The World’s Most Impressive Subway Maps
The Tokyo Subway is often considered the most complex of the world’s urban rail systems, and not just because it’s made up of separate public and private networks. Even if it isn’t overly detail oriented (an unofficial map once included the locations of stairs inside stations), the standard map accordingly remains the most complex in the world. Though relatively clear up-close, with line letters and station numbers listed above every station in the Roman alphabet (along with the older Japanese numbers and letters), the map’s intricacy lends it a hypnotic, circuit-like quality that well symbolizes the chaotic, connected city itself.
