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Post #3162841

2025-06-23 16:00 UTC

And for the nerds among us, we have a page on all the details that went into this - including our initial ticket coverage & how the search works: https://www.railfinder.eu/how-it-works Ask me anything!

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  • I should also add that we’re actively working on some technical issues that happen a bit more often than we’d like. Hopefully we’ll catch and fix the more common of the errors in the coming days - this is one of the reasons we start as a beta and wait a bit before launching too widely 🤫

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  • @bovine3dom@masto.ai 2025-06-23 20:58

    @stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social what data structures, path finding algorithms, infrastructure and tooling are you using etc 🤓 also, how big is your team?

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  • @utrenkner@mastodon.green 2025-06-24 05:37

    @stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social What was the reason to partner with SNCB for the ticket sales? Were the technically best suited? Most welcoming toward your project? Cheapest?

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  • @julian_b@chaos.social 2025-06-24 08:15

    @stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social a new booking site in 2025 that does not rely on OSDM?🤨

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  • @cartotrain@mastodon.social 2025-06-24 11:34

    Bravo! @stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social Proposing routes in France with more than 2 connections could be a game changer (as SNCF API doesn't allow that). But how are passenger rights going to work? Isn't there a risk of losing users after a bad experience (i.e. missed connection, and no possibility to hop on the next train) ?

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  • @bitbonk@mastodon.social 2025-06-24 16:22

    @stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social I imagine it would make a cool blog post on what goes into aggregating all the train data from presumably many different sources in many different formats.

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  • @aronkvh@mograph.social 2025-06-24 21:11

    @stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social works impressively already! I really like how you included stopovers for long journeys, nothing else I know does that. Do you query DB etc. for itineraries as well or do you have your own router solution from raw open data?

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  • @stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social Absolutely awesome. My apologies if you already answered this, the thread has become very long. Why create your own routefinder, instead of taking Transitous/MOTIS and extending it according for your needs? Not re-inventing the wheel and all that.

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