Interactive map of train routes around the world

[Trainrouter]

I built this website: https://trainrouter.com/
I built it because a railway map which is fun to use was missing in my opinion. It is a map where you can find many of the relevant train routes around the world.

It must be noted that the project is in early stages so it is not 100% perfect yet. I would like people to test and hopefully use it. It is 100% free to use and no sign up. Besides no ads

Feedback is always welcome. If you spot something wrong I will fix it and credit the user. The changelog is here: https://trainrouter.com/corrections/

I have permission from the forum staff to post this.

Alban

 

[pokemonsuper9]

The Calendonain sleeper route for London Euston - Fort William takes the wrong route - it reverses at Edinburgh (splitting out to form the Aberdeen and Inverness portions) before passing through Glasgow on its way West.

Also how were the names of the routes decided? GWR seem to have line or service names, but the various West Coast Main line routes just sat "Avanti West Coast"? And the East Coast Main line is listed as "LNER Azuma" (one of the companies and types of train that operate on that route).

I assume there was quite a bit of LLM ("AI") usage in making this?

 

[Farigiraf]

I built this website: https://trainrouter.com/
I built it because a railway map which is fun to use was missing in my opinion. It is a map where you can find many of the relevant train routes around the world.

It must be noted that the project is in early stages so it is not 100% perfect yet. I would like people to test and hopefully use it. It is 100% free to use and no sign up. Besides no ads

Feedback is always welcome. If you spot something wrong I will fix it.

I have permission from the forum staff to post this.

Alban

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Was this vibe coded? If so, then I'd suggest going through the whole thing again in depth, checking for any errors - because there certainly will be.

 

[duesselmartin]

may I ask what criteria was used? The trains and lines shown seem a bit random.

 

[Trainrouter]

Was this vibe coded? If so, then I'd suggest going through the whole thing again in depth, checking for any errors - because there certainly will be.

I used Claude Fable to create the project. The project direction is fully mine while Claude did the coding.

It is a solo project where the focus has been on interaction for the user. I believe that the whole project is 95% accurate (Which I think is good enough for the average user).

This is a young project so you are correct that the whole thing have to be double checked many many many times. I have been spending resources to get users, however I want to focus more on the project itself to make it smooth and fully accurate.

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may I ask what criteria was used? The trains and lines shown seem a bit random.

True it is a bit random although I tried to focus on the most important routes and routes which I know of (I live in Norway so I know them pretty well and had to include all of them)

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The Calendonain sleeper route for London Euston - Fort William takes the wrong route - it reverses at Edinburgh (splitting out to form the Aberdeen and Inverness portions) before passing through Glasgow on its way West.

Also how were the names of the routes decided? GWR seem to have line or service names, but the various West Coast Main line routes just sat "Avanti West Coast"? And the East Coast Main line is listed as "LNER Azuma" (one of the companies and types of train that operate on that route).

I assume there was quite a bit of LLM ("AI") usage in making this?

Thanks for pointing out the mistake.

It was created with help with help of Claude Fable. The information is mostly from Wikipedia so it might not be the most accurate source.

I have not yet solved the problem to get the whole route instead of only one operator so you are correct there. This will be solved in the nearest future so the whole route with all operators are there

 

[TrainTraveler]

I rather like this, well done!

Yes, it's not a full map of every line but in terms of Europe it's a good way of getting suggestions for what might be good leisure trips.

 

[Trainrouter]

I rather like this, well done!

Yes, it's not a full map of every line but in terms of Europe it's a good way of getting suggestions for what might be good leisure trips.

Thank you!

The point of this project is to find good leisure trips. I personally will definitely use this map to find routes whenever I travel.

 

[in_luzern]

A minor thing... I was looking at the Swiss routes (as it's where I live), and noticed that the Voralpen-Express text describes it as "linking two lake cities", which isn't correct. Lucerne is of course on a lake, but St. Gallen, at the other end of the line, is not. The train used to run beyond St. Gallen to Romanshorn on Lake Constance, but this stopped in 2013.

