Very cool. If you want to see what people have created using the Swiss public rail data checkout the showcase here: https://data.opentransportdata.swiss/showcase
Dutch Train Map Simulator
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Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator
#42A proper simulator would cancel most of the trains whenever the weather changes. Dutch trains fail whenever: * There's leaves on the rails * It snows * It's too cold * It's too hot * rand(1, 10) > 7 On top of that, there's protests and strikes.
You just repeated an outdated meme. Go compare our punctuality statistics with our southern and eastern neighbours. Then do the rest of the world. Make sure to account for differences in definition of punctuality between providers.
Yes, delays are annoying and there are things the train companies can do better, but our system is most of all reliable enough and we are doing just fine.
Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator
#43Cool view ! For France, I've built the first interactive map of all* public transports.
You just zoom on a zone and see the network (the bluish polygons) pop-up, clickable.
Representing trains, that all share a common way but with very different schedules and destinations, is hard. No map is good, all do compromises. Hence I've delayed representing trains, it's too hard.
https://cartes.app/?style=transports&gamme=urbain&filtre=lig...
* well most, those that are published in GTFS.
Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator
#44A proper simulator would cancel most of the trains whenever the weather changes. Dutch trains fail whenever: * There's leaves on the rails * It snows * It's too cold * It's too hot * rand(1, 10) > 7 On top of that, there's protests and strikes.
As a fellow Dutchman, I agree that complaining about the NS is a very tempting thing to do. However, we should not forget that our train infrastructure is considered world class across multiple metrics, including reliability (yes really). To recalibrate your expectations I wholeheartedly recommend taking a train ride from somewhere in Germany to anywhere else in Germany.
Just yesterday I had a 19h to 01h train travel, with multiple RE connections, failed connections as well, due to "problems" on the tracks.
I was supposed to arrive around 22h at my destination.
I guess I should be happy I arrived at all, and wasn't left stranded on a random train station until yearly today.
Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator
#45The 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!
Netherlands is ninth on this list by the UN, but that includes (even tinier) countries like Monaco, Luxemburg and Belgium. So I guess the NL is about top 5-ish in the world density wise https://w3.unece.org/pxweb/en/CountryRanking?IndicatorCode=4...
The Monaco number is a little unintuitive - it has one line running through it, but the principality's tiny physical footprint makes it look railway dense on that chart
Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator
#46Very cool! A twist on the "generic" live map we've seen many times
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#47Coincidentally vibe-coded a train map for North-Western Europe this morning.
It follows scheduled time, not live time, as most countries don't have live positions.
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#48Here is the same type of map for the Swiss long distance rail network: https://network.sbb.ch/en/
Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator
#49The 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!
And as far as delays go, I believe it is (or was, last I looked) nr 3 in the world, after Japan and Switzerland.
Of course, Japan's trains are world-class, but at least those are widely recognised as such. The Dutch rail network is much denser than Switzerlands, but catches a lot of flak.
(Which is not to say that it can't or shouldn't be improved, but it's also good to recognise what's going well.)
Re: Dutch Train Map Simulator
#50A proper simulator would cancel most of the trains whenever the weather changes. Dutch trains fail whenever: * There's leaves on the rails * It snows * It's too cold * It's too hot * rand(1, 10) > 7 On top of that, there's protests and strikes.
The leaves things is actually kind of intresting.
It turns out that if you grind wet leaves it creates a lubricant.
Lubricating the tracks is kind of an issue if you want to stop a 80 ton train