If you're ever taking trains in Europe, please checkout Chuuchuu:
https://www.chuuchuu.com
It's a great site that uses historical train delay data to better estimate good train rates and realistic transfer windows between trains and such.
It seems like a must have to me but doesn't seem to be that popular yet
EDIT: they're on fedi now! Go follow: @chuuchuu
@drwho @thibaultmol only acceptable answer cc @RosaCtrl
@thibaultmol on my most taken route >10% of all trains get canceled :/
and it does not even have a change, and only takes ~1h10min
@thibaultmol this looks very cool, but the 100% score on Luxembourg-Brussels is … concerning.
@thibaultmol @evawolfangel wäre das nicht was für dich ;-)?
@nerdfall @thibaultmol @evawolfangel
Bitte nicht, sonst haben bald auch alle jetzt noch pünktlichen Züge Verspätung.
Cool!
For Germany, Austria, BeNeLux, Italy, Denmark, and Slovenia, there is also https://www.zugfinder.net/en/start
(some features require a paid 'Pro' account - price is fair IMHO)
@RaphaelWimmer i don't think it has the same route planning functionality based on those delays like this tool does though. I might be wrong
@thibaultmol Nice -- but I tested it with my next major trip (Berlin - Palermo) and after some thinking all it gave me was an error message.
@thibaultmol
"Find reliable trains"
Germany, no results...
@thibaultmol it doesn't quite seem developed enough yet, at least for my use of finding trains from Denmark down through Europe (the search comes up empty with an error message). However, I will definitely keep an eye on it, as the transfer timings are one of my main gripes, when using other planners
@thibaultmol Very limited data for now, maybe third of Europe.
@thibaultmol me, regular person browsing just completely ordinary fedi timeline, reading "if you're trans in Europe, please checkout chuchu."
@thibaultmol Not really required in Switzerland though. Average delay time is pretty much zero here
@thibaultmol @anna no plans of using the service, but the name…
@thibaultmol sadly no coverage of local trains (in Germany) if I'm reading this right, only intercity and upwards.
@thibaultmol Thanks Thibault for the mention, it generated a bunch of traffic! Can't wait to build out chuuchuu into the best train travel assistant!