Real-time map of Great Britain's rail network
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Real-time map of Great Britain's rail network
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Re: Real-time map of Great Britain's rail network
#2This only seems to be standard overground trains. If you add in metro networks like the London tube, or light rail / trams like in Manchester, then you’d get at least hundreds more.
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#3> Signalbox's technology identifies the train a device is on by matching a snapshot of smartphone data to a train’s trajectory data. The technology uses advanced algorithms works even with severely degraded data. We are able to pinpoint a smartphone to any type of train without background location tracking or hardware.
Hmm, that's...interesting?
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#4Topping out at 10 minutes delay for the most severe marker colour is an interesting choice.
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#5This only seems to be standard overground trains. If you add in metro networks like the London tube, or light rail / trams like in Manchester, then you’d get at least hundreds more.
The map includes metros across the Tyne and Wear Metro in NE England, and while its not perfect, it's by far the most useful train live tracking I've ever seen. There's quite a few places in the UK with different rail systems that don't fit together (and have apps of varying quality/usefulness)
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#6Checkout the French equivalent : https://carto.tchoo.net.
Looks more complete.
Past similar HN submission got no attention, whereas the UK's top page. Interesting !
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#7> Signalbox's technology identifies the train a device is on by matching a snapshot of smartphone data to a train’s trajectory data. The technology uses advanced algorithms works even with severely degraded data. We are able to pinpoint a smartphone to any type of train without background location tracking or hardware. Hmm, that's...interesting?
Seems similar to Transit's approach: https://blog.transitapp.com/go-underground/
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#9Topping out at 10 minutes delay for the most severe marker colour is an interesting choice.
It would be better if they were aligned to the delay repay thresholds.
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#10I remember my colleague from MFF UK, Robert Babilon, producing his first real-time map of Czech trains in 2004.
The page, called Babitron, still exists and still keeps that delightful 2004 look. I visited it a few days ago. Unfortunately today there is a message "We are moving Babitron to a different server", so the link isn't working.