Train Times is a transit utility for the National Rail network that provides live departure boards and real-time route tracking on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Commuters use the product to verify platform information and train status, displacing the need to check physical station boards during transit.
For Commuters and rail passengers in the United Kingdom requiring live transit status updates.
What does it look like?
Key features
Retrieves live departure and arrival updates for National Rail network journeys, driving daily active usage for commuters.
Visualizes train progress in real-time, including past and future station calls, increasing session duration during transit.
Saves specific station departure boards to the main menu for quick access, reducing friction for repeat users.
How much does it cost?
The product operates as a free utility with no visible subscription or IAP gates.
Velocity
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Train Times has been inactive for over nine years, with no updates or feature additions since late 2016. The development momentum is non-existent, as the app has not received any maintenance or content updates in 3,530 days. This long-term stagnation indicates the project is no longer supported by the publisher.
Who built it?
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What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Train Times
How's the Travel market?
Train Times occupies a legacy utility niche, relying on a 2016-era feature set that lacks the ticketing and alert integrations standard in the current transit category. The absence of updates for 3,530 days signals that the product is in maintenance mode, effectively ceding the commuter market to official operator apps.
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Key takeaways for Train Times
Where is it heading?
The transit utility market is consolidating around apps that combine ticketing, journey planning, and real-time disruption alerts. Train Times remains in maintenance mode, and its failure to modernize will lead to continued attrition as commuters prioritize apps that offer end-to-end travel management.
- The nine-year update gap confirms a lack of feature expansion, which accelerates user churn to modern, integrated transit alternatives.
The SWOT
- Live route tracking visualizes train progress across station calls.
- Favorite station boards reduce friction for repeat users.
- Integrate live disruption alerts to increase utility.
- Add ticket purchasing links to capture transaction flow.
Next best moves
Sunset the product because the nine-year update gap prevents competitive parity with modern transit apps → eliminate brand drag
The counter-intuitive read
The product's long-term survival in the store despite zero updates suggests that simple…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Mobile ticketing (available in official operator apps but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The analysis shifted from a general observation of legacy status to a specific identification of functional gaps, namely the lack of mobile ticketing and push notifications for service disruptions. This change clarifies why the product is losing market share to official operator apps.
Bottom line
Train Times functions as a legacy utility that has been surpassed by integrated operator apps, and the nine-year development gap confirms it no longer serves a viable market need.
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Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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