some are based on real projects (that never got built). The "I stage" is with wide dashes and "II stage" in small dashes.
Since a light rail service has been planned in Tallinn since 1970-s, most of the people hope that one day the light rail will be built. Most likely is that routes 5, 7 and 10 will be built, 6 is a possibility, extending 3 to Pirita, 4 to Risti and building 8 are long shots. Extending 2 to Pelguranna, 3 to Viimsi, building 9 to Tabasalu and 11 between two districts - pure fantasy of what I'd hope. I also hope you like my map :):):).
It's pretty good but I think line 6 should extend to Maardu via Muuga. Line 9 is too much, on the other hand. Those areas(Tiskre, Tabasalu), are mainly suburban sprawl where even bus lines aren't viable.

For those of you using Fireworks to make maps - how do you get such nice curves? I've no idea how to do that!

I would like to know aswell...Quite often I use a shape like a square with rounded edges, but cut the rest away, I'm sure there is a better way!

Before the financial crisis hit Iceland hard there was talk about building a Light-Rail system in the capital. Some wanted to go a step further and build a mass-transit system, even thought i think that would just be a huge waste of money. Despite that I became very interested in the idea and made my own plan.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3706/metrop.th.png (http://img36.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metrop.png)

Also included is a High-speed train to Keflavik airport and a Bus Terminal with bus-lines to other parts of the contry (since Iceland doesn't have a trainsystem)

i would show my maps if i knew how to post them, but i dont. any help?

Before the financial crisis hit Iceland hard there was talk about building a Light-Rail system in the capital. Some wanted to go a step further and build a mass-transit system, even thought i think that would just be a huge waste of money. Despite that I became very interested in the idea and made my own plan.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3706/metrop.th.png (http://img36.imageshack.us/my.php?image=metrop.png)

Also included is a High-speed train to Keflavik airport and a Bus Terminal with bus-lines to other parts of the contry (since Iceland doesn't have a trainsystem)

Nice idea, I was there this summer and had a similar idea!

i would show my maps if i knew how to post them, but i dont. any help?

This is what I did:

A quick tutorial:

1. Upload your images to an image hosting site, preferrably www.imageshack.us (you can either make an account, or start uploading directly. Images should be in .jpg (good for photos), .gif or .png (good for maps) format);

2. Go to the forum and insert the url (that's the long text in the "direct link to image"-tag in Imageshack) in the 'text to be formatted'. Another, easier way is this:

just type:

x

where x is the url of your image.

That's the whole idea of posting pics. Just give it a try.

Ideas for Montreal commuter train network...

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll92/erj-boy/plandeslignescopie.jpg

It's pretty good but I think line 6 should extend to Maardu via Muuga. Line 9 is too much, on the other hand. Those areas(Tiskre, Tabasalu), are mainly suburban sprawl where even bus lines aren't viable.

Nõmme and Pirita are suburban sprawl, and not only are bus lines viable there, but also a double-track railway.

possible future london tube map :

http://api.photoshop.com/home_6c5a1e2a7ec241bfbefa023343dc6114/adobe-px-assets/f34804398ecb4047a1ff33b5d8754923

Hello! I thought I'd contribute two maps I've made of two Canadian cities. The first map is a (very optimistic) fantasy of the future subway/LRT system for Toronto and the surrounding area:
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9607/mapfiction3.th.png (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/mapfiction3.png/)

and the second map here is an idea for the LRT system in Edmonton, Alberta. The blue line in this map already exists, the others are derived from environmental studies and ideas floating around:
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4722/edmlrt.th.png (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/edmlrt.png/)

What do you guys think? I might do a map of Montreal's Metro next.

Wow guys! U've just made my day :lol:
Didn't see this topic before. It's precious :D
I made a (could be, but never will) map of Novi Sad metro (Serbia, second biggest city, my home town).
It's not finished yet...

