Mobile B-Rail website
Only one and a half year after I launched iRail, the NMBS/SNCB launched their own mobile website (with a few additional functions, but not all of them optimized for mobile view).
Well done I’d say. Just a tiny bit late. 🙂 And too bad there doesn’t seem to be an iPhone optimized version (later?).
Oh well, *finally*. I’ll be testing it next time I’ll be taking the train. 🙂
Brussels-Midi + iRail
Apparently the NMBS/SNCB website now makes a difference between “Brussels-Midi” and “Brussels-Midi Eurostar”; same station, different track.
Due to this change, iRail was no longer able to provide any scheduling information which included Brussels-Midi.
I’ve made a quick and dirty work around (by including “+ Eurostar” in the drop down menu), solving this bug.
However, please, NMBS/SNCB, please please please provide an API or report such changes to web developers.
As it is now, if you manually fill in Brussels-Midi and do not add the Eurostar text, the iRail website will not be able to to look up the requested information.
Thanks to Stéphane for the bug report.
iRail new year’s bug
Took me a while to notice, but iRail.be was displaying the wrong year by default (2011 instead of 2010) and the NMBS website doesn’t have the 2011 time tables yet. Resulting in errors.
Anyway, fixed!
iRail issues
Today, I received an e-mail informing iRail was broken, and not showing any information.
The issue has been solved and the site is working again as it should be.
I have no idea for how long the website has been broken, as currently I’m not using any trains to reach my destinations. 😉
Don’t forget to e-mail me if you come across bugs. Much appreciated.