I tried getting directions to the next stop on my rail line. When I searched for the station name it didn’t come up, but it did find a road under construction and two fences. I’m not sure why I would ever search for a fence. When I cancelled the search and selected the Transport category before searching, it found it but there was seemingly no way to view the route details beyond which line to get on and how long it would take.
With Google Maps, it will let you see the specific walking directions to the origin train station and how long it takes, it will tell you the line and direction to take, how long that train journey will take, which stops are between the two stations you are travelling between, which exit to leave the destination train station at, and walking directions to my destination once I leave the train station. It will also let me put in what time I want to arrive and work backwards to figure out what time I need to leave, taking the train schedules into account.
It’s great that there is an open source option available, but it has a long, long way to go before it’s a good choice.
With Google Maps, it will let you see the specific walking directions to the origin train station and how long it takes, it will tell you the line and direction to take, how long that train journey will take, which stops are between the two stations you are travelling between, which exit to leave the destination train station at, and walking directions to my destination once I leave the train station. It will also let me put in what time I want to arrive and work backwards to figure out what time I need to leave, taking the train schedules into account.
It’s great that there is an open source option available, but it has a long, long way to go before it’s a good choice.