Transit Fantasy Maps

[Dan416]

How are people making their fantasy maps?

 

[KhalilHeron]

I always use affinity designer, its like a cheaper alternative to Illustrator with almost all the same capabilities and then some. I find it super easy for making all sorts of maps or diagrams though i imagine it takes some time to get the hang of. Inkscape is a good free alternative to get started with.

 

[JSF-1]

Ok so this isn't a fantasy map per say but it is fantasy transit related. Many pages back I made a 2D mock-up of a possible VIA HSR livery on a Shinkansen. Well now I have made a 3D model of that mock-up, just on an Alstom Avelia Liberty. I chose the Avelia because it is already in use on the Acela so it meets FRA (and by extension Canadian standards), and can be manufactured in Thunder Bay since Alstom has a plant there. As well it comes in two specs, the first being the Acela variant which is a "high-ish" speed train, and then there is also a true high-speed variant which could be the one we use if our HSR project ever gets off the ground. As for the livery I went with a dark red an gold combination as it hearkens back to an older more "classic" Canadian colour scheme and I think it also gives the trains a real high-class look. Plus colour is always nice and it spices up things (looking at you airline industry). As for the consist I don't know what the real one could possible be so I just went with a basic 7 car set made up of 2 Locos, 1 Business Class Coach, 1 Cafe Car, and 3 Standard Class Coaches.

For this last image a jacked up the contrast a bit to make the gold pop more.

 

[TossYourJacket]

How are people making their fantasy maps?

Inkscape.

(Not that I've ever posted any of mine on here because I never finish anything as I have way too many constantly changing ideas)

 

[JSF-1]

Back in the late 1960's then Mayor of North York "James Service" proposed a massive expansion of Line 2 through North York turning it into a Loop Line. The proposal was for the line to follow the Uxbridge Sub to the Finch Hydro Corridor and then follow it and the Humber-Pearson and Kipling Hydro Corridors to Kipling Station. I have made a map of what that could have looked like and included the proposed extension of Line 1 to North York at the time.

 

[duffo]

Toronto 2040 somewhat-realistic map I put together, based on forthcoming rapid transit projects plus a few unplanned no-brainer additions:

• Line 3 North Extension: Elevated to Don Mills
• Line 4 ATC Upgrade and Line 1 Interlining: Leveraging ATC to share Line 1's guideway between Sheppard West and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, eliminating transfer penalty to get between Line 4, Line 6, Barrie Line, and 407 GO Regional Express Bus corridor, and providing a one-seat ride between Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, York University, and North York Centre
• Line 6 South Extension: At-grade to Woodbine GO

The area NE of Scarborough clearly stands out as being one of the final areas of the city really lacking in rapid transit by full build-out, but longer-term extensions to either Line 2 or Line 4 could help remedy that.