World Transit Network Atlas

Metro Time Machine

Tune the year, pick a city, hear it — the 2020 dip ripples worldwide. Zoom in (scroll / pinch) or pick a city and fly to its metro — real lines and stations surface right on the map.

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33 systems playing · 201 on the map

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Real line & station geometry from open data · scroll to zoom, drag to pan · hover a station for details

World Transit Network Atlas · a musical map

Metro Time Machine

Two hundred and one metro systems, placed where they are on Earth. Move the dial through the years and each city's ridership becomes a voice — pitch riding the riders. Tune one station, or hail a taxi and let it tour the world. Then watch March 2020 arrive.