Real-Time European Rails Maps

Real-time transit maps nonetheless larn me excited. Being able to spotter the real-time alive seat of trains on a map actually appeals somehow to my inner geek.

While running I've seen the scale of real-time transit maps grow from city-wide transit systems to maps which encompass whole countries. In Europe inward detail at that spot right away be a release of maps which visualize the rail networks of entire states. I'm fairly certain that inside the adjacent few years somebody volition accept the plunge too combine all the information to practise i huge real-time map of the whole European rail network.

Until thence nosotros volition guide maintain to brand practise amongst these European country-wide transit maps.

In French Republic SNCF has released a map of French trains inward real-time. Réseau SNCF en Temps Réel shows the alive seat of all SNCF's trains throughout France. Zoom-in on the map too yous tin give the sack spotter SNCF trains moving on the map. You tin give the sack fifty-fifty guide private trains on the map to persuasion the educate release too the train's scheduled stops.

Travic has in all likelihood come upward closest to creating a European rail network map. Travic uses information feeds from some the globe to render a real-time transit map of a release of global cities. The Travic map besides includes country-wide alive educate maps for the UK, the Netherlands too Switzerland.


Vasile Coțovanu's Swiss Railways Network was in all likelihood the real offset nationwide transit map. Vasile has been a pioneer of real-time transit maps for a release of years too has fifty-fifty released a Transit Map library to help other developers practise their ain transit maps.

Vasile has besides released the code for a GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) plug-in every bit well. GTFS-viz converts a gear upward of GTFS files into a SQLite database too the GeoJSONs needed yesteryear the Transit Map library.

In the U.K. Mathew Somerville has besides been pioneering the evolution of alive real-time transit maps. Mathew's UK Train Times map allows yous to persuasion a real-time map of the whole U.K. rail network. Mathew has besides released a Live Tube Map of the London Underground too a Live London Bus Map, showing the place of London's buses inward real-time.


If yous are American thence at that spot is no bespeak to experience left out. Amtrak's rail network may non live on every bit extensive every bit some of its European counterparts exactly it does guide maintain its ain real-time transit map, the Amtrak Track a Train map.


If yous desire encounter to a greater extent than real-time transit maps (including omnibus too tram networks) thence yous should guide maintain a browse through the transit too real-time tags on .