beautiful website, congrats. would be cool if every rail route could be mapped. are there other resources?
https://indiarailinfo.com/atlas
^^ for indian railways.
World Train Map – 1247 train routes around the world
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#42This is very cool! Out of curiosity, where are you getting the data from?
Thanks!
I am trying to use a verification system to get the data from, however it is an incomplete system. The idea of the system is the route being traced either by OSM or local operators data and either use OBB Scotty (for European routes) or local operators data to make sure that the route actually exists.
For example this is how I got the data for the route Sarajevo - Ploce.
How this line was checked - Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 2674114 (169 km), relation 1646595 (30 km) — 192 km of the route between them - Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 9 m from it - The operator publishes this line's timetable: ŽFBiH red vožnje — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
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#43Tracks in Czechia are mostly missing. It’s known as a country with the most dense railroad network in the world.
I am aware of that. Lines like Karlovy Vary - Loket or Strakonice - Tabor are missing. I have travel by rail in Czech Republic a bit too much according to my friends lol.
The reason why they are not added yet is because I am working on a verification system. I see that there are many routes in Czech Republic which are not shown either in OBB Scotty. I will see if I can use Ceske Drahy to verify and get at least almost all routes.
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#44Really nice, how does this compare to https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ ?
Openrailway is a bit more technical product than World Train Map. The goal of World Train Map is to have a good selection of almost all passenger rail routes around the world, where the user can hover over each route to get a quick story.
The tracing on World Train Map is based on OSM and I am thankful for both their tracings and the community which has corrected this project. Most casual users like me are not interested in signals or the technical stuff about the line, but rather simpler technical details such as speed, average speed and where you can take the route from and to.
Besides OSM is really all rail routes, while World Train Map is only passenger service.
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#45Really nice, how does this compare to https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ ?
One is AI slop, one is direct OSM data
Then you must be sad that the "AI slop" is a user friendly, working toy whereas the OSM data one is just a miserable static database-render.
Go and compare them. I love getting lost in data, and I was happy to see all the overloaded, very badly curated, non-dynamic OpenRailwayMap. I cannot click on a railway to get more info, the electrification map is just a mess of many similarly shaded colors. Not user friendly, even if it _has_ the data, it is unfriendly to the user, and makes exploration hard.
I say this as an OSM enthusiast and contributor.
Compare this to the "AI slop"; even though at first I ran into a misinformation (Zambia central links to London Central), it still made me stay on the page and explore some scenic routes. I obviously knew that this is NOT all the railways, but something fun to engage with and maybe even learn / explore some new things, hell maybe start planning my winter vacation.
I guess what I am saying is: your comment has no added value, just sourness, negativity.
I hope the author keeps iterating on this project, eventually make it more OSM-interconnected, fix the tiny bugs and focus on bringing joy to us who are interested. After all, this product is out in public now, whereas your miserable comment will get buried here for good.
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#46I am going to sleep now because it is pretty late in Norway and I can sense that I will have a very long work day tomorrow. It is crazy to see that World Train Map is on the front page. Holy shit! Please give feedback meanwhile because it helps the site a lot. I want to add both many more routes and have a well functioning verification system. I hope that the map is giving all of you an enjoyable experience.
A lot of the "feedback" below seems to consist of people complaining that this is not a comprehensive map, despite your site clearly saying it's a " curated atlas of notable passenger routes — not every railway on Earth". Sigh.
Thanks a lot!
Hacker News have a limited amount of comments which I can leave. so will give the link to my twitter: https://x.com/Flightmussy which I want to use as the communication channel besides the email.
I have gotten perhaps a bit too much harsh feedback with this project, since I have posted it on the RailUK Forum and OSM community to give feedback about this project. Until yesterday, the website was called Trainrouter, but I decided to change the url because it was a bad fit for what the website really tried to do.
You should have seen how bad this project was before I posted it on RailUK.
Re: World Train Map – 1247 train routes around the world
#47I am going to sleep now because it is pretty late in Norway and I can sense that I will have a very long work day tomorrow. It is crazy to see that World Train Map is on the front page. Holy shit! Please give feedback meanwhile because it helps the site a lot. I want to add both many more routes and have a well functioning verification system. I hope that the map is giving all of you an enjoyable experience.
I got a question . Whats the core purpose behind this endeavour ?
Ive seen a lot of other website tracking different things in the world. Is there a monetisation angle or a leisurely hobby ?
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#48Tracks in Czechia are mostly missing. It’s known as a country with the most dense railroad network in the world.
I am aware of that. Lines like Karlovy Vary - Loket or Strakonice - Tabor are missing. I have travel by rail in Czech Republic a bit too much according to my friends lol. The reason why they are not added yet is because I am working on a verification system. I see that there are many routes in Czech Republic which are not shown either in OBB Scotty. I will see if I can use Ceske Drahy to verify and get at least almos…
Also a TON of trains in Poland.
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#49This is a very dangerous site for train travel geeks. Like, what am I doing with my life? I should be catching the Nile Valley Sleeper, 879km "Overnight up the Nile past Luxor’s temples: wake to feluccas and the First Cataract at Aswan."
Hahahaha thanks!
I have the same feeling. There are so many places and things to experience which I want to do. I am not sure what I am doing with my life either.
In a way I have to grow up and become "successful", but at the same time I would rather just sit in a train somewhere in the alps with the craziest view, have a small wine bottle at train table and trying the best ice cream ever in a random North Italian town.
I really admire the train vloggers on Youtube because that seems so cool to do.
I do not know where to even start, there are so many routes that I want to do right now.