diff --git a/DataStructures/ExtractorCallBacks.h b/DataStructures/ExtractorCallBacks.h
index 96e0cf4c0..d30225a70 100644
--- a/DataStructures/ExtractorCallBacks.h
+++ b/DataStructures/ExtractorCallBacks.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.txt.
 #ifndef EXTRACTORCALLBACKS_H_
 #define EXTRACTORCALLBACKS_H_
 
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/regex.hpp>
+#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+
 #include <stxxl.h>
 #include <vector>
 #include "ExtractorStructs.h"
@@ -64,6 +67,24 @@ private:
     StringMap * stringMap;
     STXXLContainers * externalMemory;
 
+    struct DurationContainer {
+        int hours;
+        int minutes;
+    };
+
+    bool checkForValidTiming(const std::string &s, DurationContainer & duration) const {
+        boost::regex e ("((\\d|\\d\\d):)*(\\d|\\d\\d)",boost::regex_constants::icase|boost::regex_constants::perl);
+
+        std::vector< std::string > result;
+        boost::algorithm::split_regex( result, s, boost::regex( ":" ) ) ;
+        bool matched = regex_match(s, e);
+        if(matched) {
+            duration.hours = (result.size()== 2) ?  atoi(result[0].c_str()) : 0;
+            duration.minutes = (result.size()== 2) ?  atoi(result[1].c_str()) : atoi(result[0].c_str());
+        }
+        return matched;
+    }
+
 public:
     ExtractorCallbacks(STXXLContainers * ext, Settings set, StringMap * strMap) {
         externalMemory = ext;
@@ -122,6 +143,7 @@ public:
         std::string oneway( w.keyVals.Find("oneway"));
         std::string onewayClass( w.keyVals.Find("oneway:"+settings.accessTag));
         std::string cycleway( w.keyVals.Find("cycleway"));
+        std::string duration ( w.keyVals.Find("duration"));
 
         //Save the name of the way if it has one, ref has precedence over name tag.
         if ( 0 < ref.length() )
@@ -137,7 +159,13 @@ public:
         //Is the route tag listed as usable way in the profile?
         if(settings[route] > 0 || settings[man_made] > 0) {
             w.useful = true;
-            w.speed = settings[route];
+            DurationContainer dc;
+            if(checkForValidTiming(duration, dc)){
+                w.speed = (600*(dc.hours*60+dc.minutes))/std::max((unsigned)(w.path.size()-1),1u);
+                w.isDurationSet = true;
+            } else {
+                w.speed = settings[route];
+            }
             w.direction = _Way::bidirectional;
             if(0 < settings[route])
                 highway = route;
@@ -148,15 +176,16 @@ public:
 
         //Is the highway tag listed as usable way?
         if(0 < settings[highway] || "yes" == accessTag || "designated" == accessTag) {
-
-            if(0 < settings[highway]) {
-                if(0 < maxspeed)
-                    w.speed = std::min(maxspeed, settings[highway]);
-                else
-                    w.speed = settings[highway];
-            } else {
-                w.speed = settings.defaultSpeed;
-                highway = "default";
+            if(!w.isDurationSet) {
+                if(0 < settings[highway]) {
+                    if(0 < maxspeed)
+                        w.speed = std::min(maxspeed, settings[highway]);
+                    else
+                        w.speed = settings[highway];
+                } else {
+                    w.speed = settings.defaultSpeed;
+                    highway = "default";
+                }
             }
             w.useful = true;
 
@@ -225,7 +254,7 @@ public:
             }
 
             for(vector< NodeID >::size_type n = 0; n < w.path.size()-1; ++n) {
-                externalMemory->allEdges.push_back(_Edge(w.path[n], w.path[n+1], w.type, w.direction, w.speed, w.nameID, w.roundabout, highway == settings.excludeFromGrid));
+                externalMemory->allEdges.push_back(_Edge(w.path[n], w.path[n+1], w.type, w.direction, w.speed, w.nameID, w.roundabout, highway == settings.excludeFromGrid, w.isDurationSet));
                 externalMemory->usedNodeIDs.push_back(w.path[n]);
             }
             externalMemory->usedNodeIDs.push_back(w.path[w.path.size()-1]);
diff --git a/DataStructures/ExtractorStructs.h b/DataStructures/ExtractorStructs.h
index a267216e5..ed14200a0 100644
--- a/DataStructures/ExtractorStructs.h
+++ b/DataStructures/ExtractorStructs.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct _Way {
         useful = false;
         access = true;
         roundabout = false;
+        isDurationSet = false;
     }
 
     enum {
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ struct _Way {
     bool useful;
     bool access;
     bool roundabout;
+    bool isDurationSet;
     std::vector< NodeID > path;
     HashTable<std::string, std::string> keyVals;
 };
@@ -137,10 +139,10 @@ struct _Relation {
 };
 
 struct _Edge {
-    _Edge() : start(0), target(0), type(0), direction(0), speed(0), nameID(0), isRoundabout(false), ignoreInGrid(false) {};
+    _Edge() : start(0), target(0), type(0), direction(0), speed(0), nameID(0), isRoundabout(false), ignoreInGrid(false), isDurationSet(false) {};
     _Edge(NodeID s, NodeID t) : start(s), target(t), type(0), direction(0), speed(0), nameID(0), isRoundabout(false), ignoreInGrid(false) { }
-    _Edge(NodeID s, NodeID t, short tp, short d, double sp): start(s), target(t), type(tp), direction(d), speed(sp), nameID(0), isRoundabout(false), ignoreInGrid(false) { }
-    _Edge(NodeID s, NodeID t, short tp, short d, double sp, unsigned nid, bool isra, bool iing): start(s), target(t), type(tp), direction(d), speed(sp), nameID(nid), isRoundabout(isra), ignoreInGrid(iing) {
+    _Edge(NodeID s, NodeID t, short tp, short d, double sp): start(s), target(t), type(tp), direction(d), speed(sp), nameID(0), isRoundabout(false), ignoreInGrid(false), isDurationSet(false) { }
+    _Edge(NodeID s, NodeID t, short tp, short d, double sp, unsigned nid, bool isra, bool iing, bool ids): start(s), target(t), type(tp), direction(d), speed(sp), nameID(nid), isRoundabout(isra), ignoreInGrid(iing), isDurationSet(ids) {
         assert(0 <= type);
     }
     NodeID start;
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ struct _Edge {
     unsigned nameID;
     bool isRoundabout;
     bool ignoreInGrid;
+    bool isDurationSet;
 
     _Coordinate startCoord;
     _Coordinate targetCoord;
diff --git a/extractor.cpp b/extractor.cpp
index 3dfe7698b..3c456b4f7 100644
--- a/extractor.cpp
+++ b/extractor.cpp
@@ -408,8 +408,8 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
                     double distance = ApproximateDistance(edgeIT->startCoord.lat, edgeIT->startCoord.lon, nodesIT->lat, nodesIT->lon);
                     assert(edgeIT->speed != -1);
                     double weight = ( distance * 10. ) / (edgeIT->speed / 3.6);
-                    int intWeight = max(1, (int) weight);
-                    int intDist = max(1, (int)distance);
+                    int intWeight = std::max(1, (int)(edgeIT->isDurationSet ? edgeIT->speed : weight) );
+                    int intDist = std::max(1, (int)distance);
                     short zero = 0;
                     short one = 1;