Many public transit services around the world offer near real-time bus and train info with text, this new service shows users precisely where a train is (using a Google map) in the London Underground system at at any given moment in time ("approximate" real-time) and then next station info and time with text.
+ The Name of the Station Where the Train Last Departed
+ The Name of the Station Where the Train is Scheduled to Arrive (along with a Time, ie. 2.5 minutes)
+ Clicking on a Yellow Pin Shows the Name of the Station.
Along the right side of the page, you'll learn more about the service including a link to the where the data is coming from, the TFL (Transport for London) API. You'll also read about a couple of plans for the future.
Kudos to the developers and another superb example of what developers can build with access to open data.
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