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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.

Just 'cause I'm bored.

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.

There’s a petition going on, to disable it, please sign it. :)

Nothing worse if you’re typing in a foreign language. I’m often typing SMS and e-mails in 3 different language, and well, auto-correction tends to fuck up.

I just fixed a bug where he wouldn’t query the NMBS website if you hadn’t picked your language yet. Default language has been set to English.

Thanks to Helene.

These are the things I’ve worked on:

• changed color to dark blue
• added a seperate settings page (you can only change the results page language at the moment (the content downloaded from the NMBS website))
• language settings is saved in a cookie
• station info is saved in a cookie too, instead of a session
• changed date and time to use a dropdown menu and the menu should be updated to "now"
• and many more small changes

Website is accessible through this link: https://yeri.be

As there is no iPhone compatible website or application, I created my own NMBS “route planner” for the iPhone. This is no app though, this is just an iPhone website.

Basicly, this is what you can do:

• fill in departure station
• fill in arrival station
• fill in time and date (of departure)

At this stage of the project, only the basic train details are shown (departure time, arrival time) and up to 3 or 4 different possibilities (depending what the NMBS website replies).

Yes, it’s official, November 13th, this year!

No official note on the European site though. :(

Here’s the link.