Realtime Trains
| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| Area served | Great Britain |
| Founder | Tom Cairns |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | October 2012 |
| Current status | Active |
Realtime Trains is a website that tracks trains on the British railway network.
History
[edit | edit source]Realtime Trains was launched in October 2012 by Tom Cairns, a student at the University of Southampton.[1][2]
In March 2020, Abellio ScotRail became the first operator to share additional rolling stock information with Realtime Trains.[3] The additional information was dubbed Know Your Train, and includes a visual overview of the type of rolling stock and number of carriages used by each service.[4] Operators which now offer this information include Northern Trains and TransPennine Express.[5] In May 2021, Realtime Trains stated that 45% of the distance travelled by trains on the British railway network was covered by Know Your Train.[6]
Another service called Track Your Train was added in September 2020, offering advanced notice of platform alterations and potential delays to a service. Initially, Track Your Train is only available on selected services starting at London Liverpool Street.[7]
Following a grant from the Culture Recovery Fund, in 2021 Realtime Trains installed live departure boards for Swanage Railway heritage services at Corfe Castle and Swanage stations.[8]
On 1 April 2025, Realtime Trains launched Realtime Tickets, a train ticket retail website which supports split ticketing, in collaboration with TrainSplit.[9]
On 15 October 2025, "RTT+" was launched - a subscription service offering enhanced history (up to 5 years[10]), CSV schedule data download and removal of on page ads. Subscriptions start from £5 per month, whilst registered but non-paying users benefit from 1 month schedule look back, increased from the 14 days available to non-registered users.[11]
Data sources
[edit | edit source]The data presented on Realtime Trains is created using a variety of sources and human input.[12] In 2017, Realtime Trains installed GPS tracking devices in trains to allow services to be tracked during a diesel gala on the Swanage Railway.[1]
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External links
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