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Title: Totally useless but looks like fun! Post by: BerkshireBugsy on October 11, 2012, 12:26:56 Whilst reading engadget.com for a quick techie fix, came across the below...
The clue is in the link! http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/11/indian-railways-launch-railradar/ Dave Title: Re: Totally useless but looks like fun! Post by: rogerpatenall on October 11, 2012, 13:14:45 Statusmaps.net have a similar set up for Amtrak - on a smaller scale, of course, although the sum total of 'minutes late' on Amtrak probably rivals that of the 6500 trains in India!
Title: Re: Totally useless but looks like fun! Post by: old original on October 11, 2012, 16:33:27 Britain's ahead of the game!!! Apparently staff in ticket offices can use a screen which can track the volo signal on FGW hst's
Title: Re: Totally useless but looks like fun! Post by: TonyK on October 11, 2012, 17:44:40 You're right - it is fun, but useless. It's a good thing I'm married, or I would spend all day every day on this useless, but fun, website.
Title: Re: Totally useless but looks like fun! Post by: BerkshireBugsy on October 11, 2012, 18:50:26 Britain's ahead of the game!!! Apparently staff in ticket offices can use a screen which can track the volo signal on FGW hst's That sounds good but sadly not publicly available:( Title: Re: Totally useless but looks like fun! Post by: Southern Stag on October 11, 2012, 22:16:24 http://www.opentraintimes.com/maps
We aren't a million miles away from it though, it's something some of the very clever developers are working on with the Network Rail open access data. On the link above there are three signal diagrams which are using Network Rail open access data. Title: Re: Totally useless but looks like fun! Post by: FGW on October 12, 2012, 10:43:05 I really hope this is never introduced - I would never get any work done! ;)
Title: Re: Totally useless but looks like fun! Post by: BerkshireBugsy on October 12, 2012, 11:07:06 I really hope this is never introduced - I would never get any work done! ;) Just think! You could have a model train set based on the real UK layout where the datafeeds control the operation of the model trains...I can just imagine the conversation with my son if we ever did this... "Dad, how come those trains are always breaking down?"..."Well, Son they are 180's....and they like their sidings :) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |