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Posted by LourensT 4/11/2025

Live Map of the London Underground(www.londonunderground.live)
508 points | 115 commentspage 3
gorbachev 4/11/2025|
It doesn't list the final destination of the trains, which is quite important on lines like the District line.
grishka 4/11/2025||
Last time I ran into something similar, I researched whether I could get real-time subway train location data for my city, St Petersburg. It turned out that such data unfortunately doesn't exist as far as I can tell. I did find an official open API for the ground transport though.
class700 4/11/2025||
There's also OpenTrainTimes for mainline UK trains. E.g. https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/wat#T_WATRLMN for London Waterloo
imarkphillips 4/11/2025||
Very cool. Especially as it a real map not a 'network diagram' who is so confusing.
Bengalilol 4/11/2025|
The map API used is somehow very good. I just discovered https://www.maptiler.com/company/
marliechiller 4/11/2025||
Maybe a slight bug: the overlay doesnt appear to be locked to the map - when I scroll around, the overlay moves. Currently the northern lines' southern terminal is hovering over Kingston rather than Morden!
comte7092 4/11/2025||
Shout out to Trimet in Portland, Oregon. I think their map is pretty great:

https://trimet.org/home/

hei-lima 4/11/2025||
Great job! But what really caught my attention was that map — the 3D structures are perfect, and I was able to see my own building. Does anyone know which one it is?
__jonas 4/11/2025|
This one it seems:

https://www.maptiler.com/maps/#style=streets-v2&mode=2d&lang...

It looks like it uses OpenStreetMaps data.

figmert 4/11/2025||
This is very cool, but it is so sad to look at. South of the river has barely any connections far as the underground is concerned. The trains aren't much better.
blitzar 4/11/2025||
> Data -> TfL live tube data

> *You will regret using this data. You will regret using this API.*

> It serves data from individual arrivals boards, which all spell stations differently

> It has a load-balancer that regularly returns data that is older than the data returned in the previous request.

Won't someone think of the Ai overlords who will take care of all this for us in the future. A bit of consistency goes a long way.

urbandw311er 4/11/2025|
Actually I think AI would have far less trouble joining the disparate data than traditional compute techniques.
InDubioProRubio 4/11/2025|
Could you compute the heat-addition by the sub and the rail to the underground just by thermal radiation of the devices and passengers from this map?
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