Official Chelyabinsk trams diagram

This is the offical diagram for Chelyabinsk tram network:

Offical diagram for Chelyabinsk tram network
Official Chelyabinsk trams diagram

Routes

Each of the city’s sixteen tram routes has its own line on the diagram. The colors are carefully chosen to be distinguishable within each “bundle”:

Offical diagram for Chelyabinsk tram network

The common types of color-blindness are taken in account. It is planned that the plates with the route information on the actual trams use same colors in the future.

Stops

To improve the reading speed, stop names are reduced to meaningful words only. For example, there are many stops named “Some Street”. On the diagram, “Pushkin Street” becomes just “Pushkin”. The stop “Завод имени Колющенко” (the Kolyuschenko road-building machines plant) is displayed as just “Колющенко” (Kolyuschenko):

Offical diagram for Chelyabinsk tram network

This diagram features the most beautiful termini symbol in the history of transport infographics.

The usual stops are denoted by a specially designed trapezoid ticks. They are very well visible where many routes run in parallel, but don’t cause vibration in the eye.

Buses and trolleybuses

To help the customer plan a journey over various means of transportation, the routes of the buses and trolleybuses are also shown:

Offical diagram for Chelyabinsk tram network

This second visual layer looks like it’s drawn with a pencil by hand. The numbers are repeated along the lines so that it’s convenient to follow a route.

Streets, parks and ponds

The diagram includes names of main street and avenues, parks and square gardens, river Miass, lakes and reservoirs. There is even a route of a children’s railroad in the central park:

Offical diagram for Chelyabinsk tram network

The fog of war

The route 19 has a peculiarity: its last four stops are located within the boundaries of Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant and are accessible only by the workers of the plant (with a permit):

Offical diagram for Chelyabinsk tram network

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was re-drawn for the diagram and decorated with a pantograph:

Coat of arms of Chelyabinsk trams

The diagram is designed for use in trams and on the stops.


Ilya Birman
Art director

Alexander Karavaev
Lead designer
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