I'm surprised. For how densely populated India is, I expected to see more rail lines.
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026
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If you are interested in all rail infrastructure checkout OpenRailwayMap
It's the new vector version with clickable features, now it can display routes as well. Click on a rail than you can click on the routes at the bottom of the popup.
Not curated even the slightest, just all the data, as it should be.
The problem is that not all of the lines on OpenRailwayMap are currently having passenger traffic. Perfect example of that is Albania, where they had railways during communism, but it is discontinued at the moment and will be for many years.
This project tries something else. To be factual and easy to use for the average user at the same time. The information displayed on Railrouter is a bit different, because the average user want to see different type of information.
I understand that curated data is not optimal, but I do not have a community behind me and I do not expect it either. Therefore, it will be a long time before it will be up to a similar standard to OpenRailwayMap. For someone like me, I will rather use Railrouter because it is just simpler and not to technical. I am not trying to compete against OpenRailwayMap.
Instead whenever someone is critical on forums or in the internet general, I will verify the feedback and then implement it where the user will be cited as well. Corrections log: https://trainrouter.com/corrections/
Yes, different projects for different goals. OpenRailwayMap even displays the reference numbers of switches, and goes into displaying micromapped details of train stations.
For TrainRouter you could read the actual routes from GTFS. Most European transport companies publish their schedules in this format, and it contains the geometry of the routes, not just a list of stops. You can browse some GTFS feeds here: https://www.transit.land/map Another nice, free api is here: https://transitous.org/
The "shapes" file should contain the data you are looking for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTFS#shapes
And here is me thinking I (being a railway enthusiast and an OSM contributor) would have already known this existed. :D Thanks for the link, I was previously only aware of the raster version.
BTW thanks for the link for OpenRailwayMap! I have not seen this version before right now:)
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How did you decide which ones were notable?
(Also known as "why didn't you include these two insignificant villages near where I live that nobody else has heard of") :)
How did you decide which ones were notable?:
- Whichever one is easy to get on the map, more will come afterwards:)
Why didn’t you include these two insignificant villages near where I live that nobody else has heard of:
- Have not added all yet but hopefully soon. I am working on to have branch lines as well since I want to have all, all, all, all passenger lines which is running at the moment.
Wow. That's a big project. I admire your determination. It's a beautiful map, by the way. Thank you for sharing :)
Those European train lines make my pants tighter
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Working on that like a slave in Egypt building the pyramids
Omg it is too tight!
Can’t believe you don’t have the Leeds to Morecambe line, or the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (used in The Railway Children). Settle to Carlisle is a very scenic route, but not particularly used.
Will see to them later:)
Konkan railway goes beyond Goa.
Whoa, this is really cool! I can tell it took a ton of work.
I made this little map a while ago that was supposed to be an extremely basic viablity study of high speed rail lines in europe, visualised on a map. It's cool being able to compare it with real life!
It is really fun, but crazy amount of work
I'd love to see a map showing costs. For is tance. Is any other country charging 10x the price of an Airline ticket to reach the same destination by train, is just Canada ?
Australia that one from the south to the top and the one from the west to the east are basically tourist trains thousands of dollars for tickets.
Sadly it is also a problem in Norway as well (Where I am from). Sometimes they even have bus for train within very short notice which is sad.
How much is an airline ticket? I've heard of them being as cheap as 40€ but I've never seen a train ticket cost over 140€ for a one day trip and that is if you don't book in advance.
Wow, living in Europe, I had no idea worlds railways are so undeveloped. It's basically just Europe and Japan with a little bit of China.
There are so many lines I want to try around the world! Especially China because of their crazy high speed network...
The one I used to take daily is not in it. When I get back home I'll see if I can add it.
Hopefully it is already added before you manage to come home;)
Cannot promise anything though..
Welp I forgot about it anyway.
I bet you at least 15 of those high speeds are in South Korea
E: and let's not forget a nod too their metropolis area non-conductor subway trams on wheels running every fifteen minutes until well after midnight
I have never been to South Korea, but I really like South Koreans! I have to go there soon:)
I remember being in a cafe in Paris ran by South Koreans and it was one of the best cafes I have ever been to. They have so great style in fashion, design and music.
This is sad for so many reasons...