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Railway vs Bahn-Vorhersage: catalog facts
Railway	Bahn-Vorhersage
Best for: Linux users who look up train connections and want one app for several operators	Best for: Rail travellers in Germany who want connections with reliable transfers
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Linux	Android, Web
Brings several railway operators into one search Native Linux app distributed on Flathub All 3 strengths for Railway Brings several railway operators into one search Native Linux app distributed on Flathub Part of a project aimed at Linux phones as well as desktops	Estimates the chance of making each transfer Predicts arrival punctuality at the destination All 4 strengths for Bahn-Vorhersage Estimates the chance of making each transfer Predicts arrival punctuality at the destination Filters for regional trains, bicycles and transfer time Works in a browser and on Android
Linux only Coverage depends on which railway operators the app supports	Covers trains in Germany only Interface in German only All 3 limitations for Bahn-Vorhersage Covers trains in Germany only Interface in German only Predictions are probabilities, not guarantees
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Railway mobile.schmidhuberj.de/railway Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Bahn-Vorhersage bahnvorhersage.de f-droid.org/packages/de.bahnvorhersage.app Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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