Train Compositions (Germany and Belgium)

[thatjade]

Train Compositon data for Germany is publicly accessible as seen on sites such as bahn.expert or dbf.finalrewind.org
Train Composition data for Belgium can be found via iRail https://docs.irail.be/

This can be very usefull to determinate where your coach is located and also helps unclogging the mess on platforms.

[derhuerst]

Hey, thanks for proposing this feature.

This project is a client for HAFAS "mgate-style" APIs, with a WIP implementation for "rest-style" APIs. Can such train composition data be obtain from HAFAS?

[121593]

Mgate supports two request parameters that are related : getSimpleTrainComposition and getTrainComposition. I don't know about support for this parameter by the different versions and profiles, but it apparently provide data in this form

The aforementioned repository contains clients for mgate.exe and rest.exe endpoints, it might be a helpful source to move forward with #134 .

AFAIK bahn.expert doesn't use HAFAS to get the composition but either the "ris-transports" one, or one on "bahn.de/web/api/reisebegleitung/..."