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NEW BERLIN
RAPID TRANSIT
ROUTE MAP
A transit map should be simple,
comfortable, and nice-looking,
designed with loving care and for
people. It should attract tourists
to the city and have reasons
to make residents enjoy it. Berlin
has received such a map.

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The previous transit map was designed

almost 30 years ago. Since that time,
quite a lot of stations have appeared,
and the map has got out of style and
become too complicated. Nearly three
million people a day use Berlin urban
rail and underground, one can’t just
put a blind eye on it. It is obvious that
the map needs updating.

1992

2021

The new map has been designed from

scratch within two years. Not only
allows it to navigate quicker and build
a route, but it also does delight
passengers’ eyes.

NEW GEOMETRY
OF LINES
The lines are drawn in a way that
allows to find the required station and
build a route as easy as possible.
Owing to large rounded angles and
small quantity of turns, eyes can easier
monitor the route.

The previous map looked too robotized.

Too many turns made it very hard
to read. It was quite an ordeal to draw
a route.

Assess how simpler the lines look now.

The map lines are very orderly. Most

of them are in axial alignment
or spaced at regular intervals
or scatter symmetrically.

The commuter rails have also become

simpler: less turns, and junctions look
more illustrative.

NEW CIRCULAR
LINE
(RINGBAHN)
Berlin has a unique feature: the
Ringbahn is the shape of a dog’s
head—this is the only place in the
world where you can see it.

From 1896 to 1931, the map showed

the circular line exactly like this. Given
the different line patterns, you can’t
call them just geographic maps.

1896

1910

1918

1923

1930

1930

1931

In 1931, this nice trait was gone.

1931

1934

1951

Now the circular line has reverted to its

historical and unique appearance.

RIVERS AND
CHANNELS
The rivers and channels serve
as excellent city landmarks: with them
in place, it is easier to recollect and
correlate station marks in the map with
their city locations. This is the reason
for displaying them.

CONTRASTING
COLOURS
Statistically, about 5–6 % of people
have impaired perception of colours.
The selection of colour shades
provided in the new map allows people
with normal perception of colours and
those who have impaired perception
of colours to distinguish them.

PROTANOPIA
PROTANOPIADEUTERANOPIA
DEUTERANOPIA

UNIFORMITY
The more even the information
distribution is, the better the map
looks. The situation when one location
is overpopulated and the other one
is abandoned is not really good. This
problem was obvious with the previous
map.

The distribution of the elements in the

new map is even across the entire
sheet.

SCALED-UP
FONT SIZE
The bigger font size is the easier
it is for you to read it, especially for
people with poor eyesight. The font
size in the new map has become
bigger and is increasing from
periphery to the centre. In Zone C
it has increased by 1 %, in Zone B—by
20 %, and in Zone A—by 30 %.

ATTENTION
TO DETAILS
The map has to be good not only
integrally, but in details also,
as a German car. Unfortunately,
it is not the case with the previous
map:

• Rounded corners have various radii,

• Stations and switch stops are shown
with marks of different lengths,
• The same elements located
in different map parts are placed
at different distances from each
other,
• The circular line’s opposite faces
have different lengths.

Where has the famous Made

in Germany quality gone?

The new map is a reference standard

and a role model. All the elements are
placed with pinpoint accuracy; the
angles have smooth rounding of the
equal radius, and station names stand
at equal distance from the marks. The
map accuracy is like Swiss clockwork.

SYSTEMIZATION
Above all else, it is easy to scale out
the map to other formats; it can really
serve as a base for a good navigation
system.

SINGLE LINE MAP

VIDEO DISPLAY

VERTICAL LIST OF STATIONS

Q&A
WHAT ABOUT HENRY BECK
PRINCIPLES? WHY ARE THE
LINE DRAWINGS DIFFERENT
FROM THE LONDON
PATTERN?

The map uses Beck’s principles: the

lines are drawn at 45-degree grade
grid, at the same time the angle
roundness radius is larger. Only
circular line has a free geometry
shape.

Besides, the map is, primarily, a tool

that helps people to get their
directions and build a route, not
a notional standard drawing. The map
may look as one chooses given it can
solve its task in the best way possible.
London Tube map design works well
in London, but it does not mean it can
work well anywhere.

IS IT AN OFFICIAL MAP?

Not yet. First, we need to know

if people like it. Download, print, and
use the map, share the information
about it with your friends, write posts
on the social media—then it will
become an official one.

HOW CAN I USE IT?

Free of charge for non-commercial

purposes, for commercial ones-as
agreed. The map is not subject to any
changes. A source link
berlintransitmap.de should be placed
beside the map.

HOW CAN I SHARE

MY OPINION ABOUT THE
MAP?

Write a post on the social media with

#berlintransitmap hashtag, or write
to mail@berlintransitmap.de

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Project by Paul Lefrank · 2018–2023