 

[Oldercouple]

Also a minor thing: V-Max Intercity Amsterdam Maastricht is 140 km/h instead of 160 km/h. Only ICE is 160 km/h Amsterdam-Amstel Utrecht.

 

[Bemined]

The Amsterdam - Groningen service shows the old route that was used until 2013, these days it goes via Lelystad.

 

[Trainrouter]

A minor thing... I was looking at the Swiss routes (as it's where I live), and noticed that the Voralpen-Express text describes it as "linking two lake cities", which isn't correct. Lucerne is of course on a lake, but St. Gallen, at the other end of the line, is not. The train used to run beyond St. Gallen to Romanshorn on Lake Constance, but this stopped in 2013.

Thanks a lot! Will fix that

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The Amsterdam - Groningen service shows the old route that was used until 2013, these days it goes via Lelystad.

Thanks a lot! Will fix that

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Also a minor thing: V-Max Intercity Amsterdam Maastricht is 140 km/h instead of 160 km/h. Only ICE is 160 km/h Amsterdam-Amstel Utrecht.

I see! Will fix that as well

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I am very thankful for the critics that I get here. It is helpful because I can correct the data further and see how I can create a even better site. This really helps the site.

 

[rf_ioliver]

A few points on Finland...most long distance services are run with the double deck stock - including the night train services that cover both the Rovaniemi and Kolari lines (some older blue carriages still run, but being phased out slowly). The Helsinki-Oulu services now have the older Allegro trains running, but these are slower than the double deck IC25 service (which IMHO is a lot more comfortable ride).

The Helsinki-Turku line doesn't run along the shoreline (despite the name) and spends most of its time inland.

I'd change the description of Helsinki-Kuopio to "The Savo line threads through Finland's lake district". I'd also extend this up to Iisalmi, or further to Kontomäki and then to Oulu TBH

Jokioisten Museo Rautatie has locomotives built in Finland, Germany, USSR as well as Belgium. Most served on formed 750mm lines in Finland.

You might want to add Porvoon Museo Rautatie too...they run Dm7 diesel units in the Summer between Helsinki and Porvoo (as well as more locally to some of the villages near Porvoo)

 

[Ant1966]

A really intereresting project which must have taken some time; well done!

A few thoughts:

Some of the routes taken by the lines are a bit odd. I guess they are more indicative than geographically precise? , but some stand out:
Cross Country between Newcastle and Edinburgh looping inland, vs the LNER coastal route (which is the only route, and correct)
The Night Rviera route from Exeter west, more vs the GWR route and the XC route. They are all the same line. GWR looks closest, although none of them follow the sea SW of Exeter (the true route and most famous part!)
Avanti WC to Birmingham, you have it leaving the main line at Nuneaton, in reality it leaves at Rugby and goes through Coventry.
You have the Lille<>Paris LGV via CDG airport on a loop, actually it follows the other 2 lines straight.
The LGV Paris Lyon, all the routes follow each other, some of yours split (FR Milan, Paris>Montpellier)
same with Milan<>Rome FR, it follows the other two routes

In terms of lines you have picked; I'd say your choices in UK are quite good! You obviously cant pick them all, and it's all subjective!
Maybe add in a Transpennine route, e.g. Liverpool to Newcastle?
Some routes South of London, or in East Anglia?
in FR maybe add the transversale Intercity Bordeaux<>Toulouse<>Marseille
in IT maybe Adriatic coast line? also Milan>Genova>Ventimiglia and Geno>Livorno>Rome
in CH you have too many to choose from! But maybe Geneva <> Brig woudl be a good one to add (One of my favourite journeys anywhere in the world!). Plus some of the ICs in the North, to link up the more scenic mountain areas?
there are quite a few more Night Trains and IC trains in Eastern Europe that would fill in some pretty big gaps

In terms of categories of train. If you want to make this useful for most users; I'm not sure about the 'luxury hotel trains' youve included? Al Andalus, VSOE, Belmond, El Transcantabrio etc. Firtly these are not really options for 99% of the worlds population (too expensive!). Secondly their 'routes' vary, and are almost incidental in some respects? Thirdly you have mixed them into both 'Night trains' (along with ordinary night trains) or scenic trains (along with service trains or service/small supp e.g. Glacier Express), I'd probably omit them altogether (thats the socialist in me speaking) or give them their own category 'Luxury trains'?

