Free Metro Map Maker for Roadmaps and Journeys
Diagrams & FlowsDraw a project roadmap, customer journey or career path as a subway map: teams are lines, shared milestones are interchanges. Transit maps too. Free PNG, no signup.
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How to Use
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Add your lines
Under Data, each line has a name box and its stations in order. Rename a line or a station by typing, add a stop in the Add a station box and press Enter (a comma list adds several), and use + Line for another line. Prefer text? Import / edit as text takes one line per row, like Red Line: Harbour, Old Town, Central. Or click any station on the map to rename it, mark it as a landmark or terminus, or remove it; renaming an interchange renames it on every line.
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Let stations connect
Use the same station name on two lines and it becomes one interchange, drawn as a big white station. The map lays itself out with horizontal, vertical and 45° track, rounded corners and evenly spaced stops, and lines that share a stretch run side by side.
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Choose what to name
Name every station, only the key ones (interchanges, line ends and landmarks) or none. Labels are placed around the stations so they do not collide with each other or the track.
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Style it
Pick a theme (Transit, Night, Paper or Blueprint) and a text size. Click a line on the map to rename it, change its colour or add a station at the end, and click the title, subtitle or source to type your own.
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Download
Choose Landscape, Square, Slide or Story (1080 × 1920) and download a free PNG at exactly that size, with no watermark. Pro adds vector SVG and HD PNG.
Why Choose GraphMake?
How a Metro Map Is Drawn
Transit maps follow a few simple rules. Track runs only horizontally, vertically or at 45 degrees, corners are rounded, and stations are spaced evenly whatever the real distance between them. Each line keeps one colour from end to end, and a station where lines meet is drawn as one larger interchange so it stands out.
This maker applies those rules for you. It finds every station shared by two or more lines, works out a layout that keeps lines straight through stations, avoids crossings where it can and leaves room for every stop, then places each station name beside its station, away from the track and the other names. Lines that share a stretch of track are drawn side by side in the same order all the way along.
Writing Your Lines
Each line is a list of stations in order, and the order matters, because each station connects to the next one. Type them under Data, one box per station, or click a station on the map to rename it, and move a stop up or down from its options. To make a loop, end the line with its first station.
A station's options mark it as a landmark, drawn like an interchange with its name always shown, or as a terminus, and give it a value, which the Value map uses to set its height. If you have the network as text, Import / edit as text takes one line per row: the name, a colon, then the stations separated by commas (Red Line: Harbour, Old Town). There, * marks a landmark, ! a terminus, Central = 12 a value, and a name with a comma goes in quotes. Three spreadsheet columns (line, station and value) paste in too.
Subway Maps Beyond Transit
The subway-map format is popular for roadmaps and journeys because it shows several tracks moving forward together and the moments where they meet. A product launch works well: design, engineering, marketing and sales each get a line, and shared milestones such as Kickoff, Beta and Launch become interchanges.
For a phone screen or a video, choose the Story canvas (1080 × 1920) and a Large or Extra large text size, so station names stay readable when the image is shrunk. For timelines with dates, the timeline maker is a better fit; for a plan with dependencies, try the roadmap maker.
What You Can Create
Project Roadmaps
Each team or workstream is a line; the milestones they share become interchanges everyone can see.
Customer Journeys
Each persona is a line through your touchpoints, and the steps they share, like the pricing page or the free trial, stand out as interchanges.
Career and Learning Paths
Tracks through a career or a curriculum, with the roles or courses where they meet.
Fictional and Real Transit Maps
A metro map for a game, a novel, a city-building project or a proposed tram line, with interchanges worked out for you.
TV Episode Ratings
Every season as a line and every episode as a stop, higher for better ratings, with the classics as landmarks.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I make a metro map?
Add each line under Data and list its stations in order, or paste them as text, one line per row: Blue Line: Airport, Riverside, Central, Eastfield. Stations with the same name on different lines become interchanges, and this maker draws the whole map for you, in the 45° style of a real subway diagram, as you type.
What is an interchange station?
A station where two or more lines meet, so passengers can change trains. On this map it is any station name that appears on more than one line, drawn as a larger white station with a dark ring, the way most transit maps show them.
Can I choose the colour of each line?
Yes. Click the colour swatch next to the line's name under Data. In the text box you can also write a colour after the name, like Airport Express (#0891b2), or use a colour word in the name, so Red Line is red.
Can I edit the map by clicking on it?
Yes. Click a station to rename it, mark it as a landmark or a terminus, or remove it; an interchange is renamed on every line at once. Click a line to rename it, change its colour or add a station at its end. Everything you change on the map shows up under Data, and none of the editing controls appear in the download.
Why does a metro map not match real geography?
A transit map is a diagram, not a street map. It keeps the order of stations and where lines connect, and straightens everything else into horizontal, vertical and 45° lines so the network is easy to read. That is why this maker lays the map out from your lines alone, with no coordinates needed.
Can I use a subway map for things that are not trains?
Yes, and most people do. It works for anything with parallel tracks that meet: a project roadmap where each team is a line and shared milestones are interchanges, a customer journey where personas share steps, a career path or a course plan. The page opens on the Project roadmap, and the Customer journey and Career path presets show the other two.
What is the Value map?
In a Value map each line is a row, stations are evenly spaced, and the number in a station's Value box sets how high it sits on its line. The TV episode ratings preset uses it: every season is a line, every episode a station, and the best episodes become landmarks. You can also drag a stop up or down on the map to change its value, or select it and use the arrow keys.
How many lines and stations can I add?
Up to 12 lines, 60 stations per line and 240 stations in all. The layout stays readable best with 2 to 8 lines; with a very busy network, name only the key stations or use a bigger canvas.
Is this metro map maker free?
Making a metro map and downloading a standard PNG are free, with no signup or watermark. SVG and HD PNG at 2×, 3× and 4× require Pro or an active export pass.
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