Just in time for the end of the month, and we’re back with the updates that have taken place on the site over the past few weeks.

• The Wirral map had a number of berths which didn’t show trains correctly for shunting moves. We’re fixed this and added route indications throughout the map. The rest of the Merseyrail network will be lit up soon
• We’ve added more detail and route indications to Grove Park, which was due to be recontrolled from London Bridge ASC to Three Bridges ROC – but this work has been postponed
• A missing platform at Penistone has been added. The platform existed on our artwork but never made it through to the live site
• Signal L3891 now appears on the Leeds map, and had been missed on previous versions
• The route from VC495 to VC493 at London Victoria has been fixed, as it was drawn to VC499 by accident
• Some berths on the London Paddington map were always being displayed when unoccupied berths were switched off. This has been fixed
• We’ve added signal L307 at Forest Gate which was missed off previous maps
• Missing track between 361 and 366 signals at Carlisle has been added
• Minor fixes to the Strood and Chatham maps have been put in place to correct some errors – although the signalling between Swanley, Farningham Road and Eynsford continues to cause us some difficulty
• We’ve added a berth at Woodbridge to show trains between ES2004 and CO408 signals and attempted to fix data from Saxmundham’s signalling system which were were interpreting incorrectly
• Signals K667 and K669 near Stevenage now show the correct labels
• Trains between Thurston and Bury St Edmunds disappeared due to an incorrect berth configuration, which we’ve fixed – and we’ve added colour light signals for the signalbox at Bury St Edmunds

Keep safe and remember – don’t travel unless it’s absolutely necessary.

The world has changed dramatically since our last update, but we’re still here and open for business. Substantially fewer people have visited the site over the past weeks, but since we don’t rely on advertising or subscriptions, there’s no danger of us going away any time soon.

We are also offering pro bono services to the rail industry during this difficult period. If we can help you in any way, please email hello@opentraintimes.com.

Despite everything that’s going on right now, we’ve been beavering away at the site and we’ve just released our slightly late March update. Here are the highlights:

• A new map of Aston to Lichfield Trent Valley (High Level) is now live, with signal and route indications on the branch to Lichfield, and possibly unreliable indications between Aston and Duddeston and the line to Stechford due difficulties with the underlying data
• There’s also a new Strood area map, covering east of Dartford to Beltring for the route to Paddock Wood
• The Manchester Piccadilly map has been extended via Manchester Oxford Road to Deansgate, and at the south end to connect with the Macclesfield map, with route indications – where we can show them – in to Manchester Piccadilly. There are some routes listed on the map that we can’t show due to data limitations
• We’ve added signal aspect indications between Hampton-in-Arden and Adderley Park, which may be wrong for the same reasons as the Aston to Lichfield map
• We’ve migrated to a new database cluster which is substantially faster than before, but importantly easier for us to monitor and manage. You won’t notice anything different.
• Kings Lynn has a new reversing siding due to be commissioned soon. Once it is, we’ll update the map to include the signal aspect on 42 signal
• Platform numbers at Bowes Park are now correct, having been labelled incorrectly in the past
• Bury St Edmunds is now spelled correctly – as in Blackadder, not Noel
• 446 signal at Peckham Rye has been added, which was accidentally left out when we drew the map
• Our Sheffield map has been extended past Meadowhall to Barnsley, linking up with the route via Penistone to Huddersfield
• Various fixes on the Airedale and Leeds maps – signal 3961 at Shipley now shows its aspect, the Train Ready To Start (TRTS) indication at 3956 at Ilkley and Skipton are no longer permanently set ‘on’
• Finally, we’ve changed our icons very, very slightly as a result of an upgrade to one of our fonts