Posted by Pavlinbg 12/21/2025
I’m a junior developer. I wanted to share a side project I’ve been working on.
The national railway carrier (BDZ) has no public API. They have an official map but the UI is quite dated, often lags, and doesn't show the full route context.
I wrote a short write-up about the process here: https://www.pavlinbg.com/posts/bg-train-tracker
I know it's still rough around the edges (I'm still working on it), but I’d love to hear your feedback or suggestions!
(I wish someone would make a similar thing for Amtrak, which has a route/progress tracker that only marginally works IME.)
https://www.openrailwaymap.org/
I used it recently to find a land and sea route from Southampton to Marrakesh, along with Google maps faint representation of ferry lines, Google doesn't have public transit directions for the trains in Morocco shrug