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thetrainline

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:24:14 +0000

thetrainline.com is the UK’s leading independent train ticket retailer.

You can view live departures and arrivals information as well as train ticket prices with our mobile app. Buy train tickets up to 10 minutes before you travel for all train companies to all national rail destinations. Collect your train tickets from over 1000 stations.

It’s the only app you need when it comes to train travel.

Description:

Makes journey planning easy
• Access live departures and arrivals information including platform numbers from national rail.
• See recent journeys on your home screen – making it easy to re-use common journeys and stations.
• View the live progress of your train and which stations it calls at. Includes any delay information and platform numbers.
• See nearby stations in a list or on a map using your phone’s location services.

Buy tickets on the go
• Buy tickets up until 10 minutes before boarding the train and collect from over 1000 stations.
• Create an account and book the same range of train tickets as on thetrainline.com website.
• Save your preferred payment card making it simple to buy again without having to hunt out your card details.

Manage your bookings wherever you are
• View ticket collection reference for tickets you’ve bought – regardless of whether you have a signal.

Recent changes:
*New live departures and arrivals:
*Access live departures and arrivals information including platform numbers from the official national rail timetable.
*View the live progress of your train and which stations it calls at. Includes any delay information and platform numbers.

*New interface – improved station search and faster access to times and tickets
*Updated station list and railcard options
*Account flexibility – log in and log out with different accounts

UK Fuel Prices

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:41:13 +0000

Find out the price of fuel near you. This app is a community app so if the price is not set at a station near you then post the prices in pence. The more prices are set, the better the app will be.

It's very simple to use, just tap once for the petrol station's prices (if set). You can then update the prices and also open google map with the station to navigate to it. You can also send off error reports from the price screen.

The range is 10 miles and the map colour code is,
Red: more than 30 days old
Yellow: 7-30 days old
Green: Less than 7 days old

App now comes with a widget that lists the closest three stations. Tap on the logos to open google map to navigated to the station.

If a station near you is missing, just send an email and I will add it in.

Recent changes:
-New widget for home screen.
-New pop-up on reading the prices on the map screen.

Live London Bus Tracker

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:41:17 +0000

Fed up of not knowing when the next bus is coming? Just missed a bus and need to know if its worth waiting for the next one? Need to know where the nearest bus stop is?

If like thousands of other Londoners you need answers to these questions then look no further than the "Live London Bus Tracker" app for Android devices.

Live London Bus Tracker is an Android app that makes use of tfl's bus countdown data stream.
This data stream provides information on bus arrival times of approx 90% of London's bus stops.
This app accesses the stream and provides a simple interface to view all the data.

Features:
Live countdown. View live information on when the next bus is due at 20000 stops across London
Favourites. Add a bus stop to your favourites list for easy access
Journey Planner. Plan your journeys, find out how to get from one place to another instantly.
Get me home. Store your home post code and find out how to get home from anywhere in London at any time at the click of a button.
Arrival Alarm. Set an alarm to be notified when a bus is nearly due!
Nearby Stops. Use the GPS of your phone to see on a map where the nearest stops are and instantly see its arrivals information
Manual or Auto refresh. The app automatically refreshes the data every 30 seconds but also provides a refresh button to manually refresh the data
Filters. Filter bus stop arrivals by multiple bus routes
Comprehensive search. Find any stop or bus route within seconds. Search by post code, bus stop number, bus route number, road name, area name
Bus routes. View the route of a bus on the map
Area View. View all the bus stops of an area or post code
Search on map. View all the bus stops within a mile radius of anywhere clicked on the map(Within the London area of course!)
Ease of use. A nice easy to use interface

Disclaimer
Times and Data. Please note, all times and data provided by the app comes from tfl. Any timing issues will be down to the data coming from tfl, the app does NOT make any timing or data assumptions!

