Moscow Metro map

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Wikipedia introduces Moscow metro as follows:

 

"...... (It) is the second most popular underground rail transit system in the world, second only to Tokyo.

The main structure is a central radiation, with a total length of 277.9 kilometers, 12 lines, and 171 stations. All lines are numbered 1-12 according to the activation order.

The most important thing is line 5, which is responsible for connecting the vast majority of other lines, with a length of about 20 kilometers. "

From the above introduction, we can see that the Moscow metro is a complex system. Its actual shape is as follows:

If you think the figure above is messy, you may be dizzy when you see the ground.

The Russian design company Art. Lebedev studio is responsible for designing the new version of Moscow Metro map.

How can we draw a clearer and more beautiful map?

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The company made public the design process and details on its website. We can see how advantageous a good design is and the elaborate ideas behind it.

1. First, draw lines in a straight line.

2. Then, smooth the Ring Line and various corners to simplify and soften the shape, which looks more beautiful.

3. The ring line is still not eye-catching. Finally, we decided to change the ring line into a ring to further simplify the shape.

 

4. in details, each site is represented by a dot at the beginning.

Later, I felt that the interference was too high, so I switched to the short horizontal representation of the site, which can highlight the backbone.

5. For sites with multiple lines crossed, the original method is direct crossover,

Later, I decided to change to a ring connection, and the line to the north was above.

6. In addition to the general diagram, the enlarged detail diagram also shows the direction of each exit. Three designs are made in total.

Design 1: black spots outside the ring indicate the exit direction.

Design 2: black spots in the ring indicate the exit direction.

Design 3: arrows in the ring indicate the exit direction.

7. Add gridlines to the background for easy differentiation on the general graph. In addition, each grid is numbered vertically and horizontally, which facilitates positioning for each site.

8. Now we can see the final draft, which is a great improvement over the previous map.

9. Details of the final draft.

10. The metro plan for Moscow has been implemented in 2100. The following figure shows the simulation at that time, which is complex enough.