From multimodal transport to increasing accessibility: iRail application

1. iRail

2. iRail API usage statistics

4. E.g., iRail API usage statistics

5. Origin destination
Find out for yourself:
http://bit.do/irail-we
http://bit.do/irail-wd

6. Who are we?
● Since 2010
● Part of Open Knowledge Belgium
● open Summer of code

7. What did we do?
1. Open NMBS routeplanner

8. API
1. Query stations: http://irail.be/stations/NMBS?q=
{station}
2. Route planner: http://api.irail.be/connections/?
from={station1}&to={station2}
3. Departures/arrivals: http://api.irail.be/liveboard/?
station=STATIONNAME
4. Vehicle information:
http://api.irail.be/vehicle/?id={IC|P|...}

9. What did we do?
2. Full GTFS coverage Belgium
→ Third-party apps: e.g., Citymapper, Ally

10. What did we do?
+ Realtime info NMBS
analytics.irail.be
→ Help us build awesome stuff! (e.g. D3.js)

11. TODO GTFS NMBS
Shape of tracks

12. Opportunity GTFS(-RT)
Transit flow
GTFS-RT
shapes
Analytics
http://micha.elmueller.net/tag/gtfs-visualization/

13. Mission

14. Feel free to
contribute!
@iRail
https://github.com/iRail

15. Q&A