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Overpass API includes a feature to render public transport maps (a kind of linear maps). All the following example links on this wiki page are using the documented {{Sketch Line}} utility template.

Usage

On this page you can choose the network, the line and the operator.

In order to get a specific rendering you can add the style:

• wuppertal, simple style with German abbreviations (default)
• padua, simple style with German abbreviations
• paris, style displaying also connections, with French abbreviations
• any style you provide.

Other options are summarily documented online on this webform, or better detailed with examples in the documentation of the {{Sketch Line}} template usable on this wiki.

The page display twice the stop of a route-relations using PTv2 as mentionned in this Overpass API issue. There is no plan to fix this problem soon.

Technical limitations

The linear maps system cannot recognise lines with an ampersand in ref=*. This issue affects the Hammersmith/Waterloo & City lines on the London Underground, where trying to do so will return the “No relation found” error.

Examples

Australia

City/Region	Network	Lines	Issues
Brisbane	Translink (rail)	BeenleighFerny Grove AirportGold Coast CabooltureSunshine Coast Redcliffe PeninsulaSpringfield ClevelandShorncliffe Doomben
Queensland	QR Travel	Inlander Spirit of the Outback Spirit of Queensland Tilt Train Westlander

France

City/Region	Network	Lines	Issues
Île-de-France	RER	ABE	Boissy-Saint-Léger branch of RER A is disconnected. All branches of RER B are broken.
	Transilien	KNPRU	Provins branch of Train P faces the wrong way, while the intermediate stations of the Crécy-la-Chapelle shuttle are missing.

• Grenoble ("TAG" network): bus lines A, B, C, D, E
• Île-de-France ("RER" network): RER lines C, D
• Caen ("fr_twisto" network): bus lines 1, 10, 19 Express
• Paris ("RATP" network):
  • subway lines 1, 2 (compare without the "paris" style: 2, with "Place" displayed instead of "Pl." abbreviation)
  • tramway line T8
• Rennes ("FR:STAR" network: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/kDG):
  • subway lines a, b
  • bus lines C1, C2, C3, C5, 11, 35, 64, 68, 79, 200, 220

Germany

Example preview of line 630 (VRR).

• TL: 17
• VOR: 93A
• VRR: 625, 630

Greece

City/Region	Network	Lines	Issues
Athens	Metro	Μ1Μ2Μ3	No faults
	Tram	Τ6Τ7	No faults
	Suburban Rail	A1A2A3A4	No faults
Patras	Suburban Rail	Π1Π2	No faults

Ireland

• Bus Éireann: 40
• DART: DART

Japan

• Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Asakusa / "都営地下鉄" network) line A

Malaysia

• Rapid Rail (Rapid KL):

912

Switzerland

• Bernmobil: 10

United Kingdom

• London Underground: Bakerloo Central Circle District Jubilee Metropolitan Victoria

United States

• Utah: 750 701 703 704

Semi-working examples

United Kingdom

• London Underground:
  • Northern (Mill Hill East missing)
  • Piccadilly (Heathrow loop not shown as loop)

Bad examples

• ref 12, Network empty -> part of Paris, part of Berlin :-(