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Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#11

Post by xecaz » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC

Love it, maybe a filter function to only home in on certain trajectories would be cool. Anyway, great work!!

Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#12

Post by xecaz » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC

GaryNumanVevo wrote: post #10

If you're ever in the Netherlands, you HAVE to checkout Amsterdam's Lelylaan station. Absolutely beautiful.

Is this a joke? It's the worst station in Amsterdam, followed by Duivendrecht.

Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#13

Post by smartbit » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC

Very nice.

It seems the 25kV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betuweroute is missing. Although mostly used for freight and therefor no or other type of schedule, it would be nice if it was projected at least.

Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#14

Post by tcumulus » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC

The Netherlands might not have the most extensive or fast rail network, but it's frequencies are pretty much unbeatable. In some places it runs more as a metro network than a heavy rail one. This visualisation shows that nicely!

Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#15

Post by Aachen » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC

zazaalaza wrote: post #9

flexagoon wrote: post #6

Being able to collapse the left sidebar would go a long way to improve mobile experience. Currently it's unusable on mobile.

You can collapse it by pressing the gear icon

Still covers all of Friesland and surroundings for me after collapsing

Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#16

Post by Aachen » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC

xecaz wrote: post #12

GaryNumanVevo wrote: post #10

If you're ever in the Netherlands, you HAVE to checkout Amsterdam's Lelylaan station. Absolutely beautiful.

Is this a joke? It's the worst station in Amsterdam, followed by Duivendrecht.

Maybe Gary means those red pipes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Lelylaan_station#/me...

Not my taste exactly and besides that I can't see anything prettier than a dirty metro station in an image search, so indeed not sure what they mean

Edit: it's supposed to be renovated in 2028, that probably says everything. Yeah, must be some in-joke

Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#17

Post by artisinal » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC

cjfd wrote: post #5

artisinal wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a plebeian with only a phone I was not able to use this website.

As a patrician with only a desktop I was able to use this website.

The desktop-owning class might do well to reflect upon its privilege.

Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#18

Post by johschmitz » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 11:08 AM UTC

zazaalaza wrote: post #9

flexagoon wrote: post #6

Being able to collapse the left sidebar would go a long way to improve mobile experience. Currently it's unusable on mobile.

You can collapse it by pressing the gear icon

Not obvious, I switched to desktop mode to be able to see something on mobile. Suggestion: have the menu collapsed at the beginning, at least on mobile layout, then it would be much more obvious how to use it.

Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#19

Post by NoLinkToMe » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC

tcumulus wrote: post #14

The Netherlands might not have the most extensive or fast rail network, but it's frequencies are pretty much unbeatable. In some places it runs more as a metro network than a heavy rail one. This visualisation shows that nicely!

Wasn't my experience, frequencies are fine but I don't think it's unbeatable at all. The default simulation is 50x speed by the way, perhaps that gave you the impression.

Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator

#20

Post by colinhb » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC

xecaz wrote: post #12

GaryNumanVevo wrote: post #10

If you're ever in the Netherlands, you HAVE to checkout Amsterdam's Lelylaan station. Absolutely beautiful.

Is this a joke? It's the worst station in Amsterdam, followed by Duivendrecht.

It is a weird meme that, as far as I know, originated with this reddit post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amsterdam/comments/bt5rwl/just_got_...

Now in several forums people just randomly talk about how great Leylaan is.

Kind of a fun in-joke for people who follow Netherlands transit conversations.