 

[Trainrouter]

Thank you for taking your time to give me very a detailed feedback. In general I am so thankful for all the feedback I get here on RailUk. I will see what I can do to correct the mistakes since there are some lines who are not following the map correctly yet or the information is outdated. I have also noticed something from Norway has to be corrected as well. I really your suggestions. Some routes from your suggestions will probably be added later since they are really good ideas. This make the map even more interesting.

I will definitely luxury hotel trains as an own section since like you said most of us cannot afford it. Users like me can only afford the normal train routes. I will see if I can find the normal routes where luxury routes have taken over. At the moment night routes are mixed but I agree that this has to be fixed so that it does not get mixed with other categories such as classic or scenic. I am thinking about getting a definition for night routes so that it does not get mixed up. Since I have gotten a lot of feedback I will soon add a changelog on the website so that everyone can see exactly what has gotten updated and considered

A really intereresting project which must have taken some time; well done!

A few thoughts:

Some of the routes taken by the lines are a bit odd. I guess they are more indicative than geographically precise? , but some stand out:
Cross Country between Newcastle and Edinburgh looping inland, vs the LNER coastal route (which is the only route, and correct)
The Night Rviera route from Exeter west, more vs the GWR route and the XC route. They are all the same line. GWR looks closest, although none of them follow the sea SW of Exeter (the true route and most famous part!)
Avanti WC to Birmingham, you have it leaving the main line at Nuneaton, in reality it leaves at Rugby and goes through Coventry.
You have the Lille<>Paris LGV via CDG airport on a loop, actually it follows the other 2 lines straight.
The LGV Paris Lyon, all the routes follow each other, some of yours split (FR Milan, Paris>Montpellier)
same with Milan<>Rome FR, it follows the other two routes

In terms of lines you have picked; I'd say your choices in UK are quite good! You obviously cant pick them all, and it's all subjective!
Maybe add in a Transpennine route, e.g. Liverpool to Newcastle?
Some routes South of London, or in East Anglia?
in FR maybe add the transversale Intercity Bordeaux<>Toulouse<>Marseille
in IT maybe Adriatic coast line? also Milan>Genova>Ventimiglia and Geno>Livorno>Rome
in CH you have too many to choose from! But maybe Geneva <> Brig woudl be a good one to add (One of my favourite journeys anywhere in the world!). Plus some of the ICs in the North, to link up the more scenic mountain areas?
there are quite a few more Night Trains and IC trains in Eastern Europe that would fill in some pretty big gaps

In terms of categories of train. If you want to make this useful for most users; I'm not sure about the 'luxury hotel trains' youve included? Al Andalus, VSOE, Belmond, El Transcantabrio etc. Firtly these are not really options for 99% of the worlds population (too expensive!). Secondly their 'routes' vary, and are almost incidental in some respects? Thirdly you have mixed them into both 'Night trains' (along with ordinary night trains) or scenic trains (along with service trains or service/small supp e.g. Glacier Express), I'd probably omit them altogether (thats the socialist in me speaking) or give them their own category 'Luxury trains'?

 

[Trainrouter]

A few points on Finland...most long distance services are run with the double deck stock - including the night train services that cover both the Rovaniemi and Kolari lines (some older blue carriages still run, but being phased out slowly). The Helsinki-Oulu services now have the older Allegro trains running, but these are slower than the double deck IC25 service (which IMHO is a lot more comfortable ride).

The Helsinki-Turku line doesn't run along the shoreline (despite the name) and spends most of its time inland.

I'd change the description of Helsinki-Kuopio to "The Savo line threads through Finland's lake district". I'd also extend this up to Iisalmi, or further to Kontomäki and then to Oulu TBH

Jokioisten Museo Rautatie has locomotives built in Finland, Germany, USSR as well as Belgium. Most served on formed 750mm lines in Finland.

