Nov
28
The 'Deutsche Bahn' (German Railway Corp.) is always late!!1! Or is it? And if, why?
The biggest German railway company, the 'Deutsche Bahn', is subject of frequent emotional discussions about being late all the time. A big German newspaper, the Süddeutsche Zeitung built the so-called 'train monitor' (Zugmonitor). The data is (or was) made available in cooperation with OpenDataCity: http://www.opendatacity.de/zugmonitor-api/
This API provided information about trains up until September, 29th 2013. After that, no data is available because the Deutsche Bahn changed its system.
Due to 'heavy commuting', I own a BahnCard 100 now, which means that I can take (almost) every train in Germany free of charge for one year (but don't ask about the price of the BahnCard 100!). During my travels from and to the workplace, I thought about some analyses concerning delays of the trains.
This API provided information about trains up until September, 29th 2013. After that, no data is available because the Deutsche Bahn changed its system.
Due to 'heavy commuting', I own a BahnCard 100 now, which means that I can take (almost) every train in Germany free of charge for one year (but don't ask about the price of the BahnCard 100!). During my travels from and to the workplace, I thought about some analyses concerning delays of the trains.
