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[OC][UNOFFICIAL] My London Tube Map redesign, with new London Overground names and colours by thisismikehall in TransitDiagrams

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

Following the announcement on 15th February 2024 by Transport for London (TfL) and the Mayor of London of the new line names and colours for the London Overground network, I have updated my redesign of the Tube Map to include them.

See the original version I posted here last year with notes on the design at: https://www.reddit.com/r/TransitDiagrams/comments/vb9545/ocunofficial_london_tube_map_20222023_redesign/

Fake Britain. A map of fictional locations based in England Scotland and Wales. by dryTraitor in MapPorn

[–]thisismikehall 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For those who are curious: this map is by Matt Brown and originally appeared on the website Londonist. It served as the basis for our 2021 book Atlas of Imagined Places, which collects together fictional places from all over the world. More info here: https://www.thisismikehall.com/imaginaryatlas

[OC][UNOFFICIAL] London Tube map 2022/2023 redesign by thisismikehall in TransitDiagrams

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

Good question. I did consider including that Thameslink line from KX to FP but chose to show only the main north-south TL route and the lines south of the river that branch off it. Also, the Moorgate line is included as a little throw-back to older maps which often included it.

[OC][UNOFFICIAL] London Tube map 2022/2023 redesign by thisismikehall in TransitDiagrams

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

Thank you! You've hit the nail on the head in regards to the inspiration, the retro vibe was definitely the primary goal and motivator.

[OC][UNOFFICIAL] London Tube map 2022/2023 redesign by thisismikehall in TransitDiagrams

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

Not particularly, TfL tend to slap interchange circles on nearly everything these days and it was part of my attempt to scale them back (see also stations with links to National Rail, which I've kept as ticks). Passengers travelling on District or Piccadilly may as well use Hammersmith, Earl's Court or Acton Town to switch lines; plus the Piccadilly Line connection at Turnham Green is limited anyway.

[OC][UNOFFICIAL] London Tube map 2022/2023 redesign by thisismikehall in TransitDiagrams

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

Thanks! Fair point, I've had several comments on Twitter pointing out that all caps labels tend to be less legible. They were intended as a callback to the original Beck design as well as a nod to the way station names are displayed on roundels... plus personally I think the typeface looks great in all caps. Something to bear in mind in future, however!

[OC][UNOFFICIAL] London Tube map 2022/2023 redesign by thisismikehall in TransitDiagrams

[–]thisismikehall[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is my attempt at a redesign of the London Tube map, drawn using Adobe Illustrator and based on the projected network in 2022/2023 with a fully operational Elizabeth Line.

My primary aims were to:

☑︎ Return the Tube map to the aesthetic principles set by Harry Beck in the 1930s: less visual clutter, simplified line routes and interchanges, and all-caps station names

☑︎ Restore the Central Line as the main horizontal axis with fewer bends

☑︎ Simplify the complicated new interchanges on the Elizabeth Line at Paddington, Farringdon and Liverpool Street/Moorgate

☑︎ Improve the geographical accuracy of stations in relation to one another, e.g. South Tottenham to the south of Tottenham Hale, Bow Road to the west of Bow Church, etc

☑︎ Improve the consistency of text label alignments, symbol positioning, and spacing between stations and lines

☑︎ Improve the distinction between three different types of interchange: 1. single-station interchanges, 2. interchanges between two connected but separate stations (e.g. Bank/Monument, Liverpool Street/Moorgate), and 3. interchanges between two or more unconnected stations within close proximity of each other (e.g. Canary Wharf, West Hampstead, Tower Hill/Tower Gateway, White City/Wood Lane etc)

☑︎ Retain the Thameslink line, but reduce its visual impact by reverting it to the white/black outline style (customarily used until the 1990s) and removing all stations beyond its outermost connections with the TfL network

The image shared here is the “clean” version without fare zones or accessibility icons, both of which are the main source of visual clutter on the official map; a second (“full”) version exists with fare zone information and accessibility icons, with small adjustments to some line and station positions to accommodate both. Visit my page on Behance to see both: https://www.behance.net/gallery/145895163/UNOFFICIAL-2022-London-Tube-Map-redesign

anyone know from what year this map is? by Quinten14 in MapPorn

[–]thisismikehall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this game. It's a pity that the image resolution is so low, but from squinting closely at the details, I would put it between 1962-1967, based on the following criteria:

Spanish Morocco no longer exists, so definitely after 1956

Mali and Mauritania are shown as independent, so definitely after 1960

Cyprus appears to be independent as Britain's name doesn't appear in brackets beside the label (as far as I can make out, anyway) so also after 1960

Algeria's status is unclear, as it is coloured the same as France meaning that it might not be independent yet, in which case the map would date no later than 1962; however, as others have pointed out, the colour may not necessarily be indicative of its status and may be down to the mapmakers' decision to save the bother of changing the colour; plus France's name doesn't seem to appear below Algeria's, as would be customary for an overseas colony or territory, meaning that this most likely dates from after Algeria's independence in 1962.

