Stefan LindbohmJun 23, 2025

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 🙏

Show threadStefan LindbohmJun 23, 2025

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!

How Railfinder works

Railfinder
Show threadJulian
@stefanlindbohm a new booking site in 2025 that does not rely on OSDM?🤨
Jun 24, 2025 at 8:15amWeb
Show threadStefan LindbohmJun 24, 2025
@julian_b We don’t decide what tech the distribution systems offer us, and it doesn’t particularly affect the functionality much. But the Swiss integration that we’ll have soon is partly OSDM based and we look forward to more as more systems are switching in the coming years!
Show threadJulianJun 24, 2025
@stefanlindbohm but why aren't you adopting a direct OSDM connection where it is already available (e.g. with DB)? As far as I understand it this would allow a better coverage of the special ticket types?
Show threadStefan LindbohmJun 24, 2025

@julian_b OSDM is a good standard, but for the most part it’s not enabling things that were impossible before. It does help reduce technical costs of integrating with multiple systems if all support OSDM though.

The limiting factor is the contracts. We’re working on signing on as a reseller for more operators, and even already have some more on the way that we aren’t ready to share just yet. More to come!