MISC | Fantasy Network Maps

[Weirdo@Rotterdam]

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.

[Alargule]

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:

[Alargule]

Another fantasy map I made is this one:



...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:



...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:

[Weirdo@Rotterdam]

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?

[SE9]

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

[Alargule]

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:

[img]x[/img]

where x is the url of your image.

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

[Alargule]

@ 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.

[SE9]

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.

[kashyap3]

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

[Alargule]

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

[kashyap3]

wow...what program do you guys use anyways

Photoshop?

[Alargule]

MSPaint.

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

[Yardmaster]

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!

[Heilig]

16 years old

[Alargule]

The map or the guy who made it?

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

[Yardmaster]

Originally Posted by kashyap3

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 ?

Originally Posted by kashyap3

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

[Weirdo@Rotterdam]

Originally Posted by Alargule

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:

[img]x[/img]

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.

[monkeyronin]

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.

[hinto]

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



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.

[sbarn]

Originally Posted by Alargule

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:

This is awesome... have any others?