Post #841220

2025-06-23 15:58 UTC

Today we’re quietly (and finally!) opening up Railfinder to the public! This is our beta version and - hopefully - the first step towards that one booking site for trains across Europe that we all dream of. Lots of work has gone into this and equally lots still to do before reach that vision, but if you’d like to try what we’ve built you can now just go to https://www.railfinder.eu and have a go! Any and all feedback more than welcome 🙏

Replies (11)

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social 2025-06-23 16:00

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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@c_chep@piaille.fr 2025-06-23 16:31

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social kudos, you've found decent solutions to my go-to riddle "Paris to Kaunas" on the very first try, no fiddling. I may use that next time !

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@meercat0@mastodon.social 2025-06-23 16:34

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social best of luck

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@datacyclist@swiss.social 2025-06-23 16:41

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social The connection from Zürich to Bodø is nice, also possible with night trains. As a company registered in Sweden, it's funny that you can't sell tickets through Sweden, though. What about passenger rights? If I buy dedicated tickets for every part of the journey with a railfinder surcharge, what happens when I miss a connection?

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@orangerkater@troet.cafe 2025-06-23 17:06

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social it would be nice to offer a selector for departure/arrival time. 😘

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@orangerkater@troet.cafe 2025-06-23 17:12

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social Buchs SG is missing. @jon@gruene.social will not be happy about this. 😉

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@egonkastelijn@mastodon.nl 2025-06-23 17:23

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social Hi Stefan, Great work !! This looks very promising indeed. I quickly tested the application, and it selects the correct train. The only thing is that the pricing seems to be a bit different if I compare it the the bahn.de website? (€ 99,99 vs € 29,99)

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@interrailinfosvenska@mastodonsweden.se 2025-06-23 17:26

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social "Travel at night" and "nighttrain" feels a little odd. I understand that "travel at night" means "sit in whatever train that runs at night", but it might need some thought on wording / explanation. Being able to avoid "daytrains at night" is huge improvement over other sites 👍🏻

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@z3ntu@fosstodon.org 2025-06-23 17:39

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social Wow, it gives me really good results for multi-day travels. Congrats!

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@GertjanHulster@urbanists.social 2025-06-23 17:51

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social when will you add the possibility to buy a ticket for a bicycle?

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@marado@ciberlandia.pt 2025-06-23 17:52

@stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social alt texts on your social media posts O:-)

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