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Re: Traintrackr – Live LED Maps

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Post by tialaramex »

wedog6 wrote: post #7

London underground looks awesome, but I can't imagine it having even the vaguest utility in terms of knowing when to leave the house.

Because it's a metro service (some peak periods have 36 tph throughput), in most cases the answer will be that you should leave when you want to travel and then a train turns up and you board the train, so you don't need this information. But, the services may be disrupted or unavailable and that might mean you make different choices e.g. Victoria's main line was shut due to a One Under when I was there at Xmas, so I took a bus to a station that wasn't shut and continued the rest of my journey.

Re: Traintrackr – Live LED Maps

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Post by lozf »

KaiserPro wrote: post #4

Train Trackr is great, and the weather one is also good too. If you are less into trains (heresy) but still want to look at unusual maps https://raildar.co.uk/map/KGX is your place to go. its a live junction schematic of any train junction in the UK.

> unusual maps https://raildar.co.uk/map/KGX

Nice one, OpenRailTimes[0] is a similar style, but split in to smaller local sections by rail company and area.

I also like SignalBox[1] maps for their more traditional geographic layout, and for "less map -- more data", with accurate times that trains pass through stations and junctions, then RealTimeTrains[2] is hard to beat.

- [0]: https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps

- [1]: https://www.map.signalbox.io/

- [2]: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/

Re: Traintrackr – Live LED Maps

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Post by rooster212 »

sschueller wrote: post #6

Shameless self promotion. I make these: https://www.stationdisplay.com/

Very cool looking product. I'd seen the original product linked before but I really like the look of these! The screen looks unusual too, I've seen single colour OLED screens of a similar size but not multi colour LED ones. I'm not in the market for one of these but I'd love to get one of the screens to play with!

Re: Traintrackr – Live LED Maps

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Post by netsharc »

iamflimflam1 wrote: post #10

The blog is a much more interesting read than the product site: https://blog.traintrackr.io

The guy, Geoff Marshall (edit: the guy on the video on the main page, I've assumed for a while he's also the maker of this gadget, but it seems not) is also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd18OhMfRmjMjzSHP7Zrzmw . I like experiencing London/the UK through the scenery of his videos...

One time he and his girlfriend did a journey to visit every train station and stop in the UK (posted on a different channel): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4PdgT_AV_nXshM-I7xjY...

Sadly for the romantics, they've since broken up...

Re: Traintrackr – Live LED Maps

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Post by youngtaff »

KaiserPro wrote: post #4

Train Trackr is great, and the weather one is also good too. If you are less into trains (heresy) but still want to look at unusual maps https://raildar.co.uk/map/KGX is your place to go. its a live junction schematic of any train junction in the UK.

I prefer Tracksy — https://traksy.uk/live

Works on a mobile phone too so I can check what’s happening when I’m at my local station and the train is late

Raildar is a pretty abysmal experience on mobile… locks up on this iPad when I try to zoom in

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Post by SahAssar »

tialaramex wrote: post #11
wedog6 wrote: post #7

London underground looks awesome, but I can't imagine it having even the vaguest utility in terms of knowing when to leave the house.

Because it's a metro service (some peak periods have 36 tph throughput), in most cases the answer will be that you should leave when you want to travel and then a train turns up and you board the train, so you don't need this information. But, the services may be disrupted or unavailable and that might mean you make different choices e.g. Victoria's main line was shut due to a One Under when I was there at Xmas, so I…

> One Under

> (rail transport, slang, British) A person under a train; a person hit by a train after jumping or falling in front of it.

In case anyone else was confused.

Re: Traintrackr – Live LED Maps

#19

Post by KaiserPro »

youngtaff wrote: post #15
KaiserPro wrote: post #4

Train Trackr is great, and the weather one is also good too. If you are less into trains (heresy) but still want to look at unusual maps https://raildar.co.uk/map/KGX is your place to go. its a live junction schematic of any train junction in the UK.

I prefer Tracksy — https://traksy.uk/live Works on a mobile phone too so I can check what’s happening when I’m at my local station and the train is late Raildar is a pretty abysmal experience on mobile… locks up on this iPad when I try to zoom in

Traksy is much better on mobile, thanks for shout!

Re: Traintrackr – Live LED Maps

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Post by KaiserPro »

lozf wrote: post #12
KaiserPro wrote: post #4

Train Trackr is great, and the weather one is also good too. If you are less into trains (heresy) but still want to look at unusual maps https://raildar.co.uk/map/KGX is your place to go. its a live junction schematic of any train junction in the UK.

> unusual maps https://raildar.co.uk/map/KGX Nice one, OpenRailTimes[0] is a similar style, but split in to smaller local sections by rail company and area. I also like SignalBox[1] maps for their more traditional geographic layout, and for "less map -- more data", with accurate times that trains pass through stations and junctions, then RealTimeTrains[2] is hard to beat. - [0]: https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps -…

Open traintimes map is really nice. If/when work gets a video display wall, that's what I'm going to put on it, even though its not an industry we work in.
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