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5527/thenetwork3.jpg

Copenhagen

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2883/metro.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/rocket909/Link_Light_Rail_2009_plan.png

Other Changes I would make to the system:
-retrofit all trains to increase maximum speed from 65mph to 95 mph
-increase operating speed to 75-90 mph across entire network
-decrease accelleration and acelleration times at all stations
-elevate or bury the tracks between rainier beach and mount baker station
-create a network that puts a light rail station next to each sounder station (commuter rail)
-implement a network of feeder cars (street cars or specialized buses) around each station
-Build a parking garage above the current parking lot at tukwila station
-Convert tukwila station to a central light rail and metro bus hub
-Put signs on all metro buses indicating which light rail stations they stop at
-Install infocenters at each station, these would be touchscreens that can show how to get from point A to B using a combination of light rail, commuter rail, buses, and feeder cars (similar to google maps)
-Install noise barriers on tracks and implement other methods of noise reduction
-Create a park and ride at every station where it is possible
-determine the best style of elevated and underground track supports that can be built in the least amount of time

Please delete

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww197/davidaiow/Island-Transit-newest-larger.jpg

What I would like to see on the Isle of Wight. I know this sort of thing would never happen but it would be a lot better than the 1 excuse for a train line we have now :)

a huge hyper extensive version the Buenos Aires Subte made by me :)
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z188/ovem/BsAsBYovem_L.jpg

Ovem

Than looks great, maybe extend line I also onto the island for nature lovers...
Relaxed with the family to the nature beach etc.

Two questions/requests:

- Could someone please repost the Groningen Fantasy Tram map? I can't see it.
- It would be nice if someone made a fantasy network for Warsaw :)

Thanks in advance! :)

Another fantasy map of Toronto and the surrounding area. Sometime in the distant future, and a more densely populated city than now.


http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5159/map4little.png (http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7403/map4g.png)

forgive my ignorance, but is there a special kind of program to create maps like these, or do you just use some vector based adobe stuff?

forgive my ignorance, but is there a special kind of program to create maps like these, or do you just use some vector based adobe stuff?

I use inkscape, which produces .svg graphics files but can export them as .png files. I guess any vector-drawing program would do though.

Here is a fantasy I have been working on. The city is Port Stanley in the San Juan Islands. It is it's own city-state. Population 9 Million.

It's still in development. I'll post revisions as I make them. Hopefully I'll have a better resolution soon with stations and express lines.

Port Stanley Metro
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8803/sanjuanmetro.jpg

This is the land use map: green=residential, pink=commercial, red=business districts and yellow=industrial
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1926/portstanleylanduse.jpg

Cool city.

Hi,

this is a map i made a few years back, based on a city i was building in SimCity 3000 :)
It's a tramway network. I also drew a subway network, but that didn't turn out too well... Symbols used are British Rail and London Underground (names are also largely based on existing English names)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/4085786174_ef4c5ce8a2_b.jpg

Wow! I'm so envious of your skills! That looks extremely professional! I don't care what you say, I'd still love to see what the subway map looked like :)

Love it and thanks for sharing!

Another fantasy network map
http://www.norscand.net/images/lort-metro-area-rrt-mid.png (http://www.norscand.net/images/lort-metro-area-rrt.png)
See more on the Norscand Geofiction (http://www.norscand.net) site

Another fantasy network map
http://www.norscand.net/images/lort-metro-area-rrt-mid.png (http://www.norscand.net/images/lort-metro-area-rrt.png)
See more on the Norscand Geofiction (http://www.norscand.net) site

I love this geography

Another fantasy network map
http://www.norscand.net/images/lort-metro-area-rrt-mid.png (http://www.norscand.net/images/lort-metro-area-rrt.png)
See more on the Norscand Geofiction (http://www.norscand.net)site

Nice map! What program did you use to create it?

^^ Y'know 'Lort' means shit in Danish? :lol:

Great map - I wish I was that talented.

A little help here from those who use Inkspace :)

Just wondering, how do add stations to your maps? Do you make them insade Inkspace, or do you add them with another programm (for example Paint)?

If you do it with Inkspace then how?

All map features can be produced in Inkscape including stations. Station is just a prepared complexed object which consists of simple ones - circles, squares and others with own attributes (filling color, thickness of lines, etc). Once made it can be copied and placed in designed place. To prevent the confusion is needed to distribute all of the same kind objects on different layers (layers of lines, stations, names, etc)

^^ Y'know 'Lort' means shit in Danish? :lol:

Great map - I wish I was that talented.

How they dare to use this word in such meaning?!?! :lol: Do you know there's Worms city in Germany? It makes me smile too :)

^ I laughed when I saw the "Lort" :lol: but it's still a fantastic map nonetheless, great job!

Heres a (REAL) network map of a local "alugueres" (renting) bus company here in portugal:

Imagine this as a commuter network. :lol:
http://www.frota-azul.pt/img/mapa_rede.jpg

@ Norscand: I've taken a look at your website, and it's truly baffling. I've never seen such well elaborated maps for a fantasy country.

Keep up the good work! :)