Watch Where Your Tube Is In Real Time On This Incredible Map

Harry Rosehill
By Harry Rosehill Last edited 67 months ago
Watch Where Your Tube Is In Real Time On This Incredible Map

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Image: Live London Underground map

Some people are really clever, and society is lucky to have them. Case in point: Matthew Somerville. Previously he put together a real-time map of every bus in London. Now he's done the same thing, but for the tube.

Take a look at the absolute beaut.

We could spend all day watching the yellow dots (representing trains), making their way between stations on the tube map. Somerville's map is even better than that, however. Want to know where the trains are on a geographical map of London? Well, you can do that too.

Image: Live London Underground map

Or perhaps you want things a bit more MI6... there's an alternate skin for the geographic map that's an homage to a map seen in Skyfall.

Image: Live London Underground map

The maps draw from the publicly available tube-countdown data, the very same data  that feeds the next train information boards at stations.

That information can sometimes go wrong — ever seen a train go missing on said boards? Those errors are reflected rather amusingly in the map, as trains float about off course.

Notice the floating trains. Image: Live London Underground map

That's not a detractor in any way — it just adds to the charm of the map. If you click on any of the yellow dots, there's exact data on the train and the route it's on. Go on, have a play around with it.

Last Updated 20 August 2018