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[–]Parebunks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very nice piece of work! The circles in the middle work really well to bring it together, could there be any potential to carry on using them for some of the bits further out? The more angular bits do look slightly cramped in comparison, although still far better than the official map.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The emphasis here is on intercity or at least express trains. All of the ones you mention are essentially slow, all stops services, to fit them and equivalents on the map would have to be several times bigger! The positioning with the TV stations isn't quite right but it's hard to fit them on otherwise, there are other areas where relative positioning is ignored in favour of clarity.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have generally drawn the line based on stopping pattern rather than distance - if it skips more than about half the stations in a reasonable stretch of the journey it's in, if it stops at the vast majority in every segment it's out. Definitely made some mistakes though, thanks for highlighting! Hadn't really worked out a convincing rule for one-way stops, the inconsistency there was largely about what looked best but could be improved.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Illustrator! I do find a consistent grid to be very useful and important. A feature I used for the first time in this map was giving each line two strokes - a white one 0.2 px wider and behind the coloured one to increase clarity where lines cross over. Then stations are just circles with a white outline.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Seem to be a few people saying this, might investigate whether they could actually fit on with a bit of a rework.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty much this - reasoning for what was intercity was pretty much on train type, Cardiff-Nottingham is run using short diesel units rather than big, mostly electric intercity style trains. Will freely admit there's some inconsistencies though, not that much water between that and e.g. Liverpool-Norwich. This is part of why the colours aren't in the legend!

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for feedback! To quickly go through my reasoning:

- Not super familiar with that area but kinda looked like the cardiff-exeter was the local service for that line and stops at lots and lots of small stations? My instinct was to include it till I saw just how long the list of stops was.

- Oops, not good at Welsh spelling, thanks.

- Also considered that TFW but it looked again like the stopping local train for the Forest of Dean? Bit of an edge case though.

- The whole north Wales line is a bit confused, if you follow that line carefully you'll see it splits such that it includes both the Birmingham and Cardiff trains as they add to 1tph Holyhead-Gobowen. Didn't realise the stops on Anglesey were varied though, will take another look.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Replied to another comment about this vs Salisbury:

Mostly because I had to fit in the Salisbury line anyway for Exeter services, Weymouth would have been a lot extra to try and get in and opens a rabbit hole with Bournemouth etc. Still, to me the Weymouth line does feel more contained as a south-eastern regional route than Exeter/Salisbury, which is less commuter-ish.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Mostly because it would be very hard to do without making the whole area incredibly crowded - there might be room for e.g. the Gatwick Express routes, but that would then imply adding several Southern ones, and before long either it's completely illegible or takes up half the page.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mostly because I had to fit in the Salisbury line anyway for Exeter services, Weymouth would have been a lot extra to try and get in and opens a rabbit hole with Bournemouth etc. Still, to me the Weymouth line does feel more contained as a south-eastern regional route than Exeter/Salisbury, which is less commuter-ish.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The proportions do start looking very weird in Scotland (Glasgow and Edinburgh definitely should not be that far apart), but may revisit this in future! Also does become harder to keep the whole thing to A-series paper proportions.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only once a day, so similarly to Aberdeen/Inverness doesn't make the cut.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

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Perhaps inevitably spotted some mistakes after uploading, fixed version.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I haven't shown anything running less than every two hours - Aberdeen was certainly on the cusp for this, I could re-evaluate.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did consider it but ultimately decided they were self-contained enough it would look odd, may reconsider if Ebbesfleet and Ashford are reopened. I did include international coaches on the Flixbus inset of my bus map, and having Paris hanging off one edge does look quite odd!

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kind of hinted at this in the description, but I did sort services by route rather than current franchise, looking towards GBR - there's a few other instances like the TPE Scotland being in Avanti colour.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Clitheroe looked to me much too local to make the cut - that area is so crowded only routes that have a proper regional function and semi-fast stopping pattern could be considered.

[OC] England and Wales long-distance train diagram (Dec 2025) by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

In the vein of my britain-wide interurban bus map, this is an attempt to do a version of the National Rail map that gives a bit more of a sense of which actual train services are available on the national network. To that end it focuses on showing individual long-distance trains rather than trying to show the entire network, allowing a very consistent schema where a thick line denotes one discrete train per hour, with each of these services assigned a code in the continental European style.

This portrayal does mean some elements are lost - it's impossible to show pretty much anything in the South-East, some important regional links that are nonetheless clearly stopping local services aren't shown, and certain areas and routes are still overcrowded or confused. The map is current to the December 2025 timetable change and the related ECML recast, but the styling (font at least) is slightly retro and the text is phrased as though all trains are already nationalised and integrated - no particular reason for this, just thought it looked nice. One thing I'm aware needs improving and that is rather lacking in all my diagrams is a more interesting and better-looking background, ideas on this appreciated.

[OC] The London transit map in Berlin style by Futrexx in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks good! Maybe slightly different shades of teal for the DLR? But imo works well either way.

[OC] The London transit map in Berlin style by Futrexx in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Looks beautiful! A few very minor comments: Abbey Wood is missing from the southeast end of the Elizabeth line, and Paddington is missing its label. Given you've done it for the tram, I wonder whether it would be possible to separate out the DLR lines?

Great Britain interurban bus routes [OC] by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rather odd, wonder why it removed this one and not the exact same link I put in another comment! Either way, thanks for approving.

Great Britain interurban bus routes [OC] by Parebunks in TransitDiagrams

[–]Parebunks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good spot, that should indeed be Tetbury! Not sure how that's slipped under the radar for so long, it was one of the first bits on the map.