Irail

For the lazy people, like me!

If, for some reason, the buttons have two different sizes or you see some weird stuff, try to refresh the page. You should get the new & updated .css file.

I’ve added some “quick reset” javascript to the from and to fields. Should be easier to use, if you want to change stations. Hope the link isn’t too small for the iPhone-finger. :) – This is a request for comments !

There also were a little over 1000 visitors yesterday (Thursday) on the website. Not bad! :)

Anner has designed me a very first version of the iRail icon. He’ll keep on working on it, when he has some more time.

As for the *@irail.be e-mail addresses, they seem to be down due to bad DNS/MX records. It’s being solved as we speak, but might take a few hours to update.

Please use tuinslak [at] gmail [dot] com if you have anything to e-mail me.

So far, two iPhone sites have written something about iRail; and here are the links.

• MYiPhone.be
• iPhon.fr
• iPhoneclub
• Belgium-iPhone (forum)
• iPhonic

Special thanks to these website, they have greatly improved the number of visitors so far.

When submitting information on the B-rail site, you get some kind of “map info” with the train station.

Now, when submitting the same information through the iRail website, the same link was added to the results. Yet, these links were broken/unavailable, because the session with the NMBS/SNCB site was no longer valid.

I have now replaced these links with Google Maps links. They are not only displaying the station’s location, but also the directions (by car, that is. I guess Google won’t be adding “train directions” anywhere soon) to eachother.

I’m looking for people to test out the iRail website in the four different languages, to check for any spelling mistakes. Should you find any, please report them to bugs[@]irail[.]be.

Thanks

I’ve made some more changes to iRail;

• small link (top, left corner) to refresh/go to the main page
• fixed an issue where the dropdown menus would display HH:MM when it should be HH+1:MM - e.g. if the time was 17h55, it would display 17h00 instead of 18h00
• added a return/back button to the results page
• changed (shortened) the Dutch text of "noresults/" page, to fit the text on one line (on the iPhone)
• changed the settings icon to something more... "settings" and less "info"
• Removed the link from iRail.be to m.iRail.be. iRail.be will now be the main site
• added "arrival" and "departure" options, to specify whether you want to arrive or depart at that time
• created a bugs and feedback email address - bugs[@]irail[.]be and feedback[@]irail[.]be
• the touch-icon should be here soon

iRail.be will be the new domain for my NMBS/SNCB iPhone Route Planner. 

And expect some more updates by the end of the week. :)

I’ve started translating little bits of the website, into French, Dutch and German (though some of it is still in English). I’ll be translating more the coming days (if it’s needed). Please report all typo’s you should encounter. 

You can change the language options on the settings page.

I’ve built-in a new function; the station name “auto-complete". 

When starting to type in a station name (starting at the 3rd char), it will suggest station names, and you can just tab them to select. 

I made a txt file with all station names I found on the NMBS website. I hope it’s up to date, and if there are any stations missing, please report. :)

The station names depend on their location within Belgium. Flemish stations are Dutch only, Walloon stations French only. Everything inbetween (e.g. Brussels) is in both languages.