February 21, 2010 1

Brussels-Midi + iRail

By Tuinslak in Errors, iPhone, iRail

Apparently the NMBS/SNCB website now makes a difference between “Brussels-Midi” and “Brussels-Midi Eurostar”; same station, different track.

Due to this change, iRail was no longer able to provide any scheduling information which included Brussels-Midi.

I’ve made a quick and dirty work around (by including “+ Eurostar” in the drop down menu), solving this bug.

However, please, NMBS/SNCB, please please please provide an API or report such changes to web developers.

As it is now, if you manually fill in Brussels-Midi and do not add the Eurostar text, the iRail website will not be able to to look up the requested information.

Thanks to Stéphane for the bug report.

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One Response to “Brussels-Midi + iRail”

  1. Tuinslak says:

    Fixed to work with “Brussel Zuid” and “Bruxelles Midi” again. No need to add the Eurostar bit.

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