Real-Time Map of NJTransit Trains

lirr42 · Post by **lirr42** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:38 pm

Hiden in the top, right hand corner of most DepartureVision screens is a tiny little link that says "click here to see trains on map"

When you do click there it brings you to a page with this cool map that shows the real-time (or near real-time) location of all NJT trains. Clicking on the train icon brings up information about stops and such.

You can check it out right here.

CentralValleyRail · Post by **CentralValleyRail** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:00 pm

Wow this is great! Nice catch!

Any idea of how long this has been up?

Amtrak7 · Post by **Amtrak7** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:36 pm

Less than a few days, since I checked DV on Fri/Sat and it wasn't there.

BigDell · Post by **BigDell** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:33 am

I don't know why but for some reason I think that is VERY cool... It's not really practical, it doesn't really mean anything in a real sense, but it is VERY cool. Now if they could just expand the idea with NS and CSX, I could monitor when the freights are coming near Potters out in Edison so I could set up and shoot. I love this.

As a person who runs technology for a financial firm, this totally tickles me. The developers probably had a great time building this...

CentralValleyRail · Post by **CentralValleyRail** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:05 pm

What's interesting is under a station page the link to click is no longer available.

Is anyone else seeing this now?

Still works from the links here.

lirr42 · Post by **lirr42** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:49 pm

Clicking on the stations doesn't do anything for me either.

Also, the link is no longer visible on the DepartureVision screens, unless I'm missing something.

pumpers · Post by **pumpers** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:53 pm

How cool is that! Or should I say "was that"? I probably would rather see that screen than the departure vision
I sure hope they don't hide it permanently.

lirr42 · Post by **lirr42** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:11 pm

pumpers wrote:How cool is that! Or should I say "was that"? I probably would rather see that screen than the departure vision
I sure hope they don't hide it permanently.

The link I provided in my first post still works, as of now. Just bookmark that and you'll be all set.

JoeG · Post by **JoeG** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:21 pm

Didn't work for me. What browser are you using?

nomis · Post by **nomis** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:25 pm

lirr42 wrote:
pumpers wrote:How cool is that! Or should I say "was that"? I probably would rather see that screen than the departure vision
I sure hope they don't hide it permanently.
The link I provided in my first post still works, as of now. Just bookmark that and you'll be all set.

it's still in the html code of the DV presented site

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25Hz · Post by **25Hz** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:32 am

SEPTA's brand new app has a real time tracking feature.... Clearly the website could support it if it's something available via the app. Would be cool if NJT did the same (app included).

25Hz · Post by **25Hz** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:36 am

Wow, look, it even shows trains coming across the river from morrisvile yard!

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BigDell · Post by **BigDell** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:22 pm

I had fun "train watching" with the site this morning.... It's SO silly to track the little icons but I really like this page. Interesting to note that it doesn't have a DNS alias. In other words it's not "NJT_RT.net". It goes only by it's actual IP address, 198.177.3.211 pointing to an asp.net form. I wonder if they considered the site ready for primetime or if they are still developing it? Even the title is rather "dev" (as we'd say in application development):
<head id="Head1"><title>
Google Map with customized icons
</title>

That's not a title they'd give to a "finished", production ready page.... I'm almost guessing this is a dev page they inadvertantly (or maybe on purpose) "leaked"...

25Hz · Post by **25Hz** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:32 pm

BigDell wrote:I had fun "train watching" with the site this morning.... It's SO silly to track the little icons but I really like this page. Interesting to note that it doesn't have a DNS alias. In other words it's not "NJT_RT.net". It goes only by it's actual IP address, 198.177.3.211 pointing to an asp.net form. I wonder if they considered the site ready for primetime or if they are still developing it? Even the title is rather "dev" (as we'd say in application development):
<head id="Head1"><title>
Google Map with customized icons
</title>

That's not a title they'd give to a "finished", production ready page.... I'm almost guessing this is a dev page they inadvertantly (or maybe on purpose) "leaked"...

All i know, is that this service, once fully matured, could tie into numerous other services, including mobile app trip planners, both for individual transit networks, and multiple leg trips, such as one i might make from my town to say a museum in nyc or the beach at belmar...

lirr42 · Post by **lirr42** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:44 pm

JoeG wrote:Didn't work for me. What browser are you using?

If you can't see it at that url, I embeded it in a page on my site here: (it still takes a few seconds to load, but when it does you can move and adjust the map as usual): http://www.thelirrtoday.com/p/njtransit ... e-map.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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