Live map of public transport in Belgium • Hacker News Board

Re: Live map of public transport in Belgium

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Post by greggman65 » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC

A non-live map for trains in Tokyo

https://greggman.github.io/tokyo-trains

I think the live map is cool but (1) I don't know where to get that data and (2) seeing things at 100x speed is, IMO, more interesting as a visual

It's based off schedules but only Toei's schedules are easy to get (AFAICT). I got permission for the most of the others, but I thought the visual was good as is ... mostly. Maube I'll revisit.

Re: Live map of public transport in Belgium

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Post by fuzzy2 » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC

Recent related thread (UK): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48802535

Re: Live map of public transport in Belgium

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Post by Bahaa_BLINK » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 1:14 PM UTC

That's awesome, we need map to cover all over the world

Re: Live map of public transport in Belgium

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Post by edarchis » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC

ssernikk wrote: post #38

I don't want to be negative here, just asking out of curiosity. Does anyone actually use apps/services like this? Why would it be useful? Normally when I want to get somewhere I just use local public transport navigation app which calculates the route and shows me estimated time of when my tram or bus arrives (taking into account its GPS data). Why would I need to know live position of every vehicle in the city? Neve…

Absolutely, the official apps are lacking. Google maps has incorrect timetables and the TEC app doesn't give you any way of knowing when the next bus will be and where in traffic it is. I recently had a bus at say 10:00, I get there at 9:58 and wait until 10:15 for the bus. Leaving the stop and seeing the bus pass a bit later is extremely infuriating. This kind of map lets you check where the bus actually is. Not so convenient on a phone but I'll take it.

Re: Live map of public transport in Belgium

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Post by well_ackshually » Mon, Sep 07, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC

ssernikk wrote: post #38

I don't want to be negative here, just asking out of curiosity. Does anyone actually use apps/services like this? Why would it be useful? Normally when I want to get somewhere I just use local public transport navigation app which calculates the route and shows me estimated time of when my tram or bus arrives (taking into account its GPS data). Why would I need to know live position of every vehicle in the city? Neve…

Because there's about as many ways of taking public transit as there are users. For many, live maps are critical. I don't understand why either, but people want the "control" it offers and knowing that their bus is around the corner (it's not, the data is always over a minute stale because it goes through 5 intermediaries)

Delete that feature and you suddenly get a horde of angry users