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December 5, 2015

Vatican City Railway: World’s Shortest National Rail System

Vatican City Railway Map

Map created by Arnaugir via Wikimedia

The map above shows the extent of the Vatican City’s railway system (Holy See railway). With just two 300 metre sets of tracks and two freight sidings measuring a total of 1.27km (0.79 miles), it’s the shortest railway system in the world.

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November 16, 2015

Growth of Japan’s Shinkansen High-Speed Bullet Train Railway

The Growth of Japan's Shinkansen High-Speed Railway

Map found via reddit

Japan’s Shinkansen “bullet train” network is the world’s oldest and most used high-speed railway in the world. The map above charts its growth from 1964 until the present day and beyond.

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Filed Under: Maps Tagged With: Japan

June 20, 2015

Travel Time Isochron Maps To London Football Stadiums

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Travel Times to Wembley

These isochron travel time maps to each of London’s major football stadiums were all created using TFL’s WebCAT.

The service is primarily aimed at the planning community, but as these estimated travel time maps to London’s biggest football stadiums show, the public can benefit as well.

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Filed Under: London, Maps Tagged With: football, tube

May 29, 2015

Alternative New Tube Map With Separate Overground Services

alternative Tube Map 2015

Map created by Sameboat via Wikimedia

If you live in London, you’ve no doubt seen the new Tube Map. However, if you haven’t, the main changes are the addition of TFL rail (future Crossrail) and several new orange Overground lines.

While it’s wonderful that TFL are going to be running these new services, it does make the map increasingly difficult to read. That’s the reasoning behind Sameboat creating an alternative version of the new map (see above), which offers several advantages over TFL’s design.

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: tube

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