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Real-time trains/opentraintimes for DB?

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Lozzy0603

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Does anybody know of an equivalent to Real-time trains or opentraintimes for the Deutsche Bahn network? Maybe something with signal block maps?
Many thanks.

(And for that matter, we should get busy adding UK trains to Vagonweb. If only I could work out how to create the pictures I would. It's a great resource.)
 
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Does anybody know of an equivalent to Real-time trains or opentraintimes for the Deutsche Bahn network? Maybe something with signal block maps?
Many thanks.

Short answer, as far as I know, there's nothing like that for Germany.
However, you can access station live departure/arrival boards. I'm quoting from a post I made some years ago...
You can call up station arrival/departure screens via this web site.

Having used that site you can then construct your own specific links with a little bit of editing.

This is the link provided by the web site for Köln Hbf:
https: //iris.noncd.db.de/wbt/js/index.html?typ=ab&bhf=8000207&bhfname=&zugtyp=&platform=&zeilen=20&paging=&pagingdauer=&via=1&impressum=1&style=&lang=&SecLang=

The various bits of the URL work like this...

typ= : can be 'ab' (departures) or 'an' (arrivals)
bhf= : the numeric code for the station which can be replaced by an easier to remember letter code. Köln Hbf is kk for example. There's a complete list of these letter codes on this site.
bhfname= : allows you to change the name shown at the head of the screen though why you'd want to is a bit of a mystery.
zugtyp= : Left blank will show all trains but you can restrict it to specific train types. For example, zugtyp=IC,EC,ICE will only show those trains. Aside from common train types you can also restrict the display to show operators other than DB so, for Köln, zugtyp=IC,EC,ICE,THA,HKX would also show Thalys and HKX's Hamburg trains.
platform= : allows you to restrict the display to a single platform or group of platforms. For example platform=6,7 will only show trains at those platforms.
zeilen= : The number of trains displayed.
via= : is a switch to display or not display the list of stations a train calls at.
lang= & SecLang= : lang= left blank defaults unsurprisingly to German but you can add a second language. For example SecLang=en will give you English subtitles in some areas.

I'll leave you to experiment with the other switches...
 
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