Post #504195

2026-02-25 16:53 UTC

New feature of the Railfinder journey planner live today: avoiding station changes that require a metro or similar We now consider transfers in three levels: within a station, walking between nearby stations, and changes that require local transit. If the fastest journey possible requires a worse change of stations, we calculate other options that have easier transfers. And we promote the easier journeys higher in the list of results. For example going Brussels - Barcelona skipping Paris ⤵️

Replies (5)

@Jonas_Bostrom@mastodonsweden.se 2026-02-25 16:54

@stefanlindbohm Fantastisk funktion!

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@quixoticgeek@social.v.st 2026-02-25 16:56

@stefanlindbohm that's awesome. How difficult would the option for only doing changes with level access boarding? Or only where there's a lift?

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@peterb@indiehackers.social 2026-02-25 17:07

@stefanlindbohm this is an awesome improvement. Changing trains in Paris can be... interesting.

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@swaldman@mendeddrum.org 2026-02-25 17:11

@stefanlindbohm I don't think I'd seen Railfinder before - this looks great, and I look forward to trying it for real the next time I'm off my island. A question / possible bug, though: does it use a specific time zone, or always local? Because if it's always local, then this duration is wrong.

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@leffe@social.linux.pizza 2026-02-25 19:49

@stefanlindbohm This is great! I hope we will eventually get multi-stop/via and avoids as well.

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