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🚄 We partned with SBB, DB & ÖBB to organize the #Hack4Rail hackathon in Bern. 170 railway and tech enthusiasts, also from SNCF, Infrabel & Flatland, worked in 21 teams to solve real challenges with #OpenSource solutions.
We established open collaboration from day one, ensuring innovative projects are sustained, and supported the whole event with FOSS infrastructure, e.g. @nextcloud and @matrix.
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🎤 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗗𝗘𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱!
Once again, we will organise a half-day track at Europe's largest #OpenSource conference #FOSDEM. We welcome you to give a talk about anything open* in the wide space of #railway and #transportation.
📅 Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2024
ℹ️ All information and links for submissions: https://github.com/OpenRailAssociation/FOSDEM
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🎉 The first year of real Open Source collaboration in the railway sector - let's look back!
OK, actually it's been more than a year already, but we've finished our first actual report which was exciting for us. We had high hopes when we started #OpenRail, but onboarding 5 projects and enlarging the membership to 8 organisations from 2 continents has been nothing but a blast 💥
The hardest part is y
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We are happy to co-organize the Railways and Open Transport devroom at #FOSDEM 2026, and welcome your proposals.
Are you working with #OpenSource in this space? Do you have practical insights and lessons abour operations, traveller info, data analytics, or standards to share? Then submit it!
Key information:
📅 30 Nov: submission deadline
📌 31 Jan & 1 Feb 2026 in Brussels
ℹ️ Call for Participation
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Nov 7latest
17
Avg engagement / post
9–23
Typical post (engagement)
3.7%
Engagement vs followers
65/100
Consistent reach
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 9 and 23 likes + reposts (median 15) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: 🚄 We partned with SBB, DB & ÖBB to organize the #Hack4Rail hacka · 48 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.13 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 2 text · 9 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
155×
Follows 3 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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🚄 We partned with SBB, DB & ÖBB to organize the #Hack4Rail hackathon in Bern. 170 railway and tech enthusiasts, also from SNCF, Infrabel & Flatland, worked in 21 teams to solve real challenges with #OpenSource solutions.
We established open collaboration from day one, ensuring…
🚂 Missed our first OpenRail Community Meetup?
The recording is now available! 🎥
We explored two projects from the Hack4Rail Taxi Voucher Challenge:
🚖 DBringer
🚖 TaxiTetrix
Thanks to everyone who joined.
🎥 Watch the recording here:
👉 https:…
Our first official Open Rail community meetup series starts NOW! 🚂
The OpenRail Association is launching its regular online gatherings
📅 July 9, 2026
⏰️ 2:00 PM CEST
📆 Recurring: Second Thursday of each month
🔗 Join here: https://conf.fsfe…
We are happy to co-organize the Railways and Open Transport devroom at #FOSDEM 2026, and welcome your proposals.
Are you working with #OpenSource in this space? Do you have practical insights and lessons abour operations, traveller info, d…
🇫🇷🚆💡 Save the Date – OpenRail Day @Paris
Le 17 décembre 2025, OpenRail Association réunit sa communauté à Paris pour son premier événement public.
Une journée de démos projets, talks inspirants, ateliers & rencontres pour explorer comment…
🚆💡 Save the Date – OpenRail Day @Paris
On 17 Dec 2025, OpenRail Association will gather the community in Paris for its first public event.
A full day of project demos, inspiring talks, workshops & networking to explore how open source is t…
And by the way, our members will participate in the #Hack4Rail Hackathon next week, this time in Berne, Switzerland. We are happy to provide #OpenSource infrastructure for all 200 participants:
✅ #Nextcloud for hosting data, results and pr…
📄 Read the full report with a detailed presentation of the diverse projects, our members and the directors
👉 https://openrailassociation.org/documents/OpenRail-Association-Annual-Report-2024.pdf
🎉 The first year of real Open Source collaboration in the railway sector - let's look back!
OK, actually it's been more than a year already, but we've finished our first actual report which was exciting for us. We had high hopes when we st…
"Putting the Railway Industry on the Open Source Track" - this is what Cornelius Schumacher is talking right now about at #FOSSbackstage.
He explains why #OpenRail Association has been founded, shares experiences of the first year in opera…
Last call for submissions for the #railway and open #transportation devroom at #FOSDEM 📢
We are looking forward to interesting proposals and a great lineup. You will find all required info here: https://github.com/OpenRailAssociation/FOSDE…
🎤 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗗𝗘𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱!
Once again, we will organise a half-day track at Europe's largest #OpenSource conference #FOSDEM. We welcome you to give a talk about anything open* in the wide space of #rai…
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Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 17 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
📍Based in Belgium.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated75/100
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Credibility score
92%
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Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~3.7% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
The OpenRail Association provides a neutral space for collaborative development of Open Source software in the railway sector.
It is incorporated as a non-profit organisation according to Belgian law as AISBL.
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