Researching Transport

The first schematic london underground map designed by Harry Beck in 1933.  Below is the previous design from 1908.  As a schematic diagram it shows not necessarily the geographic but rather the relative positions of stations along the lines, stations' connective relations with each other and fare zones. The basic design concepts have been widely adopted for other network maps around the world, especially that of mapping topologically rather than geographically.

Above is a recent re-design of Harry Beck's original map design.  This design caters for twice the amount of lines as Beck's original design did.  It has been geographically designed and relates to the street level.