RealTimeTrains website

[william.martin]

Hello everyone, I was just wandering if anybody finds it likely for RTT to gain know your train for WMR services, I was just thinking the other day how useful this would be particularly with new trains coming in thick and fast!

 

[BigB]

RTT showing WMR on Know Your Train does rely on WMR thinking that it is something that their customers may find useful.
Scotrail for example runs anything from 2 to 8 coaches, SWR similarly has a wide variety, but not sure what WMR would operate that needs customers to require further info.

Handy for enthusiasts to see what is running, but that's not really the purpose of RTT....

 

[Kite159]

RTT showing WMR on Know Your Train does rely on WMR thinking that it is something that their customers may find useful.
Scotrail for example runs anything from 2 to 8 coaches, SWR similarly has a wide variety, but not sure what WMR would operate that needs customers to require further info.

Handy for enthusiasts to see what is running, but that's not really the purpose of RTT....

Would allow passengers to avoid 350/2s lol

Also more of use on the Snow Hill lines as those trains can be anything from 2 coaches to 6 coaches.

 

[william.martin]

Would allow passengers to avoid 350/2s lol

Also more of use on the Snow Hill lines as those trains can be anything from 2 coaches to 6 coaches.

Agreed, also as we are quickly losing the 170's on the shrewsbury line I would find it very useful myself as passenger on that line to know if it is a 2 car or a 4.
This is probably something WMR wouldn't care about however it would be nice to know where 323221 is in its new livery!

 

[JakeMurphy]

Doesn’t seem to be any allocations showing this morning, hopefully there up soon!

 

[Broken70]

Doesn’t seem to be any allocations showing this morning, hopefully there up soon!

It's most likely a problem with the data feed and not the website.

 

[JakeMurphy]

It's most likely a problem with the data feed and not the website.

Yeah probably it can happen

 

[william.martin]

It's most likely a problem with the data feed and not the website.

Indeed, quite a few websites have experienced problems with the feed today.

 

[ComUtoR]

Following on from another thread. Where does RTT get its platform data from ? Is there a source which shows a trains 'booked' platform according to the WTT timetable ?

Cheers in advance.

 

[louis97]

Following on from another thread. Where does RTT get its platform data from ? Is there a source which shows a trains 'booked' platform according to the WTT timetable ?

Cheers in advance.

Its from the WTT, same data source as the schedule information comes from - via a CIF file. If the platform number is in red on RTT it is different to the booked platform in the WTT (note that if the booked platform number has a letter in it an alteration may not show in red)

 

[ComUtoR]

Without a website or app to translate the date from a CIF file. Is there somewhere I could access this publically in a simple format I could read please ?

 

[louis97]

Without a website or app to translate the date from a CIF file. Is there somewhere I could access this publically in a simple format I could read please ?

Don't think so. RTT is most likely the simplest format you'll get really, although there might be other websites using open data.

 

[ComUtoR]

Don't think so. RTT is most likely the simplest format you'll get really, although there might be other websites using open data.

THANK YOU

 

[Watershed]

Without a website or app to translate the date from a CIF file. Is there somewhere I could access this publically in a simple format I could read please ?

There are plenty of other sites that use the same data, such as OpenTrainTimes, Charlwood House etc.

You certainly wouldn't want to try and read the raw CIF data!

 

[silverfoxcc]

Did this site allow more than 7 days back checking?

Trying to find working at White Hart Lane for 23 Oct and 6 Nov last year between 1800 and 2100

Thanks

 

[PlatformEdgeVT]

Did this site allow more than 7 days back checking?

Trying to find working at White Hart Lane for 23 Oct and 6 Nov last year between 1800 and 2100

Thanks

I just checked for this for you, but it does only allow 7 days of back checking.

 

[jfollows]

See https://www.recenttraintimes.co.uk/ ;it may give you what you want.

 

[pdeaves]

http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/liverail also gives past information. How useful it (or any other site) is depends on what exactly you want!

 

[Watershed]

Real Time Trains does allow you to view schedules that are older than 7 days, but not station or junction lineups. You need to know the UID (e.g. G12345) of the schedule in order to do this. If it's a service that runs regularly, you can look up the train today or on a future date when the train next runs to find out its UID.

However it's probably easier to use other sources, rather than the above long-winded method.

 

[ped316]

Hi, does anyone know why some freight workings show the unit allocations and some don't?

Examples on 19 Jan:
4O29 shows nothing
6O01 shows operated with 66770 + 66750
3F02 shows operated with 66742
etc

 

[Peter0124]

Hi, does anyone know why some freight workings show the unit allocations and some don't?

Examples on 19 Jan:
4O29 shows nothing
6O01 shows operated with 66770 + 66750
3F02 shows operated with 66742
etc

I think only GBRf show theirs

 

[Freightmaster]

I think only GBRf show theirs

Correct!




MARK

 

[ped316]

Thanks both!
Is there any public way to find out loco numbers for other freight companies without having to post in the TOPS thread?

 

[8A Rail]

Thanks both!
Is there any public way to find out loco numbers for other freight companies without having to post in the TOPS thread?

Not really. Just a suggestion though, you could join any of the 'groups.io' rail gen groups and hope that some one posts the 'gen' / 'sightings' of the trains you are observing. The problem there are many 'groups' though and also depends what part of the country you are looking at too.

 

[Watershed]

Thanks both!
Is there any public way to find out loco numbers for other freight companies without having to post in the TOPS thread?

Not without subscribing to something like Freightmaster. Or using Railcams to observe it!

 

[Andy Pacer]

Is the site down this morning?

Edit - seems OK now, I kept getting the "S&T" warning in two different browsers.

 

[Jamesrob637]

Copy the URL of a train within the last seven days and change the date to one longer ago than seven days.

 

[WizCastro197]

Is the site down this morning?

Edit - seems OK now, I kept getting the "S&T" warning in two different browsers.

I am still getting the S&T warning, when I look for today’s departures from Waterloo.

 

[LPJOHN]

I am having the same problem, but only with selected stations:

Liverpool Lime Street
Liverpool Central
Liverpool South Parkway
Moorfields

Liverpool James Street, the main stations in Manchester, Preston, Wigan North Western and Southport are all okay.

very strange.

 

[SuperLuke2334]

I had the data feed error this morning but its all cleared up now.