Transport Designed

Skip to content Transport Designed are specialists in creating high quality, bespoke public transport maps for bus, rail and tram operators and transit authorities. Each public transport map we design is meticulously researched and crafted to meet the requirements of your brief. We look at everything through a ‘customer first’ lense – what does a potential passenger need to know in order to make the best choices for their journey?

A general design agency will ask you to explain what a franchise mobilisation is. They’ll need time to understand your procurement constraints, your passenger demographics, your franchise agreement obligations. That’s time and budget spent on education, not design. We already know. We understand regulatory obligations, brand guidelines, accessibility requirements and the practical realities of getting a livery designed and fitted to a fleet of buses on a deadline.

East Coast rail operator LNER has released new images of its forthcoming ‘Serenza’ Class 897 trains, which are due to replace its fleet of Intercity Class 225 ‘Electra’ trains over the next few years. The CAF-built Class 897 trains will be the first new trains to be launched under Great British Railways (GBR), and whilst it’s still not clear what they’ll look like on the outside, LNER has released new images of what they’ll look like on the inside.

The December 2025 national timetable change had been described as ‘the biggest timetable change in more than a decade‘, and for train operator Northern, it meant some wholesale changes to its network in the North East. When Northern’s new network map launched in the summer of 2025, we received plenty of feedback – 99% of it positive (thank you!), but also a range of suggestions about how to improve some things (thank you equally!).

The unveiling of a brand new design of clock for the railway might not sound like much of a big deal at first, but it really is. Let me tell you why. Aside from the design of Rail Clock – we’ll get on to that later – a new timepiece for the national network is quite simply, a sign of things to follow. See it not as a clock, but a direction of travel for Great British Railways.

Let’s start with a question. What makes a good network map? Well, the answer is just as simple as you might think. The purpose of a network map is to visually represent the places which can be reached on any given transport operator’s network, and how to get there. Or at least, that’s what a good network map should theoretically do. This fairly simplistic thinking was the catalyst behind our idea to redesign Northern’s existing network map.

Go-Ahead Group subsidiary Go North West were big winners in the first round of franchises for the Bee Network, Greater Manchester’s new integrated bus network. Taking over two depots in Bolton and Wigan, with hundreds of buses and colleagues joining the family, Go North West needed an identity to bring all of their mobilisation work together.

The world has sadly lost one of its ‘all time greats’. British industrial designer, Sir Kenneth Grange, has died aged 95. Born in London in 1929, the Second World War dominated Sir Kenneth’s childhood, but armed with a unique talent for drawing, he went on to form his own design consultancy before co-founding the multi-disciplinary design firm Pentagram in 1972.

Ok, so we’re a little late to the party in discovering these rather special trains, given that they actually entered service in 2023. But the world needs more asymmetry, and we are absolutely here for it. The Gornergrat Railway is a winding, scenic mountain railway nestled amongst the Swiss Alps in the canton of Valais. The second highest railway in Europe, it links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat, with spectacular views over to the Matterhorn on a clear day.

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