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   BevanPrice to hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: OTT   
   02 Jan 18 18:48:15   
   
   XPost: uk.railway   
   From: bevanprice666@gmail.com   
      
   On 02/01/2018 00:51, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > On 01.01.18 22:26, BevanPrice wrote:   
   >> On 01/01/2018 17:50, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   >>> Love the signal board displays on OTT, and I can mostly understand them.   
   >>>   
   >>> I wanted to know, however, if there is a section that might explain   
   >>> some indications and the signalling system.   
   >>>   
   >>> Also, is there an accessible equivalent either in Europe or across   
   >>> The Pond?   
   >>   
   >> Not quite the same, but accidentally found a "live trains map" for   
   >> Finland recently:   
   >>   
   >> https://junatkartalla.vr.fi/?lang=en-US   
   >>   
   >> Use zoom to get more detail. Clicking a "train identifier" produces   
   >> more detail, including train schedule & current speed (as estimated by   
   >> GPS tracking.), and follow train as it moves across the map.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Cheers for that.   
      
      
   Now also found a simpler "live action" version for Austria (OBB)   
      
   http://zugradar.oebb.at/bin/help.exe/dn?tpl=livefahrplan   
      
   http://www.oebb.at/de/strecken-fahrplaninfos/scotty   
      
   (I can only get this to show "express" type services, but not "local"   
   services)   
      
      
   and this for Germany (DB)   
      
   http://www.apps-bahn.de/bin/livemap/query-livemap.exe/dn?L=vs_li   
   efahrplan&livemap=yes   
      
   (Zoom into map if necessary.)   
      
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