Jon Worth on Nostr: The reason we don’t have a “Skyscanner for rail” is *mostly* NOT for technical ...
The reason we don’t have a “Skyscanner for rail” is *mostly* NOT for technical reasons
It’s because rail firms don’t want to share data with each other
Example: Trenitalia doesn’t want to sell SNCF’s Milano-Paris tickets *because it doesn’t want to*, not because it can’t
UIC’s Open Sales and Distribution Model (OSDM) is a technical standard. At the margin helpful but rail firms can and almost certainly will still refuse to share data with each other
It’s because rail firms don’t want to share data with each other
Example: Trenitalia doesn’t want to sell SNCF’s Milano-Paris tickets *because it doesn’t want to*, not because it can’t
UIC’s Open Sales and Distribution Model (OSDM) is a technical standard. At the margin helpful but rail firms can and almost certainly will still refuse to share data with each other