About

mycommute.london is a free, independent travel companion for London. It puts live Tube status, real-time departures and station information from across the TfL network — Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR, Trams and Cable Car — into one clean, fast, mobile-friendly page.

Why this site exists

Millions of people rely on Transport for London every day. The data that powers London's network is generously published by TfL through its Open Data programme, but most people never see it directly — they bounce between an app, a station screen, a journey planner and a status page, each showing a different slice of the picture.

mycommute.london was built around a simple idea: a daily commuter shouldn't need to open three things to answer one question. Is my line running? When's my next train? Which platform? All of that should be on one screen, free, with no login, no app install, and no fuss — and it should be genuinely accessible on the phone you already have in your hand on the platform.

That's the gap this site is built to fill: a clean, friendly, instantly readable view of London's live travel network, designed for the way people actually use it.

What the site does

mycommute.london gives you a single place to check:

• Live line status — every TfL line, refreshed automatically, with a plain-English summary of any delays or closures
• Real-time departure boards — for any station on the network, showing the next trains, destinations and platforms
• Station search — quickly find any Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR, Tram or Cable Car station and jump straight to its live information
• Current train locations — see where trains actually are on the line right now, not just when they're scheduled

Everything runs in your browser. There's no account, no installation, and nothing you type is logged or stored on our servers.

How the data stays current

All travel information shown on this site comes directly from TfL Open Data, the official public feed published by Transport for London. Status, arrivals and station information are pulled live each time you load a page or refresh, so what you see is always as fresh as TfL's own systems.

Because the data is sourced directly from TfL, occasional gaps or delays in the underlying feed will be reflected here too. When that happens, TfL's own channels remain the authoritative source.

What we believe

Who runs it

mycommute.london is operated as an independent project by a small team of London commuters and software builders who use the network every day. The team has no commercial relationship with TfL. The site started as a personal tool — a faster, cleaner way to check the morning commute — and was opened up publicly when it was clear other people wanted the same thing.

Editorial standards

The written content on this site — the line guides, the practical guides, the FAQ on the homepage, this page — is original, written by humans, fact-checked against primary sources (TfL's own published information, official histories, ONS data) and updated when the underlying facts change. We do not publish AI-generated filler or scraped content from other sites.

When a fact is genuinely uncertain or contested (for example, a planned line extension that has been proposed but not funded), we say so explicitly rather than presenting it as settled. Operational details that change frequently — peak frequencies, exact opening hours, accessibility status of individual stations — are described in general terms with a pointer to TfL's own authoritative source for the current specifics.

Corrections

We take factual accuracy seriously. If you spot something wrong — a date, a station name, a service pattern, a historical claim, an accessibility detail — please tell us. Send the page, the specific text, and (if you have it) a link or citation to the correct information. Corrections are typically actioned within a few working days.

Send corrections to info@mycommute.london.

Funding and editorial independence

The site is funded by unobtrusive display advertising served by Google AdSense. We do not accept paid placements, sponsored content, affiliate links to specific transport apps, or any other form of commercial arrangement that could influence what we publish. Adverts are clearly marked as such and are placed around the editorial content, never within it.

We have no commercial relationship with Transport for London, with any railway operating company, with any mainline rail operator, or with any third-party transport app. Where we mention or link to other services, it is purely because they may be useful to readers.

A note on accuracy

All times, statuses and platform information shown are as reported by TfL Open Data and are subject to TfL's own real-world conditions, system updates and outages. Departures can change at short notice. For safety-critical decisions, journeys involving accessibility requirements, or anything where being right is essential, please cross-check with TfL directly via tfl.gov.uk, the official TfL Go app, or station staff.

Contact

The fastest way to reach the site is by email. Suggestions, bug reports, missing stations, feedback and ideas are all very welcome.