Netherlands is ninth on this list by the UN, but that includes (even tinier) countries like Monaco, Luxemburg and Belgium.

So I guess the NL is about top 5-ish in the world density wise

https://w3.unece.org/pxweb/en/CountryRanking?IndicatorCode=4...

And as far as delays go, I believe it is (or was, last I looked) nr 3 in the world, after Japan and Switzerland.

Of course, Japan's trains are world-class, but at least those are widely recognised as such. The Dutch rail network is much denser than Switzerlands, but catches a lot of flak.

(Which is not to say that it can't or shouldn't be improved, but it's also good to recognise what's going well.)

Wasn't my experience, frequencies are fine but I don't think it's unbeatable at all. The default simulation is 50x speed by the way, perhaps that gave you the impression.

If I remember correctly the Tokaido Shinkansen goes every 3-4 minutes. I think the frequency on the Utrecht-Amsterdam stretch is on average 5 minutes?

As a plebeian with only a phone I was not able to use this website.

> It seems that a lot of vibe coders forget

So do many non-vibe coders, somehow. I dont understand why someone would make a website without mobile support in 2026, when phones are the primary device for a lot of people.

My bad. It works on mobile but I haven’t realized I need to tap the wheel to hide control panel. OP hid it by default now.

It's a lot of work for very little return, especially for a hobby or side project

I just tried it on an iPhone and it worked...fine? The collapsible configuration panel has some placement issues, but otherwise the page is perfectly usable.

Secondly, it's a tosser simulation. It isn't a transit app for someone running to catch the train. Someone "vibe coded" it for novelty and they owe you, or anyone else, literally nothing.

As ucosty mentioned, "It's a lot of work for very little return". As some who made dozens of fun little web gadgets and toys that hit viral success, there is something remarkable about how entitled people get for something that literally benefitted me in absolutely no ways.

You can collapse it by pressing the gear icon

The design is based on the official Spoorkaart published by NS here: https://nieuws.ns.nl/spoorkaart-2026-hier-te-downloaden/

As a fellow Dutchman, I agree that complaining about the NS is a very tempting thing to do. However, we should not forget that our train infrastructure is considered world class across multiple metrics, including reliability (yes really).

To recalibrate your expectations I wholeheartedly recommend taking a train ride from somewhere in Germany to anywhere else in Germany.

The leaves things is actually kind of intresting.

It turns out that if you grind wet leaves it creates a lubricant.

Lubricating the tracks is kind of an issue if you want to stop a 80 ton train

Cancelled trains are shown in red and can be toggled off and on

You just repeated an outdated meme. Go compare our punctuality statistics with our southern and eastern neighbours. Then do the rest of the world. Make sure to account for differences in definition of punctuality between providers.

Yes, delays are annoying and there are things the train companies can do better, but our system is most of all reliable enough and we are doing just fine.

Fixing it now Edit: Fixed!

No, but check out Rotterdam Centraal, Haarlem and Groningen. Also stunning, IMHO, is Antwerp, Belgium.

Is this a joke? It's the worst station in Amsterdam, followed by Duivendrecht.