Industry solutions · Rail & public transport

Why Icon Map for Rail and Transit?

Networks run on where things are: trains and trams on the track, buses in traffic, the assets beside the line and the passengers on the platform. Icon Map puts all of it on one live, interactive map, inside the Power BI reports and Microsoft Fabric workspaces you already use.

Every tram, bus and train in Krakow, live from the city's open data · 3D buildings: GUGiK · 3D vehicles in Icon Map for Fabric

Operations you can see

The whole network, as it runs

Vehicle positions, timetables, delays, asset condition and passenger counts already sit in your data platform. Icon Map shows them where they happen, so a control room sees the network, not a table: which lines are running late, where vehicles are bunching, where traffic is holding them up, and which assets need attention.

Build performance and asset reports in Power BI with Icon Map Pro, or bring live feeds, 3D vehicles and playback together in Microsoft Fabric with Icon Map for Fabric. One organization-wide license, no extra GIS software, and reports you can share with partners and the public.

  • Live, true-scale 3D vehiclesTrams, buses and trains as 3D models that follow the track through every curve, in Icon Map for Fabric.
  • Standard feeds, straight inGTFS and GTFS-Realtime, train describers, AVL and telematics stream through Eventstream, or sit in OneLake for history.
  • Punctuality beside the mapDelay, on-time performance, bunching and congestion as measures, filtering with the map in the same report.
  • From one platform to the regionThe same map zooms from a station to the whole network, with your assets, catchments and open data around it.

Public transport · Krakow, Poland

A live digital twin of a city's transport

Every tram, bus and regional train in Krakow, live from the city's open data: where each one is, how late it is running, where vehicles are bunching and where traffic is holding them up. Zoom in to see each vehicle in 3D, click one for its line, delay and next stop, and follow it through the city.

Connecting - vehicles - median delay - on time

Live data: ZTP Kraków open data (MPK trams and buses, Mobilis buses) and Koleje Małopolskie open data (regional trains and buses), as GTFS-Realtime, read every 10 seconds by Icon Map's collector, which matches each vehicle to its timetabled trip to work out its delay. The map runs about half a minute behind, so every vehicle moves between two positions it really reported, along its route. Vehicle types are drawn from fleet numbers where they carry them; models and liveries are generic. If the live feed is unavailable, a recorded weekday evening plays instead. Basemap from Icon Map's built-in basemaps. 3D models and live streaming are features of Icon Map for Fabric.

How it works

From feeds to a living network

  1. Stream the positions

    GTFS-Realtime, train describer and AVL feeds flow into Fabric through Eventstream every few seconds, matched to the timetable so every vehicle carries its line, trip and delay.

    Eventstream · Eventhouse · OneLake
  2. Add the network

    Routes, stops and stations from GTFS, your track and asset registers, 3D buildings and terrain from the Icon Map Catalog, and 3D models for every vehicle type.

    GTFS · Icon Map Catalog · your models
  3. Run the service

    Watch the network live or replay any period, follow a vehicle, and measure punctuality, bunching and congestion with every chart in the report filtering together.

    Icon Map for Fabric · Icon Map Pro

Infrastructure and access

The railway itself, in Power BI

Real Icon Map renders built from ordinary tables: the track network and its condition, who can reach each station, and how busy they are. The walking catchments are computed in the browser on Icon Map's own routing engine, so station and passenger data never leaves your tenant.

The West Midlands rail network drawn as track segments colored green, amber and red by condition score, with stations overlaid
The network, colored by condition. Real track geometry with every segment colored by an asset-condition score: the two amber-red corridors are the renewal backlog, and clicking a segment cross-filters its inspection history. Swap the measure for delay minutes, temporary speed restrictions or possession plans.
Ten and twenty minute walking catchments around Birmingham stations, following the real street network
Station access on foot. 10 and 20 minute walking catchments over the real street network, computed in the browser: rivers and railways that cut a neighborhood off show up on their own.
3D columns showing annual station usage across the West Midlands
Usage in three dimensions. Annual entries and exits as 3D columns: the interchange hierarchy at a glance, each column clicking through to its charts.

Condition scores are synthetic for demonstration; the network geometry, routing and rendering are the shipped product.

Across operators and infrastructure owners

Where rail and transit teams use Icon Map

Service control

Every vehicle live with its delay, gaps and bunching along each line, and the congestion holding services up, as it happens.

Delay attribution

Find recurring delay hot spots and their causes, and replay a disruption minute by minute to show how it spread and settle disputes.

Asset condition

Track, structures and rolling stock condition from inspections and sensors, colored by severity, to plan maintenance by location.

Weather and environment

Flood zones, trees along the line, slopes and soils from the Icon Map Catalog beside your assets, to rank risk before the storm.

Passengers and stations

Footfall, crowding and flows through stations and on trains, catchments on foot, and the journeys passengers can make.

Health and safety

Incidents and near-misses from network trends down to a single level crossing or platform, for investigation and reporting.

Possessions and works

Planned possessions, works sites and speed restrictions on the map with the services they affect, as the weekly access brief.

Performance and compensation

On-time performance by line, stop and hour, and the cost of delay: UK operators paid £138.6 million in Delay Repay in 2023/24 (gov.uk).

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Icon Map?

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See your network on the map

Build performance and asset reports in Power BI with Icon Map Pro, or bring live feeds, 3D vehicles and playback together in Microsoft Fabric with Icon Map for Fabric.