Recent changes:
What's new in 2.2.2
Removed intrusive advertising.
What's new in 2.2.0
Updated database. New stops & routes added. Removed routes which are no longer in service
Start in map view. If the user has no favourites, the app will start in the map view to make it easier to find stops
Have added help images to show how the app can be used
Users can now set bus arrival auto refresh times and switch off auto refresh times
Empty space appended to search query (when using swift key app) fixed

UK Trains Timetable Free

Thu, 12 May 2011 16:22:31 +0000

UK Trains Timetable lets you check live time tables for all train routes in the UK and save them for easy access next time, useful for commuters and people who travel with National Rail regularly

UPDATE: The whole app has been rewritten, it is now faster and more reliable.

Note: This is not a journey planner! if you're looking for a journey planner, check out: UK Trains Journey Planner

Features:
- Supports all train stations in the UK
- Let's you save timetables for faster access to the trains you check regularly
- Supports 'to (station) from (station)' and 'arrive at (station) from (station)'
- Auto-fill station name when writing

Recent changes:
- faster load times
- new UI
- whole app has been optimised

Train Tickets

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:18:19 +0000

Train Tickets is the official application from CrossCountry trains. It is the one stop shop to look up train times, check real-time running information, get prices and buy train tickets for the whole National Rail network.

With the app you can:

• Plan any train journey in Great Britain
• View train times and real-time train running information
• Buy your tickets for any train journey in Great Britain
• Quickly find train times based on your recent searches

You can also make use of these great features:

• Have your CrossCountry Advance tickets delivered to your smartphone as m-tickets
• Collect other tickets from the ticket machine at the station
• Buy train tickets through the app without registering or signing in
• Register and you can use your CrossCountry ‘My Account’ on our website at crosscountrytrains.co.uk and on the Train Tickets app

The Train Tickets app is National Rail accredited and is quick, simple and secure to use.

It’s free to download and we won’t charge you a booking fee.

www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk

Recent changes:
Minor bug fixes.

As well as giving you live train running times, the app can now display additional information about a disruption, to help you plan your journey.

E-mail booking confirmations coming soon.

National Rail Enquiries

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:22:55 +0000

National Rail Enquiries, the UK’s number one travel website, is proud to release the must-have app for every train traveller.

Now you can access detailed, real-time train information direct from your smartphone. So much more than a timetable, innovative technology enables you to track specific trains, find out about disruptions to your journey, and re-plan your journey on the go.

With unprecedented visibility and intuitive tools, the National Rail Enquiries app will transform your train travel experience, empowering you to catch the right train and complete your journey.

Features

- My travel - One place for your favourite journeys and stations. Find the next train home and get relevant live updates at a glance
- Live trains - View real-time departures and arrivals boards for any station
- Progress tracking - From A to B and everything in between, find out exactly where a train is along a route
- Journey planner - Plan your journeys with up-to-the-minute travel information. Track the progress of trains and disruptions along your route
- Watch a train - Pin a train to My travel to watch its progress with a single tap
- Push notifications - Get disruption alerts as they happen
- Wake-up alerts - Avoid missing your stop or getting caught out when the train divides or arrives at its destination
- Tube and DLR - Plan your journey to or from London Zone 1 Underground and DLR stations
- Plan journeys between a station and a postcode
- Find out ticket prices
- Buy tickets via third party websites
- Widget featuring live train arrivals/departures between home and work stations

Enhance your train travel experience - download the FREE National Rail Enquiries app today.

Please note:
- It is now possible to add planned journey details to your calendar as events. To allow this the app’s permissions regarding calendar events have been updated.
- Despite the permissions description, the app will not send email to guests without owner’s knowledge

Recent changes:
- Improved station information, including facilities and services information
- Improved Live trains navigation
- Integrated Live trains results combining Trains, Buses, and Ferries results
- Edit and save favourite Live trains and favourite Journeys
- Improved station selection when location services is disabled
- Cached Journey Planner results when using Earlier/Later
- Train destination shown on Journey screen
- Expandable menu
- Minor bug fixes

Virgin Trains

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:18:19 +0000

Train travel – some say with all the different times and fares and ticket types and all that, it can be a little bit confusing (and we’d agree with them too), especially when you want to find out info on the train you want to catch.

Well thanks to our top technical geniuses, we’ve got a new and improved app which will make your travel experience with us so simple you’ll wonder how you lived without it. Check train times, plan journeys and buy tickets for any train anywhere in the UK (with no booking or credit card fees too!). And best of all, it’s 100% totally and utterly free.