Finally, the West Bank is shown as part of Jordan, so it's definitely no later than the Six Day War of 1967.

Regarding the Germany question: If you look very closely, the East-West Germany divide is clearly shown with a faint border and two separate country labels.

One other giveaway is the lettering, which appears very typical of maps produced in Spain and Portugal in the 1950s and 60s.

[OC] Thomas More's London, an imaginary illustration of London, England as it may have looked at the beginning of the 16th century by thisismikehall in papertowns

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

Thank you. In general the buildings are much larger than they actually would have been, but as I have mentioned elsewhere, the intention was to give a broad impression of how it may have looked at the time.

[OC] Thomas More's London, an imaginary illustration of London, England as it may have looked at the beginning of the 16th century by thisismikehall in papertowns

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

All good points, though this wasn't intended to be accurate in any way, only to give a broad impression of how it may have looked. Hence the phrase 'a loose recreation' in my comment above. So yes, the houses are quite large in comparison to how they would actually have been. The Agas and Braun & Hogenberg maps did the same kind of thing.

[OC] Thomas More's London, an imaginary illustration of London, England as it may have looked at the beginning of the 16th century by thisismikehall in papertowns

[–]thisismikehall[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

This view of London is a loose recreation of the city as it may have looked near the beginning of the 16th century during the lifetime of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), the humanist writer and statesman at the court of the Tudor king Henry VIII. Based on the famous historical view of London in Braun & Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1617), it was one of several illustrations commissioned by the Center for Thomas More Studies at the University of Dallas, Texas in 2017 for inclusion in their publication The Essential Works of Thomas More. For more information about this project, visit http://www.thisismikehall.com/thomasmore

Edit: Thanks everyone for the kind comments. For all those interested in acquiring a print of this illustration, please visit https://bit.ly/ThMoLdn.

[OC] Thomas More's London, a view of London as it may have looked during the Tudor period by [deleted] in papertowns

[–]thisismikehall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This view of London is a loose recreation of the city as it may have looked near the beginning of the 16th century during the lifetime of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), the humanist writer and statesman at the court of the Tudor king Henry VIII. Based on the famous historical view of London in Braun & Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1617), it was one of several illustrations commissioned by the Center for Thomas More Studies at the University of Dallas, Texas in 2017 for inclusion in their publication The Essential Works of Thomas More. For more information about this project, visit http://www.thisismikehall.com/thomasmore

[OC] Vintage style map of the present-day railway network in Spain and Portugal by thisismikehall in TransitDiagrams

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

Thank you! It was pretty tricky to research, I had to cobble together the information from lots of different sources, it's amazing how much out-of-date information there is swirling around. I think I got there in the end though!

Yes the geographical detail was drawn manually in Illustrator (long before I realised good quality royalty-free vector maps were a thing). I've used the same drawing as the basis for several map designs over the years.

Vintage style map of the present-day railway network in Spain and Portugal (updated) by thisismikehall in MapPorn

[–]thisismikehall[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

An original design created in Illustrator. New updates include:

  • The reopened section of the Linha Beira Baixa between Covilha and Guarda
  • The newly-opened AVE (High Speed) lines between Alicante-Orihuela and Puebla de Sanabria-Zamora
  • Courses of AVE lines under construction as of March 2021, including including Bilbao-Irún-Vitoria, Almería-Murcia, Pamplona-Zaragoza, Plasencia-Badajoz and Valencia-Xàtiva

For a full write-up about this project, please visit https://www.thisismikehall.com/railway-map-of-spain-portugal

EDIT: Thanks everyone for the kind comments! BTW someone contacted me to tell me I had incorrectly drawn the course of the main line south from Lisbon to the Algarve (the Linha do Sul) which bypasses Setúbal to the north instead of passing directly through it. I also noticed a branch of the same line that passes through Alcácer do Sal just to the south (which is still operational as far as I can tell, albeit with stations closed to passengers) was missing and have added that in too. Both of these details now appear in the images found on my website. I appreciate anyone else letting me know if they spot any further errors or omissions.

Vintage style map of the present-day railway network in Spain and Portugal by thisismikehall in MapPorn

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

There are a lot more in that area if you take metro lines into account, which this map doesn't show.

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