These Terms of Use govern access to and use of Which Train Side. By using the website, you agree to use it in accordance with these terms and applicable law.
Which Train Side provides route, scenery, geographic, and sun-exposure information for general travel planning. The website does not sell train tickets, operate rail services, assign seats, or control railway operations.
Use of the Website
You may use Which Train Side for personal, informational, and travel-planning purposes.
You agree not to use the website in a way that:
- violates applicable law,
- interferes with the operation or security of the website,
- attempts to gain unauthorized access to systems or data,
- introduces malicious code, automated abuse, or harmful traffic,
- places an unreasonable technical load on the website,
- misrepresents Which Train Side as an official railway operator or transport authority,
- uses the website to deceive, defraud, or mislead other users.
Travel Information
Route recommendations, scenery results, sun calculations, maps, station information, and other travel-related content are provided for general informational purposes.
Which Train Side does not guarantee that a particular train will follow the exact route shown, that a specific view will be visible, or that a recommended side will correspond with a particular seat assignment or railcar layout.
Railway operators may change routes, equipment, schedules, track assignments, station stops, and operating patterns without notice.
No Ticketing or Reservation Service
Which Train Side does not issue tickets, make seat reservations, process railway bookings, or control ticket availability.
Any ticket purchase, reservation, seat assignment, refund, exchange, or travel contract is between the traveler and the relevant railway operator, ticket seller, or booking provider.
Which Train Side is not responsible for booking errors, missed trains, unavailable seats, fare changes, or decisions made by third-party transport providers.
Left and Right Recommendations
References to the left or right side of a train are based on the direction of travel used for the route calculation.
Actual train orientation can differ from the expected operating pattern. Individual seats may face either direction, and some railcars may have different window or seating layouts.
A route recommendation therefore describes the geographic side of the railway and should not be interpreted as a guaranteed seat-number recommendation.
Sun Exposure Information
Sun exposure information is calculated from geographic location, route direction, date, and time.
The result estimates the direction from which sunlight is expected to reach the railway. It does not account for every possible source of shade or obstruction, including terrain, buildings, vegetation, tunnels, train design, weather, or window coatings.
Sun information should be treated as a planning aid rather than a guarantee of conditions at a specific seat.
Accuracy and Availability
Which Train Side aims to provide useful and consistent route information, but the website may contain errors, incomplete data, outdated information, or temporary technical problems.
Data sources can change, become unavailable, or contain their own inaccuracies. Railway routes and geographic information can also change over time.
The website may be modified, suspended, restricted, or made temporarily unavailable for maintenance, technical, security, or operational reasons.
Maps and Geographic Data
Maps and geographic information may include data supplied by independent third-party providers and public geographic databases.
Geographic information is used to estimate the relationship between railway routes and surrounding scenery. The presence of a feature on a map does not guarantee that it will be visible from the train.
Map data may contain missing, outdated, or inaccurate information.
Intellectual Property
The design, branding, original text, route presentation, calculated results, software, layout, and other original elements of Which Train Side are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
Third-party datasets, trademarks, geographic data, service names, station names, and other third-party materials remain subject to the rights and licenses of their respective owners.
Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of Which Train Side content, software, branding, or proprietary systems to a visitor.
Permitted Reference and Sharing
You may share links to publicly accessible pages on Which Train Side.
Reasonable quotation or reference to public information may be permitted where consistent with applicable law and accompanied by appropriate attribution when required.
You may not present copied Which Train Side content, route results, branding, or calculated data as your own original service.
Automated Access
Automated systems, scripts, crawlers, scraping tools, or other software must not be used in a way that disrupts the website, bypasses access controls, creates excessive server load, or attempts to extract protected data at an unreasonable scale.
Search engines and other legitimate indexing services may access public pages in accordance with applicable technical instructions and standard web practices.
Third-Party Names and Services
Which Train Side may refer to railway companies, train services, stations, geographic places, attractions, mapping services, or other organizations.
Such references are for identification and informational purposes and do not imply sponsorship, endorsement, affiliation, or partnership.
Trademarks, service names, logos, and other protected identifiers remain the property of their respective owners.
External Websites and Services
The website may refer to or make use of services operated by third parties.
Which Train Side does not control the content, availability, security, privacy practices, pricing, terms, or accuracy of independent third-party services.
Your use of a third-party service is subject to the terms and policies of that provider.
User Communications
If you submit a correction, message, suggestion, or other communication to Which Train Side, you are responsible for ensuring that the information you provide is lawful and does not infringe the rights of another person or organization.
Submitting a correction does not guarantee that a requested change will be made. Information may be checked against railway, geographic, or other relevant source data before a route result is changed.
Prohibited Conduct
You must not:
- attempt to disable or bypass website security measures,
- probe for vulnerabilities without authorization,
- use the website to distribute malware or malicious code,
- impersonate Which Train Side or another person or organization,
- send spam or abusive automated requests,
- interfere with normal website operation,
- use website content in a fraudulent or deceptive manner.
No Professional or Safety Advice
Which Train Side provides travel information and does not provide legal, medical, financial, engineering, railway operational, or safety advice.
Left and right recommendations relate to scenery and sun exposure only.
Passengers should follow instructions from railway staff, station personnel, transport authorities, emergency services, and other authorized personnel.
Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Which Train Side and its operators are not liable for losses, costs, damages, delays, missed journeys, booking problems, seat-selection outcomes, service interruptions, or other consequences resulting from the use of or reliance on the website.
This includes situations where actual railway operations, views, route geometry, weather, map information, equipment, station information, or sun conditions differ from information displayed on the website.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
Indemnity
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you are responsible for losses or claims resulting from your unlawful misuse of the website, violation of these Terms, or infringement of the rights of another person or organization.
Changes to the Website
Which Train Side may add, remove, modify, or discontinue website features, route coverage, calculations, data sources, or presentation methods.
No particular route, feature, map, tool, or service is guaranteed to remain available permanently.
Changes to These Terms
These Terms of Use may be updated when website features, legal requirements, data practices, or operating conditions change.
Continued use of the website after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Governing Law
These Terms are subject to applicable law. Mandatory consumer protection or privacy rights available under the law of a visitor’s jurisdiction are not intended to be excluded by these Terms.
Contact
Questions concerning these Terms of Use can be submitted using the contact information provided on Which Train Side.