London Tube Checker - Tube Map and Live Travel Information app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: UrbanThings Limited
First release : 07 Oct 2011
App size: 2.08 Mb
★ Londons premiere app for Tube travel ★ Full official licensed map with newest 2011 stations ★ Real-time status updates and closures ★ Live station departure boards† ★ WORLD-FIRST: the *only* app with a live, moving display of trains as they travel along the lines! ★ All you need to get around London by tube ★
If youre travelling by Tube in London, this is the only App youll ever need. Great for tourists or commuters, with a full map, constantly updated information, crisp graphics, and all the following features:
• Official London Underground map: pan, zoom, clickable stations.
• Real-time status updates and line closures - 24/7
• Live departure boards - never miss a train!
• Live train map - actually see them move!
• Weekend closure information - plan ahead.
• Live map and auto-discovery of nearest stations.
• Live map of Barclays Cycle Hire stations, with directions.
• Bike Helper™ - automatically discover nearest bike/docking space!
• iPhone 4 enhanced - Crisp Retina Display™ graphics.
★★ FURTHER INFORMATION ★★
■ FULL TUBE MAP
Tube Checker includes the full, latest tube map licensed from TfL, including the very newest stations for 2011. Tap-to-zoom, pan around; even tap on stations to reveal more information.
■ REAL-TIME LINE/STATION STATUS
Why wait until you get to the trainstation to find out that its closed, or that the line is disrupted? Tube Checker provides an instant display of all tube lines and stations, together with real-time status information: Delays, closures, engineering works: youll find all the details here.
■ LIVE DEPARTURE BOARDS
Running to the train station? With our live station departure boards, you can relax and check the train times before you get there! Using the same data provided to the stations themselves, its accurate and up-to-date.
■ LIVE TRAIN MAP
Ever wondered what it would be like if you could see the trains as they move around underneath London? Well now you can! Tube Checker includes live maps showing the real-time positions of trains as they travel around the network.
■ LIVE STREET MAP
Tube Checker not only shows you where you are, it also highlights local facilities and tube stations. Just one tap on a station is all it takes to see live information about that station. Check everything from track closures, escalator malfunctions to real-time departure boards! Includes the very newest stations for 2011.
■ CYCLE HIRE DISPLAY AND REAL-TIME INFORMATION
Londons famous Cycle Hire scheme is really taking off - with hundreds of locations around the Capital, nothings worse than arriving to discover all the bikes are gone. Not only does Tube Checker map out where the cycle hire stations are located, it also tells you exactly how many bikes are left at each one! And with just one tap, it will automatically display the location, and route to, the nearest available bike. Returning your bike? Tube Checker finds the nearest available docking space for you!
■ WEEKEND TRAVEL INFORMATION
Plan ahead with the latest information about weekend engineering works, together with line and station closures. Constantly up-to-date, its fast and accurate.
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† - Live Departure boards and live trains where available; information not available for a minority of stations/lines, e.g. not available for DLR and Overground.
Live train data based on estimated positions using real-time prediction data supplied by TfL.
No warranty is made as to the accuracy or availability of data provided by and contained within this App. All data is provided by Transport for London by arrangement. Tube Map licencsed from Transport for London, registered user No. 11/M/2070/P.