Plus, book yourself on one of our swanky Virgin Trains and get your ticket sent straight to your mobile. No fuss, no queuing, no printing – it’s your ticket delivered directly into your pocket.

Also, want to see if your train is on time? You can see real-time info on how any train is running across Britain, and even which platform it will arrive into at your station.

· Search times and fares for any train to any destination in the UK.
· Buy tickets up to 10 minutes before you want to depart.
· Book for up to 8 people at once.
· Totally secure booking.
· Absolutely no hidden booking or credit card fees (we hate those!)
· Get tickets sent straight to your mobile or collect from our FastTicket machines.
· Log-in to your account so you only need to enter your details once.
· Check live departures/arrivals info to see how your train is running, before you even get on it.
· And you get all this for the one-off payment of... nothing! Free things are always the best things in life.

We’re big fans of our app, and we plan to keep on improving it even more in the future. Our brainy types are working on new features all the time to make your travel experience with us easier than ever before. But if you’ve got that million-dollar idea, that missing nugget of genius that we haven’t included in our app, then tell us!

Found a hitch or a glitch in our app, then let us know. We’re open to suggestions and we want to hear what’d make it better for you. So please get in touch at App@virgintrains.co.uk

Recent changes:
Improvements to disruption information.

We will continue to add new features so keep checking back!

ScotRail

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:20:42 +0000

Our free, easy to use ScotRail app gives you live real time train running information, and you can buy tickets for any train in the UK. We won't charge you any booking or credit card fees.

Download your pocket ticket office today!

Recent changes:
As well as giving you live train running times, our app can now display additional live information about a disruption, to help you plan your journey. You can also see details of tickets purchased via the website in the new ‘Purchase History’ section.

Traveline Scotland

Wed, 25 May 2011 16:29:15 +0000

The award-winning FREE Traveline Scotland app provides comprehensive information to help plan your journey in Scotland.

The app features:
• A journey planner for public transport options between any two locations in Scotland, featuring all bus, coach, rail, Glasgow Subway and ferry routes,
• Departure boards showing next scheduled buses at every stop in Great Britain! Live bus times are shown in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Angus, Ayrshire, Inverness area and Orkney where available,
• Transport times also shown for Scottish ferry terminals and Glasgow Subway stations, together with local taxi details relevant to your location,
• See full Scottish routes on the map, with all scheduled calling points and stop times displayed,
• News & Notices affecting public transport services,
• Contact details for all Scottish public transport operators.

For the strategic road network, the app provides direct access to Traffic Scotland. This section features:
• Current trunk road incident information,
• Live-Eye Views from motorway and trunk road cameras,
• Current journey times for major routes,
• Details of current and planned roadworks,
• Regularly updated weather and planned events info.

You can also listen to the latest live travel information on the Traffic Scotland Radio player.

Coming soon: Updated transport operator contacts section.

Please note: we are currently unable to offer rail departure boards.

Recent changes:
View your full route on the map from bus, coach, Subway, ferry departure boards,
See scheduled departure times for all stops along each route,
Alternatively, you can view all calling points for your journey in a list,
Minor fixes.

UK Bus Times

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:24:42 +0000

The next version of UK Bus Times is coming soon, featuring bus routes and more!

UK Bus Times displays live departure information for thousands of bus stops across the UK. Bus stops can be found by searching for a location or using the map. Stops can be added to your favourites for quick access to them. Most stops display live timetable information such as the route number, destination and time.

If you can't find your location using the search feature, try typing it a different way, you can also input postal codes.

If you find a bug or manage to make the application crash contact me and tell me how you did it, i'd appreciate it rather than unhelpful feedback! bustimes@zage.org.uk

Permissions Explainations
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Internet - To fetch bus stop data and departure data.
Location - To set the map to your location to find bus stops.
Network State - To check if the network is connected before accessing the internet.

Recent changes:
* New version - comments: bustimes@zage.org.uk
* Favourites from the old app will be wiped upon updating - A necessary evil.
* Various bug fixes