{"id":5090,"date":"2017-10-03T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2017-10-03T08:25:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T12:25:18","slug":"trafimage-interactive-swiss-railway-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/10\/trafimage-interactive-swiss-railway-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Trafimage: Interactive Swiss Railway Map"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trafimage (screenshot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve seen real-time maps of Swiss trains<\/a>\u00a0before; this one, Trafimage<\/a>, comes courtesy of the Swiss Federal Railways, and includes all kinds of information about the network: rail and bus lines, stations, fare networks, as well as real-time train data. Clicking on “Train tracker” makes the trains appear as circles moving along the rail lines; it’s apparently timetable-based rather than tracking actual trains, but remember: these are\u00a0Swiss<\/em> trains. [Maps Mania<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve seen real-time maps of Swiss trains\u00a0before; this one, Trafimage, comes courtesy of the Swiss Federal Railways, and includes all kinds of information about the network: rail and bus lines, stations, fare networks, as well… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[40,39,918,258],"class_list":["post-5090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-railroads","tag-railways","tag-sbb-cff-ffs","tag-switzerland","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1821671,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/12\/live-north-american-passenger-train-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":5090,"position":0},"title":"Live North American Passenger Train Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 December 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"trains.fyi maps the real-time locations of North American passenger trains: Amtrak and Via Rail, plus a few commuter lines, based on their GPS tracking data. 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