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Rare and strange subway maps

Railway city map : Amsterdam (2013)

Railway city map : Amsterdam (2013)

2 maps on 1 sheet 52×38, both sides folded into slip cover with slots inside for passport ticket and pass card. Amsterdam Railway System takes a motif from tulip, the Dutch symbol. With the Central Station at the center, lines of tram, metro, and railway spreads out like the stamen and pistil of the flower. The IJssel (Het IJ, river) forms the petals, and layers of fan-shaped canals. Maps showing landmarks, tourist attractions, train stations, airports, street, parks, cemetery and service terminals. Landmarks shown pictorially. Includes lists of Metro and Tram stations and key to symbols.

Current Amsterdam metro map

New York City Railway system. February 2011

New York City Railway system. February 2011

Updated large color Railway system map of New York City in orange. Designed and produced by Zero Per Zero, printed with black background, inspired by the shape of heart from Milton Glaser’s “I love NY” logo. Famous landmarks and tourist attractions are incorporated into the map, creating a sense of New York City as a tourist spot. Zero Per Zero City Railway System is a new approach to projecting the identity of a city onto its subway map. Showing streets, parks, cemetery, tourist attractions, train stations, airports, express and normal trains. Landmarks shown pictorially. Includes legend and street index.

Current NY metro map

Tokyo Railway system/ June 2015

Tokyo Railway system/ June 2015

Large updated color map of Tokyo in English and Japanese. Designed and produced by Zero Per Zero, printed with black background. Famous landmarks and tourist attractions are incorporated into the map as the area updated. Showing the railway lines spread out to span the entire city along concentric circles, JR lines, subways, private railways, Tokyo Bay, tourist attractions, train stations and rivers. Landmarks shown pictorially.

Current Tokyo metro map