@quin_antarctic I also often notice the same thing where delays are not properly tracked across borders. Train operators generally only see delay within their "home" country but default to "on time" once abroad.

In my opinion, this is why the upcoming EU regulation on passenger rights should include mandatory tracking of delays across Europe in an open data manner. There cannot be effective compensation if operators pretend delays don't happen. cc @erpu @jon @stefanlindbohm @bovine3dom

@cycling_on_rails IIRC the new TSI regs do have some clauses trying to prevent such orphaned trains. so in theory it should get better within the next five years

(and delay data must be released with a real open licence as opposed to the highly commercially sensitive stuff like "where is the Speisewagen?")

@wnd might know more

@quin_antarctic @erpu @jon @stefanlindbohm

@Sobex @cycling_on_rails that would be a question for the railway undertaking.

Noting that on the GB network, which has a relatively permissive open data culture, it was only agreed to publish train consist information last year.

@wnd @cycling_on_rails
Edit: This was not an objection in the UK.

Well, train consist info is the sort of thing that can change unexpectedly last minute. ( @hopla how often do you end up with a different rolling stock as planned on your trains).

I've had a few instances of rolling stock changes on mandatory reservation trains (which leads to massive mess for plenty of reasons).

@Sobex @cycling_on_rails @hopla fair but that was not the objection. It was based on a concern about commercial advantage to competitors.

The vast majority of the time the consist is as planned and, if changed, this data is known and shared.

For example, a driver has know how to safely operate a train, a signaller has to know whether an alternative path through interlocking during perturbation is safe.

It's up to you if don't want to know, but don't make up reasons for those that do.