Stefan LindbohmMar 8

My minigolfing of regional rail branding across Europe continues, and now we show train names/brands across the Netherlands on Railfinder! And as a bonus we now also show line numbers where we have that data.

Big thanks to @partim for explaining the systems-within-systems for how NL regional rail is organised & marketed. Saved quite some research!

If you see any train branding/names/lines that’s off (in NL or elsewhere), I always want to hear that feedback for my next minigolfing session.

Show threadOliver BlanthornMar 8

@stefanlindbohm https://www.railfinder.eu/search?from=14988&to=16049&date=2026-03-09&p=A

you don't seem to know that trains are trains in the UK 🤔

is it blocked by making a narrower icon to reflect the restricted loading gauge?

(and yes i was checking for hovercraft)

Portsmouth and Southsea to Sandown, 2026-03-09

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Show threadStefan LindbohmMar 8
@bovine3dom Oh haha, look at that. There have been assumptions made in the past that resulted in those train icons going missing. UK rail is funny compared to the rest of Europe in that there are no train categories really, that’s what bit me here. I’ll fix for our next import! Thanks for finding!
Show threadMartin HoffmannMar 8
@stefanlindbohm @bovine3dom You probably also want to drop the train numbers. They aren’t used in any public communication and I think not even internally really.
Show threadStefan Lindbohm

@partim Yep will do! What’s missing is a database migration to add a field so we can configure it, but that’s just not ended up at the top of my todo list yet :). Many other changes that just require me to fiddle around in our admin are easier when I need a bit of a light/dumb task in between the main development work.

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