You might want to add Porvoon Museo Rautatie too...they run Dm7 diesel units in the Summer between Helsinki and Porvoo (as well as more locally to some of the villages near Porvoo)

Thanks for adding information on Finland. The website should have been updated for Finland now

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I have created a changelog where the user gets credited each time the websites gets updated due to suggestions and feedback. Changelog: https://trainrouter.com/corrections/

 

[50010]

Nice project. I have been using Claude Fable on a few of my own, it is an impressive tool (my background is database & dev). Most of my projects small and home/life focused but have spent hundreds of hours on a rail one.

I'm burning through Claude Max 20x in around half a week (currently on 70% fable and 60% all models after a Wednesday night reset) and ended up bringing ChatGPT Sol 5.6 to the table to assist this week rather than accept two days of no building.

A piece of Claude research is what brought me back to this forum which I used to be a regular member of in the early days - even had a photo published in the calendar in (I think) 2010, happy memories!!

 

[Trainrouter]

Nice project. I have been using Claude Fable on a few of my own, it is an impressive tool (my background is database & dev). Most of my projects small and home/life focused but have spent hundreds of hours on a rail one.

I'm burning through Claude Max 20x in around half a week (currently on 70% fable and 60% all models after a Wednesday night reset) and ended up bringing ChatGPT Sol 5.6 to the table to assist this week rather than accept two days of no building.

A piece of Claude research is what brought me back to this forum which I used to be a regular member of in the early days - even had a photo published in the calendar in (I think) 2010, happy memories!!

Thanks

Yup! This project is quite expensive! I have been burning so many limits for this map. However, it is so worth it for me because it is so fun to build it.

 

[in_luzern]

Back in Switzerland again...

• Not sure if it's really accurate to show the Golden Pass as a continuous route from Montreux to Luzern. At least one change is required in Interlaken, and at most times of day additional changes in Zweisimmen and Spiez are needed. The Interlaken to Luzern part is operated by a different company and is branded as the Luzern-Interlaken Express.
• The Gotthard Panorama Express only runs in summer and, I think, only once a day. You also have to pay a hefty supplement to use it. A normal hourly service ("Treno Gottardo" - IR26 and IR46) runs over the central, most scenic part of the route, with the southern terminus at Locarno. The northern terminus is Basel or Zürich - alternate hours. It might be good to show this one as well?

 

[Trainrouter]

Back in Switzerland again...

• Not sure if it's really accurate to show the Golden Pass as a continuous route from Montreux to Luzern. At least one change is required in Interlaken, and at most times of day additional changes in Zweisimmen and Spiez are needed. The Interlaken to Luzern part is operated by a different company and is branded as the Luzern-Interlaken Express.
• The Gotthard Panorama Express only runs in summer and, I think, only once a day. You also have to pay a hefty supplement to use it. A normal hourly service ("Treno Gottardo" - IR26 and IR46) runs over the central, most scenic part of the route, with the southern terminus at Locarno. The northern terminus is Basel or Zürich - alternate hours. It might be good to show this one as well?

Thank you for helping this project with Switzerland! https://trainrouter.com/corrections/ where you are cited for your suggestions.

 

[RailWonderer]

It will need some work but it's great to see you're committed to it! I'm not sure where you're finding your information but if you translate from other languages you will find more info especially for Eastern Europe and Russia.

It's very ambitious and if you look at a railway map of Germany alone you'll see so many routes you won't know where to start. It might be easier to stick to main lines (intercity and key regional lines). Keep it up!

 

[mattpharrison]

I really like this - obviously it's early days, but so good to see AI and data being put to good use! I've never seen the UK rail network visualised in such a way. Keep it up!

 

[Trainrouter]

It will need some work but it's great to see you're committed to it! I'm not sure where you're finding your information but if you translate from other languages you will find more info especially for Eastern Europe and Russia.

It's very ambitious and if you look at a railway map of Germany alone you'll see so many routes you won't know where to start. It might be easier to stick to main lines (intercity and key regional lines). Keep it up!

