Show us your local rail transit systems

[hammersklavier]

As far as theWatusi's fantasy map is concerned:
1. The R3 extension from Elwyn to Wawa will be built. This is a SEPTA project.
2. Lansdale-Quakertown (Shelly) rail restoration has been deemed feasible and the locally preferred alternative. and there is an ongoing business study on it. This is primarily a Bucks County TMA project.
3. Rail restoration from Norristown to Reading has been deemed feasible and an alternatives analysis is being performed. This is being performed at the behest of Montgomery County and the Reading transit agency (BARTA?)
4. The PATCO expansion has completed its feasibility and (I believe) alternatives analysis stages. It is moving forward as planned. This project also includes a Delaware Avenue light rail system.
5. Feasibility studies for the Boulevard and Navy Yard subways have been completed but the City is sitting on them.

[arkhitektor]

*** Not my city, but an excellent system nonetheless.
Moscow:

[muppet]

Moscow's map is thing of beauty. London Transport finds it the only comparable or better one than their own for ease of use, in part thanks to that big central (magnifying) circle. So seemingly simple for a vast system that sees in 9 million users a day, and trains that arrive every 90 seconds.

[nito]

London - City



London - Metro



Satellite Overview of London's Heavy Rail Network (created by moi!)



U/C: East London Line Extensions



U/C: Crossrail Line 1

[Beltliner]

You're not the only bloke who can dig up Russian metro maps, Arkhitektor tovarishcha:

[arkhitektor]

Originally Posted by Beltliner

You're not the only bloke who can dig up Russian metro maps, Arkhitektor tovarishcha:

While I'm at it, here is Seoul's, which I don't believe has been posted yet:



It looks like a mess on paper, but I found it to be one of the cleanest and most user-friendly metros I've used.

[Beltliner]

I see your Seoul and raise you a Volgograd:

[Cirrus]

^
That looks more like a technical track map than a system map for public consumption. Still cool, though.

Here is Norfolk:


Baltimore, unbelievably, does not have a system map incorporating both its subway and light rail. The best map available for Baltimore that doesn't also show buses is this one which focuses on MARC commuter rail, but also shows the local rail networks in DC and Baltimore:

[arkhitektor]

Is Norfolk's line operating yet?

[wrendog]

A city I lived in for a bit:

[MayDay]

"MayDay: The Silver line has *59* stations? What makes it "rapid" again?"

It's the Healthline, but considering your history of snarky comments about BRT, I guess it's pointless to respond.

[arkhitektor]

Is there a reason that St. Petersburg's transfer stations seem to have a different name for each of the lines they serve???

[spark317]

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

Is Norfolk's line operating yet?

Recent update from http://www.wvec.com/news/norfolk/sto....8cdca49e.html:

Norfolk light rail nearly 1/3 finished, under budget

02:51 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 31, 2009

NORFOLK – Light rail is about 30 percent complete and running $800,000 under budget, according to Hampton Roads Transit.
HRT officials briefed Norfolk City Council Tuesday on the progress of the $288-million starter line.

The first stop is moving slightly east on Brambleton Avenue and that shift of the EVMS stop is expected to save $800,000.

Light rail is still on track to begin service in 2010, HRT stated.

The 7.4 mile route will have 11 stops on the run from EVMS to Newtown Road.



Norfolk light rail website:
http://www.ridethetide.com/

[bvpcvm]

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

Is there a reason that St. Petersburg's transfer stations seem to have a different name for each of the lines they serve???

Moscow and Kiev do this too. I've never seen an explanation that makes any sense.

[breathesgelatin]

Nevermind. Can't get the image to work.

[the urban politician]

The NYC, London, Moscow, and Seoul systems are sick.

Of all the systems I've seen so far, Chicago's is by far the most downtown-centric.

[urbanfan89]

Originally Posted by muppet

Moscow's map is thing of beauty. London Transport finds it the only comparable or better one than their own for ease of use, in part thanks to that big central (magnifying) circle. So seemingly simple for a vast system that sees in 9 million users a day, and trains that arrive every 90 seconds.

It's said that the planners decided to build the ring line and colour it brown because Stalin put a cup of coffee on the map, and the coffee stains from the rim gave them their idea.

[Swede]

Originally Posted by wrendog

A city I lived in for a bit:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/79...6bb4bef6_b.jpg

Hey! that's my edit of the old Stockholm rail transit map to show a possible
Sadly, they've changed the map layout now so it's pretty useless as a base for showing a future situation.

Here's a map showing the current situation in the Inner City:
Red = Subway, Black = commuter/intercity rail, blue&purple = trams&LRT


The decided/near decided future:


And with the addition of things I find logical:

[Cirrus]

Originally Posted by MayDay

It's the Healthline, but considering your history of snarky comments about BRT, I guess it's pointless to respond.

OK, sorry. The Healthline. My bad.

But seriously. 59 stations! That's 7 more than all three of Cleveland's rail lines put together. 16 more than the entire BART system! If the goal was a comparable level of service to light rail, the mark has been missed by a wide margin.

I'm not trying to be snarky. I am wondering how effective your service is. It looks like it stops on every single block, for goodness sake. That stop frequency annoys me on local bus lines (and is something we're doing away with here), but on a supposedly regional rapid line? I'm not suggesting it isn't better than a normal bus, but if it's like that for a large portion of its route then it is most certainly not "rapid".

[SecretAgentMan]

Austin, Texas - Single commuter rail line, opening delayed due to contractor safety violations

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2273/commutermap.png

Two light rail / streetcar lines in planning


http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6...reetcarmap.jpg

Just bought a great book on this subject:

Transit Maps of the World by Mark Ovenden