Realtime Trains

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Realtime Trains
Available inEnglish
Area servedGreat Britain
Founder(s)Tom Cairns
URLrealtimetrains.co.uk
AdvertisingYes
CommercialYes
RegistrationNo
LaunchedOctober 2012; 9 years ago (2012-10)
Current statusActive

Realtime Trains is a website that tracks trains on the British railway network.

History[]

Realtime Trains was launched in October 2012 by Tom Cairns, a student at the University of Southampton.[1][2]

In March 2020, Abellio ScotRail became the first operator to share additional rolling stock information with Realtime Trains.[3] The additional information was dubbed Know Your Train, and includes a visual overview of the type of rolling stock and number of carriages used by each service.[4] Operators which now offer this information include Northern Trains and TransPennine Express.[5] In May 2021, Realtime Trains stated that 45% of the distance travelled by trains on the British railway network was covered by Know Your Train.[6]

Another service called Track Your Train was added in September 2020, offering advanced notice of platform alterations and potential delays to a service. Initially, Track Your Train is only available on selected services starting at London Liverpool Street.[7]

Following a grant from the Culture Recovery Fund, in 2021 Realtime Trains installed live departure boards for Swanage Railway heritage services at Corfe Castle and Swanage stations.[8]

Data sources[]

The data presented on Realtime Trains is created using a variety of sources and human input.[9] In 2017, Realtime Trains installed GPS tracking devices in trains to allow services to be tracked during a diesel gala on the Swanage Railway.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Lea, Martin (2017-05-11). "Realtime Trains website installed GPS units in carriages being hauled during Swanage Railway's diesel gala". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. ^ Heaton, John (June 2014). "Real Time Trains". The Railway Magazine. Mortons Media Group. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  3. ^ Sapién, Josephine Cordero (2020-03-10). "ScotRail First TOC to Publish Real Time Train Data". Railway-News. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  4. ^ Cairns, Tom (2020-03-11). "Introducing Know Your Train". Realtime Trains. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  5. ^ "New app to help Northern passengers find out 'realtime' train information". Rochdale Online. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  6. ^ Holden, Michael (2021-05-29). "TransPennine Express joins Real Time Trains Know Your Train Scheme". Rail Advent. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  7. ^ Cairns, Tom (2020-09-14). "Introducing Track Your Train". Introducing Track Your Train. Retrieved 2021-05-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Lea, Martin (2021-05-25). "Swanage Railway's new innovative £223k system". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  9. ^ Steadman, Ian (2014-07-21). "Public transport bodies: producing lots of data, not necessarily making the most of it". NewStatesmen. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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