Thank you! It is a nightmare to work on the project but I love to se the railway map getting created. It is rewarding.

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I really like this - obviously it's early days, but so good to see AI and data being put to good use! I've never seen the UK rail network visualised in such a way. Keep it up!

Thank you! I used to play train simulator when I was younger and I must say UK has some very unique routes. I think that is due to its heritage of the industrial revolution.

 

[SephenWorceste]

I built this website: https://trainrouter.com/
I built it because a railway map which is fun to use was missing in my opinion. It is a map where you can find many of the relevant train routes around the world.

It must be noted that the project is in early stages so it is not 100% perfect yet. I would like people to test and hopefully use it. It is 100% free to use and no sign up. Besides no ads

Feedback is always welcome. If you spot something wrong I will fix it and credit the user. The changelog is here: https://trainrouter.com/corrections/

I have permission from the forum staff to post this.

Alban

Thank you for the map. Lovely to be able to move and zoom and get information. A flat map can be a difficult to follow. Gives me ideas.

Best wishes, Stephen.

 

[Trainrouter]

Thank you for the map. Lovely to be able to move and zoom and get information. A flat map can be a difficult to follow. Gives me ideas.

Best wishes, Stephen.

Thank you! The map is so fun and it has been a childhood dream of mine to actually be able to use this kind of interactive map for rail routes. Enjoy

 

[westcoaster]

Love the map so far, like the globe style map your able to move.

In the uk i see you have included Eurostar but not the domestic HS1 (High Speed 1) sevices operated by Southeastern.

 

[Gordon]

You've done a lot of hard work to create this so please only take the following a constructive criticism.

1) First of all the title 'World Railway Map'. It is not a map of all the world's railways and I can't see a definitive introductory explanation to make this clear. A better title for what is on your map at the moment would be: selected railway train routes of the world.

2) Related to the last sentence above, may I recommend that care is taken when listing 'special' aka 'famous' trains. For example in Switzerland the Glacier Express is a classic example of a special train that happens to run on the tracks used by other ordinary trains day in day out. Referring only to the 'special' train on certain routes exacerbates the common problem that tourists from (especially) countries where passenger railways are few and far between, whereby they think that the Glacier Express somehow runs on a special railway completely unconnected with the line used by 'ordinary' trains.

3) I am a linguist /writer/editor and specialise in making 'translated' English into more correct English. As such here is my suggested rewrite of your 'about' text:

A free interactive atlas of a selection the world's notable railway routes and train services. No ads, no signup, no tracking.

TrainRouter has been built and is run by one person, based in Norway, as a hobby project. AI was used in the code and initial data collection. However selection of routes, all corrections and all published facts on the site are vetted by humans.

Information about each train is based on approximate published figures gathered from public sources, including train operators' sites, railway timetables and Wikipedia and other online published information. Schedules shown are not live and cannot be used for booking or buying tickets for the routes; for up to date and correct schedules and fares (prices) always check with the relevant train operator or use relevant railway journey planners. For most of Europe, the best 'one-stop' place for this information is www.Bahn.de (the German Railways journey planner) which was the first railway journey planner to be created (by students at Karlsruhe University)

The whole atlas is open data under CC BY 4.0, archived with a DOI, and the map can be embedded on any site for free.

The same person also built some sister atlases: Castlemap, Sunshine Atlas, Beachmap and Detourmap.

Errors get fixed​

An atlas of 1009 routes will contain mistakes. Any errors or omissions can be reported to me: corrections are usually made within one day, and every major modification is dated and credited in the corrections log.
Found one? Open an issue on the dataset's GitHub repo, or mention it wherever the atlas is being discussed.

 

[Trainrouter]

Love the map so far, like the globe style map your able to move.

In the uk i see you have included Eurostar but not the domestic HS1 (High Speed 1) sevices operated by Southeastern.

Thank you! The HS1 should be included now!

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You've done a lot of hard work to create this so please only take the following a constructive criticism.

1) First of all the title 'World Railway Map'. It is not a map of all the world's railways and I can't see a definitive introductory explanation to make this clear. A better title for what is on your map at the moment would be: selected railway train routes of the world.

