Mijksenaar
By yearMetro Rotterdam (RET)
Design & concept of metro map and lines
Mijksenaar has developed the concept and design for a new map of the metro (subway) lines in Rotterdam …
Client: RET, Rotterdam
Period: 2009 – ongoing
Mijksenaar has developed the concept and design for a new map of the metro (subway) lines in Rotterdam, as well as the corresponding signage in the stations. The goal is to make traveling by metro easy and carefree for daily as well as incidental travelers. Every year the public transport company Rotterdam (RET) transports 78 million customers by metro.
As of December 2009 the Rotterdam network of metro lines will no longer be shown by means of two lines, with one line branching off in three directions. Instead a separate line will be depicted for each terminal station. The resulting five lines are identified by a unique letter and color, the direction is indicated by the name of the terminal station of the line.
These conceptual changes in naming and depiction of the lines take shape in the content and design of the metro map, the signage in the stations, the static information in the metro trains, and the dynamic signage in stations and metro trains.
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