Are there any apps that tell you how busy a train is on average?

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Are there any apps that tell you how busy a train is on average?

I am on the 20:27 from Clapham Junction to Salisbury and Honiton (usually Exeter).

The train is packed. I am going to Guildford and will be changing at Woking as there is no longer a 20:22 to Guildford from Clapham Junction.

I could have got the 20:20 to Basingstoke but didn't even think to do so, as I didn't think this 20:27 train would be so packed.

I checked the South Western Railway Web Site and found a web page where I could look up how busy my train is into London Waterloo in the morning park. However, this isn't the morning peak and it isn't London Waterloo.

 

[finlaywilson2]

For some railways, Google maps will tell you how busy a train is if you click on the journey you’re travelling on at a station.
The Trainline also gives you information if you book trains through them.

 

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For some railways, Google maps will tell you how busy a train is if you click on the journey you’re travelling on at a station.
The Trainline also gives you information if you book trains through them.

Thanks. Does the Trainline give that information if you don't book trains through them?

I think there is a market for such information.

 

[finlaywilson2]

Thanks. Does the Trainline give that information if you don't book trains through them?

I think there is a market for such information.

I think you do have to book your train though it may be different for some operators over others.

 

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Thanks.

Yesterday I went onto Google Maps for Clapham Junction and at 20:08 it will only show me services up to 20:21.

For Chilworth it will show me departures up to 19:31 tomorrow [now today]. There in lies the problem. Google. They have a maximum number of services they will display irrespective of the time.

So if I wish to get an idea of how busy the 20:27 to Exeter will be I can only find this out less than 20 minutes before departure.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

For some railways, Google maps will tell you how busy a train is if you click on the journey you’re travelling on at a station.
The Trainline also gives you information if you book trains through them.

I believe that works on user reports from commuters or any passengers, when you set up a journey on google maps with specific busses or trains on it it will ask you when your location is at the bus or train how busy it is.

So it could easily not account crowds caused by any local events, may be less accurate right as schools have gone back, or on specifically holiday based times.

 

[finlaywilson2]

Thanks.

Yesterday I went onto Google Maps for Clapham Junction and at 20:08 it will only show me services up to 20:21.

For Chilworth it will show me departures up to 19:31 tomorrow [now today]. There in lies the problem. Google. They have a maximum number of services they will display irrespective of the time.

So if I wish to get an idea of how busy the 20:27 to Exeter will be I can only find this out less than 20 minutes before departure.

If you set your departure time further on, you can click on it and view further scheduled trains.

 

[Krokodil]

TfW does it for their own trains

 

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If you set your departure time further on, you can click on it and view further scheduled trains.

I hadn't thought to do that. Cheers