2) Related to the last sentence above, may I recommend that care is taken when listing 'special' aka 'famous' trains. For example in Switzerland the Glacier Express is a classic example of a special train that happens to run on the tracks used by other ordinary trains day in day out. Referring only to the 'special' train on certain routes exacerbates the common problem that tourists from (especially) countries where passenger railways are few and far between, whereby they think that the Glacier Express somehow runs on a special railway completely unconnected with the line used by 'ordinary' trains.

3) I am a linguist /writer/editor and specialise in making 'translated' English into more correct English. As such here is my suggested rewrite of your 'about' text:

A free interactive atlas of a selection the world's notable railway routes and train services. No ads, no signup, no tracking.

TrainRouter has been built and is run by one person, based in Norway, as a hobby project. AI was used in the code and initial data collection. However selection of routes, all corrections and all published facts on the site are vetted by humans.

Information about each train is based on approximate published figures gathered from public sources, including train operators' sites, railway timetables and Wikipedia and other online published information. Schedules shown are not live and cannot be used for booking or buying tickets for the routes; for up to date and correct schedules and fares (prices) always check with the relevant train operator or use relevant railway journey planners. For most of Europe, the best 'one-stop' place for this information is www.Bahn.de (the German Railways journey planner) which was the first railway journey planner to be created (by students at Karlsruhe University)

The whole atlas is open data under CC BY 4.0, archived with a DOI, and the map can be embedded on any site for free.

The same person also built some sister atlases: Castlemap, Sunshine Atlas, Beachmap and Detourmap.

Errors get fixed​

An atlas of 1009 routes will contain mistakes. Any errors or omissions can be reported to me: corrections are usually made within one day, and every major modification is dated and credited in the corrections log.
Found one? Open an issue on the dataset's GitHub repo, or mention it wherever the atlas is being discussed.

Wow! I am going to say massive thanks for your suggestions!

I will not change the title from World Railway Map on the homepage due to SEO reasons. Google is very difficult to deal with..

Otherwise, I really liked your suggestions and have already added them into the about page if that is okay for you. If not I will remove them. Like always the feedback or the contribution will get cited in the corrections log (I am adding extra markings for you because proper writing is difficult and is almost forgotten due to everyone using Ai).

 

[Gordon]

Thank you! The HS1 should be included now!

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Wow! I am going to say massive thanks for your suggestions!

I will not change the title from World Railway Map on the homepage due to SEO reasons. Google is very difficult to deal with..

Otherwise, I really liked your suggestions and have already added them into the about page if that is okay for you. If not I will remove them. Like always the feedback or the contribution will get cited in the corrections log (I am adding extra markings for you because proper writing is difficult and is almost forgotten due to everyone using Ai).

Happy with all that thanks for your kind words.

By the way I have travelled in Norway several times and love the country.

 

[nwales58]

Same as others, please take this as constructive.

Around Toulouse your little helper needs some help. Approaching from the south it has become distracted and fallen onto the tramway before getting excited by the still under construction metro line C to get to Matabiau. Would be worth telling it to extend the Latour-de-Carol line to Latour-de-Carol.

In Spain it is confused about the Levante LAV which actually serves Valencia, Alicante and the new extension to Murcia. Currently it has Valencia and Alicante on the old broad gauge routes.

In Portugal it is being creative; maybe it ran out of tokens. Lisboa-Guarda is via Covilha (when there are through trains, partly buses at present) so turns right at Entroncamento, not Pampilhosa. Porto AP/IC follows the same route as far as Entroncamento rather than the perhaps possible future line it has picked.

Rome-Lecce is the same route as Rome-Bari between Caserta and Benevento.

Similarly, Paris-Nice and Paris-Marseille are the same LGV. Do any TGV Inoui servce Aix-en-Provence any longer? It's probably showing the original route before the LGV was extended. Paris-Nice wandering through Nevers is a nice hallucination.

 

[Mozd]

I love the 'surprise me' feature. It's giving me so many ideas for future trips!