Live tracking & real-time train tracking

Reading a Railway Line Map: Kursbuchstrecke, KBS and Operating Points

Kursbuchstrecke, VzG number, Abzw and Üst: if you understand the language of line maps, you'll find photo locations that appear on no spotter list.

Tracking BlaBlaBus Live: Position and Arrival in Real Time

Where's the bus right now? How coach tracking works at BlaBlaBus, why the data is thinner than with other providers, and which sources fill the gap.

Retrofitting GPS Trackers for Buses: Technology, Costs, Practice

From a simple tracking box to a full onboard computer: which GPS systems bus operators can retrofit, what it costs, and how the data ends up in passenger apps.

Understanding bus line numbers: what X, SB, N and E mean

X, SB, N, E, M or AST: the letters before a bus line number reveal the type of journey, its operating hours and often even the vehicle type. The system explained.

Live bus map: all the buses in your city on one map

Association map, operator app, aggregator or community map: what each live bus map actually shows, how to work out the diagram and vehicle type from it, and what your battery has to say about it.

Bus live tracking in Germany: where it works and where it doesn't

Real-time position, departure forecast or just a timetable: how to tell which data tier your network delivers – and what to do when live tracking doesn't work.

Bus tracking and data privacy: what passengers should know

Vehicle location, video surveillance, passenger counting and ticketing apps: which data actually arises on a bus, which of it identifies a person, and what rights you have.

Checking bus delays live: judging your wait time realistically

Timetable time, prediction or live position: which number at the stop actually counts, how to spot a cancellation early, and when switching is worth it.

BVG live tracking: buses, trams and the U-Bahn in Berlin in real time

Why the bus runs on the map but the U-Bahn only shows up as a departure time – and how you turn Berlin's real-time data into diagrams and good spots for your spotting.