PLATFORM PAL

Know your platform before the station shows it.

Platform Pal watches the railway’s own signals and tells you the platform as early as it can be known, with a confidence score we can stand behind.

Platforms marked confirmed are right about 99% of the time.

Download on the App Store Free for iPhone.
An iPhone running Platform Pal following a departed train down the line: the journey map with the train's live position, and every stop's platform below

What each status means

Predicted

The railway hasn’t announced a platform yet. This one is based on the train’s own recent runs, so it can change once the railway decides.

Expected

The platform the railway has booked for your train. Usually right, and it can change nearer to departure.

Likely

The station is already showing this platform, or your train is routing to it. Not locked in yet, but it rarely changes at this stage.

Confirmed

The station’s own departure boards are showing this platform. Head over when you’re ready.

About forty minutes earlier

WHAT THE STATION SHOWS · 18:19
18:43 Manchester Piccadilly
PLATFORM PAL · 18:19
18:43 Manchester Piccadilly Likely

Same train, same minute. Platform Pal reads the railway’s own routing, so the platform usually shows here well before it reaches the station boards.

Confidence data

99%of platforms marked confirmed are right, measured across 3.8 million platform calls in the last month.
94%of expected platforms match the platform the train actually uses.
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Measured against what trains actually did, across Great Britain, updated daily.

Built for the platform dash

Track a train, close the app

You’ll get a notification when its platform is announced or changes, and a live card on your Lock Screen on the way.

Every station in Britain

Live departures and arrivals for every public station, with delays and cancellations worded plainly.

The quieter carriage

Where the railway reports it, see how full each coach usually is before you pick where to stand.

Your commute, waiting for you

Save the journey you make most and every train in your window is on Home on the days you travel, each with its platform. Part of Platform Pal Plus.

Your platform, before the boards.

Download on the App Store Free for iPhone.

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