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 ⤵️
@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.
@swaldman Thanks! Let me know what you think once you tested for real.
We’re using local times but not accounting for timezones when calculating the duration, it’s a bug :). It’s on our list to fix. Times are correct and it doesn’t affect the overall itinerary though. Thanks for reporting!
Stefan Lindbohm
Simon Waldman