Some interesting comments on public transport maps are on Phin's blog to which the reader is referred for a fuller discussion.
I thought it worthwhile to provide further examples of multimode maps used in Melbourne and Victoria. They were not universal around the system and the pictures below are the main types available.
Many Melbourne railway stations had maps installed by a private company, with about a third of the space devoted to advertising. The maps themselves were high quality Melway types, showing trains, trams, buses and local streets. However while the advertising portion was updated the maps were not; hence there remain maps from Melways Edition 25 (1998) or older.
Some trams had an inner city travel map produced by The Met. This showed the CBD and near inner suburbs. It was a high quality map showing trains, trams and buses. These have become out of date and have been replaced by tram-only maps.
The Melbourne Public Transport Map was sold for $2.00 (or $2.20) at railway stations. This was a comprehensive network-wide map showing the whole metropolitan area on a single sheet. Hence while it covered all modes its scale was insufficient to travel to a particular suburban address without also carrying a Melway.
Two Melbourne-wide maps (dated 1992) are located at Flinders Street Station (Degraves St Subway and behind Platform 1). These were viewable when last visited (May 2008) but were underneath other material when the photo below was taken.
Below is a recent multimode map, showing train, tram and some bus routes. As far as I know there is only one on public display - it is inside the Met Shop in the Melbourne Town Hall.
Regional areas have had maps system-wide provided as part of the Viclink project. Below is Geelong's.
3 comments:
That Geelong one has the worst of the unfathomable bus loops and diversions shown - which is why I don't like loops and diversions, and don't like integrating bus maps onto trains.
Looking at the picture here - is it too much to expect the public to workout what it represents?
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ya....the recent Met Transit Map was a good one, however it has been outdated and should be gotta be updated.....like, I've just seen the early-2006 version was still be on sale in the Melb. Central Station.......sigh
Parnell
There is definetely a pt map in the Vline booking office at Oakleigh station, but how old this is I can't say
Calembeena
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