Mind the Gates Atlas

The Railway Atlas

Reference works about Britain's railway, built from the same open data that powers the crossing forecasts: the network through two centuries, and what it does today. Everything here is browsable on its page, with sources and an honest account of how sure we are.

The rise and fall of Britain's railways, on a map

Every railway line in Great Britain drawn as it stood in the year you choose, from the first public railway to today. Slide the years, show the public or the heritage lines, and click any line for its dates and the sources behind them.

Geometry ยฉ OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) ยท dates from OSM, Wikidata, Wikipedia and the sources cited on each line

The busiest level crossings in Britain today

Every listed crossing ranked by predicted time closed to road traffic between 06:00 and 22:00 on today's working timetable, passenger and freight, using the same forecast model that drives the live crossing pages.

Predictions, not measurements ยท recomputed daily

More artifacts join as they are built. If you use one of these datasets, attribution and corrections are equally welcome. Each dataset's page says how.