Category Archives for NMBS
Always have a seat in the train
With our API’s query logs, with a ground truth by train specialists in Belgium, and with user feedback, we can show you how busy your train is. The only thing lacking to realizing this feature that the Dutch already have for … Continue reading
The start of a new era
Time flies! But we have great news: It's official: @NMBS/@SNCB obliged to go #opendata by law. @openov #opentransport https://t.co/CS9bdoRaoM — iRail (@iRail) April 13, 2016 We can now officially close the era where iRail has been an advocacy group for Open Transport … Continue reading
January updates
We are only two weeks in 2016 and it seems like NMBS/SNCB is keeping its promise as a presentation announced they now have an internal innovation project on Open Data. But more inflables interestingly for us, the presentation, geving yesterday at … Continue reading
NMBS/SNCB announces data sharing
Today, the Belgian railway company announces a data sharing program for third party developers. They will start sharing the planned schedules (“static data”). We are cautiously excited that this is the first step towards a real open data policy. You can request … Continue reading
Guest Post: comparing the NMBS/SNCB, Railer and OnTracks iPhone apps
Since the disappearance of Railtime, the official NMBS/SNCB app was the only provider of travel information for the Belgian railways I was aware of. A few months ago, I got to know Railer, an initiative of the open data working … Continue reading