The goal of the thesis project was to design and implement a responsive web-application, suitable for both desktop and mobile use, which would visualize information on rail traffic in Finland. The goal was to make finding the right train and the information related to it as easy and seamless as possible. The information should be presented in a manner, where it would be possible to see the most important information at a glance.

A need for this kind of service was formed from the author’s own experiences as a daily commuter by train. The exceptional situations and recurring delays created a need for a service, where information on train locations and the status of the train could be checked quickly and seamlessly.

The service was implemented in the cloud as a web application, so that it could be used with as many different devices as possible and to avoid the need to install a native application. Different programming languages and interfaces were used in the implementation to achieve a clear, secure and low latency service for viewing information on train traffic.