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Thijs Niks
@thijs.niks.nu
· Sep 2
Rail Mapper
Design and analyze high speed rail networks
railmapper.net
I built a web tool so anyone can design and evaluate ridership and costs of high speed rail networks anywhere in the world:
railmapper.net
railmapper.net
I built a web tool so anyone can design and evaluate ridership and costs of high speed rail networks anywhere in the world:
railmapper.net
railmapper.net
Rail Mapper
Design and analyze high speed rail networks
railmapper.net
September 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I built a web tool so anyone can design and evaluate ridership and costs of high speed rail networks anywhere in the world:
railmapper.net
railmapper.net
Reposted by Thijs Niks
Pedestrian Observations: High-Speed Rail Ridership Estimator Applet pedestrianobservations.com/2025/08/31/h... @thijsniks.bsky.social
High-Speed Rail Ridership Estimator Applet
Thijs Niks made a web applet for calculating high-speed rail network ridership estimates. This is based on the gravity model that I’ve used to construct estimates. The applet lets one add gra…
pedestrianobservations.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Pedestrian Observations: High-Speed Rail Ridership Estimator Applet pedestrianobservations.com/2025/08/31/h... @thijsniks.bsky.social
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I didn’t even consider Berlin (or Hamburg or Milano) in my research for #CrossChannelRail judging the trip times (all over 9 hours) to be too long
Here are all the stations I did consider, assessed umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/cross...
Here are all the stations I did consider, assessed umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/cross...
#CrossChannelRail Corridors & Stations
<h3>About</h3>Map of current and future long distance train routes through the Channel Tunnel. Corridors are in map layers, and icons indicate the different state of development of stations. Full back...
umap.openstreetmap.fr
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I didn’t even consider Berlin (or Hamburg or Milano) in my research for #CrossChannelRail judging the trip times (all over 9 hours) to be too long
Here are all the stations I did consider, assessed umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/cross...
Here are all the stations I did consider, assessed umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/cross...
Reposted by Thijs Niks
Also anyone leading with the idea of London - Berlin direct trains can’t be taken seriously. If there are to be UK-Germany trains it’ll be to Köln and Frankfurt, as journey times to those are ok and - within reason - there’s terminal space.
Berlin is too far, too remote, also has station headaches.
Berlin is too far, too remote, also has station headaches.
August 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Also anyone leading with the idea of London - Berlin direct trains can’t be taken seriously. If there are to be UK-Germany trains it’ll be to Köln and Frankfurt, as journey times to those are ok and - within reason - there’s terminal space.
Berlin is too far, too remote, also has station headaches.
Berlin is too far, too remote, also has station headaches.
@nerd4cities.bsky.social
I know you enjoy high speed rail modelling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwgZ...
For me, Alon Levy’s model was very useful: pedestrianobservations.com/2020/02/13/m...
So I made a web version of it: railmapper.net
And wrote about that here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I know you enjoy high speed rail modelling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwgZ...
For me, Alon Levy’s model was very useful: pedestrianobservations.com/2020/02/13/m...
So I made a web version of it: railmapper.net
And wrote about that here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Rail Mapper
Design and analyze high speed rail networks
railmapper.net
August 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
@nerd4cities.bsky.social
I know you enjoy high speed rail modelling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwgZ...
For me, Alon Levy’s model was very useful: pedestrianobservations.com/2020/02/13/m...
So I made a web version of it: railmapper.net
And wrote about that here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I know you enjoy high speed rail modelling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwgZ...
For me, Alon Levy’s model was very useful: pedestrianobservations.com/2020/02/13/m...
So I made a web version of it: railmapper.net
And wrote about that here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@alonlevy.bsky.social
I found your high speed rail model very useful: pedestrianobservations.com/2020/02/13/m...
So I made a web tool: railmapper.net
And wrote about how the tool works: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Would love to hear what you think!
I found your high speed rail model very useful: pedestrianobservations.com/2020/02/13/m...
So I made a web tool: railmapper.net
And wrote about how the tool works: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Would love to hear what you think!
Rail Mapper
Design and analyze high speed rail networks
railmapper.net
August 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
@alonlevy.bsky.social
I found your high speed rail model very useful: pedestrianobservations.com/2020/02/13/m...
So I made a web tool: railmapper.net
And wrote about how the tool works: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Would love to hear what you think!
I found your high speed rail model very useful: pedestrianobservations.com/2020/02/13/m...
So I made a web tool: railmapper.net
And wrote about how the tool works: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Would love to hear what you think!