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"Acquired by Trainline in 2023, Signalbox works with organisations across the rail ecosystem to improve customer information and operational awareness." https://www.signalbox.io/news/southeastern-launches-track-my...
So, we don't know if this is the case, but one way to do this is not to ask the phones but the cells . The mobile network has to know where the phones are by cell; the cells are often small relative to the speed of the train; there are also cells installed specifically to improve service on trains, or provide a base station to the train wifi, or for communications to railway staff. If you get a bunch of phones switch…
1. Mostly, some signal blocks are still entirely manually managed but, IIRC, at this point those manually managed segments are low traffic areas where only one train is allowed into the block group at a time even if the old signal management systems would allow multiple trains.
Shameless self-promotion: I make a departure board for the Swiss public transportation network: https://www.stationdisplay.com/
A bit of feedback on the Try it out section: - So for some stations (most?) it shows that all trains go to the selected station, nowhere else. - Also the search show only one station at a time instead of the multiple that could match the search. And even if we typed the whole station name, it might match another station, which mean the station is not selectable at all.
It appears to have the same data that you see on the staff displays at train stations. The site can be a bit hard to navigate though.
Checkout the French equivalent : https://carto.tchoo.net . Looks more complete. Past similar HN submission got no attention, whereas the UK's top page. Interesting ! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45249351
Is the interesting part the upvotes, meaning there's more people interested in UK train networks than French ones ? And it's a comment on demographics ? Or is the interesting part that the UK one is real-time, and the French one isn't (or at least, zooming in, I don't see them moving).
Here is my custom map of UK trains that are affordable
https://www.map.signalbox.io/?location=@52.86376,-2.32537,4....
And here is my map of UK trains that aren't subsidised despite being 'private companies'
https://www.map.signalbox.io/?location=@52.86376,-2.32537,4....
And here is a map of trains that use the fact they are moving quickly through the air to provide some semblance of ventilation
https://www.map.signalbox.io/?location=@52.86376,-2.32537,4....
Cool app with some useful features. Here is my custom map of UK trains that are affordable https://www.map.signalbox.io/?location=@52.86376,-2.32537,4.... And here is my map of UK trains that aren't subsidised despite being 'private companies' https://www.map.signalbox.io/?location=@52.86376,-2.32537,4.... And here is a map of trains that use the fact they are moving quickly through the air to provide some semblance…
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I think you're misunderstanding what they are saying. They don't use background location data, but they do use your current location data. Try the "Find My Train" demo on their site - it asks for location permission. Or their API - it also expects device location data: > At a minimum, requests to the detect endpoint _must_ contain a device's location measurement. Additional fields can be included where available to i…
wait - so you think that the map is made up of people who are all sitting on that website using the Find My Train demo? I think you are missing the point - what is collecting data on all those trains.
Are the trains located where the urban areas are, or are the urban areas built around the train network? It's chicken and egg question, but in Manchester and London it's very clear that mass transit led to urban development, rather than the other way around. It's very surprising that cities like Leeds have no mass transit at all, and sizeable cities like Liverpool and Birmingham don't have much.