Its coverage includes mainline railways, special and heritage railways, museum railways, draisine routes, S-Bahn and U-Bahn systems, and trams. Visitors can browse station and route directories, maps, railway structures, symbols and line types, as well as pages organized by category.

The site combines historical research with information about present-day locations. Its entries describe former and active stations, track connections, bridges and other railway features, often drawing on archival images, maps, plans, local histories and contributions from knowledgeable readers. Recent updates highlighted locations and former stations in Mecklenburg, Germany, including the Mecklenburgische Südbahn and Lloydbahn. Some pages also note when passenger service has ended, infrastructure has disappeared, or buildings have been repurposed.

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