How I tracked 51'000 km of train journeys in 2024

[@yakovgolyadkin]

I spent the last year tracking all of my public transit journeys, wanting to make something exactly like this, but I was just using a spreadsheet to get my numbers with no map. Thanks for showing all this, I'll definitely be doing this with all of the notes I took!

[@felixonrails]

Great, I'm happy that it was useful. The uMap - Brouter is really a great complement if you track your journeys already in a spreadsheet, but I really suggest to give viaduct.world a try, it's also quite convenient and the UI on mobile devices is also streamlines to quickly track recurrent journey too.

[@webersteve1547]

Very technical, but interesting ! Incredible work that goes in your videos!

[@felixonrails]

Thank you - actually I wish all videos were as easy to make as this one 🤣

[@viaduct_world]

Thanks for sharing how to use viaduct and being part of our journey! 🚆✨ Stay tuned - lots of exciting improvements coming in 2025!

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

This is really helpful. Thank you!

[@felixonrails]

Glad it was helpful! I'm sure you would have a very interesting map and an impressive record!

[@maikotter9945]

@@felixonrails ein Beitrag an Dienstag, dem 21. Januar 2025 Moin aus dem Lauenburgischen an der Elbe [(Bundes-) Land Schleswig-Holstein, Bundesrepublik Deutschland)]! -----------------> 53° 36´Nördliche Breite Ich war in der Kreisstadt Hagenow geboren worden. (Bezirk Schwerin, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (= DDR)! Die Deutschen Bundesbahn (= DBB) fuhr durch die BRD. Die Deutsche Reichsbahn (= DR) fuhr durch die "Zone", mit den Dampfeisenbahnen! Die Deutschen Bahn (= DB), gibt es seit dem Jahr 1994. In 15 Mitgliedsstaaten der BRD bin ich bereits gewesen, bis auf das Saarland. Subjektiv empfunden, fühlt sich die Schweiz, von meinen bisherigen Wohnorten, jeweils "weit weg" an! In der Schweiz ist der nächstgelegene Ort in Deutschland, wie z. B. Konstanz (KN; BW), "einigermaßen dicht"! Ich wohne zurzeit, zwischen Hamburg, Lübeck (Holstein; SH), Lüneburg (LN; NI) und dem damaligen so genannten "Eisernen Vorhang"! An Sonntag, dem 23. Februar 2025 wird die, vorgezonene Wahl zu dem 21. Deutschen Bundestag stattfinden. Es sind 41 politische Vereinigungen zugelassen, um die Wahlvorschlagsträger sein zu können. Das Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (= BSW) wurde in dem Januar 2024 gegründet. Sahra Wagenknecht ist eine Kommunistin. Karl Graf von Stauffenberg, tritt in dem unterfränkischen Bundestagswahlkreis Bad Kissingen an! ° die Freie Demokratische Partei, Landesverband Bayern --------------> "FDP Deutschland" Die "Burgenlandtagswahl" (Österreichs Osten) gewann die SPÖ (Sozialdemokraten) mit einem kräftigen Vorsprung! Die FPÖ (Konservative) überholte die ÖVP (Christdemokraten)! Den Schweiztakt finde ich gut! In der Zweiten Republik Österreich, gibt es den "Zielplan 2040". In der BRD sinkt die Pünktlichkeit der Züge! Viola Amherd (Oberwallis; die Mitte Schweiz) möchte zu dem Monatswechsel März/April 2025, aus dem Schweizerischen Bundesrat abtreten! Wer an Mittwoch, dem 12. März 2025 überhaupt antreten wird, ist in diesem Augenblick sehr fraglich! Bereits verzichtetet haben: Gerhard Pfister (ZG), Philipp Bregy (VS), Heidi Z´graggen (ZG), Benedikt Würth (SG), Martin Candinas (GR)

[@SunflowerPvZ-]

What a banger, I'm doing this!

[@s125ish]

Great video, I was logging my UK routes as I’m trying to do all lines with passenger service.

[@felixonrails]

Good luck! Give viaduct.world definitely a try, it also calculates a percentage of all lines visited.

[@SoloTravelReports]

Very useful info thank you Félix!

[@felixonrails]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@rianderous8761]

there's also travelboast that makes animated (railway) journeys on the map. No personal experience with it however.

[@felixonrails]

True, good point. You could use the gpx. made in Brouter to make an animation in travelboast.

[@stuxburg]

I have a public transport map on umap. The map has layers Bus lines, tram lines, metro lines, trolleybus lines, ferrys and s bahn lines. And there are layers for routes of regional trains and long distance trains And I use travelynx and traewelling as well xD

[@felixonrails]

Tavelynx, like Träwelling, is nice and convenient, but keep in mind is only good on mainland Europe, as you can't add any trip /station that isn't in the DB Navigator database. It's entirely dependent on MERITS / HAFAS / DB Data, while Viaduct uses it as guide, yet you can do any routes outside the HAFAS world as well.

[@holymoley9766]

That was quick😉

[@felixonrails]

It was much quicker to do compared to any other previous video - by faaaaaaaar. 🤣

[@yhoooffhrndjffj4391]

For anyone else, there's Träwelling which I recommend 😊

[@felixonrails]

Träwelling is nice and convenient, but keep in mind is only good on mainland Europe, as you can't add any trip /station that isn't in the DB Navigator database. In uMap / Brouter you're totally free, and Viaduct.world integrated many stations outside the DB IT world.

[@yhoooffhrndjffj4391]

@ fair point!

[@Elibuwu]

Small note: Trains to Austria tend to leave Zurich on a lower track number than that ;)

[@felixonrails]

True, but on 27th august, the NJ 467 left from track 17 😉

[@Elibuwu]

@@felixonrails Yes saw that later in the video, but it went via Winterthur-St Margrethen that day (just because your drawing on the map was off in that case :D ) The video is neat though

[@felixonrails]

You are absolutely right. I remembered it while uploading as well and then I thought - to hell with it - no one will notice it anyway. But yes, you caught that very well!

[@Elibuwu]

@@felixonrails sorry for noticing /o\ in the end, it doesn't really matter for the video overall anyway. Good work and well-explained

[@frejatotheworld]

@@felixonrails yeah that's because it went via St. Gallen instead of Sargans, probably due to works between Sargans and Buchs. Viaduct showed it like that as well (and in your video about the trip you can see that you're passing north of Depot F right after leaving Zürich, meaning the train went via the Hardturmviadukt)

[@amolven]

Another way to generate GPX files for your trips is to use a GPS logger (either a dedicated device or an app on your phone). It works without you needing to manually enter any waypoints, but you will need to have your phone (or dedicated GPS device) active throughout the journey. GPS also doesn't work well in dense urban areas (downtown) or on flights and loses signal in tunnels. I personally use a GPS logger app on my phone to track road trips in North America.

[@felixonrails]

You're right - I thought about mentioning this as an alternative. Except in old coaches, I usually don't have a good enough GPS reception for a good tracking. But if it works, it's definitely an alternative!

[@Eurobazz]

I had difficulty understanding two words you were saying until I realised what you meant. You said "normal gauge". Let me help you: Firstly, 1,435 mm is referred to as STANDARD gauge and not "normal" gauge. Secondly, "gauge" is pronounced GAYGE, where the second G is pronounced as J. I hope this helps.

[@felixonrails]

Thanks Barry. In German in and French, the gauge is normal, hence my lapsus. As for my English pronunciation, I'm sorry I'll work on it. All the best from Switzerland.