The National Rail Enquiries App for Android devices has been updated recently. You can now ask it to let you know what is the time of your next train as you nearer your work or home station. It then gives a time and platform for your next train and tells you it's on time.
It seems like a really good idea. However currently, if the train is late it gives you the late departure time whilst still saying it's on time.
For example if the 17.52 was expected in at 17.54, it would say something like Next train to Aberdeen is 17.52 on platform 3 and it is on time. I am recalling that from memory but it's words to that effect. Times are random in this example.
Once it has told you this, you don't get a notification if the time has changed.
Now it may be after its told you this "on time", time the train makes up 1-2 minutes of time.
This means a passenger might turn up at 17.53 and find the train doors closed.
Now I'm aware users should allow plenty of time but ui there's a newsagents near the platform, someone might be tempted to pop in, thinking they have a minute to deal with it and still catch the train as the doors shouldn't close until 17.53 and 30 seconds.
I'm sure they will deal with this issue in a future update. The idea is certainly very good and unexpected, considering how old the app seems to be and how I can easily cause it to crash if I so wish.
It seems like a really good idea. However currently, if the train is late it gives you the late departure time whilst still saying it's on time.
For example if the 17.52 was expected in at 17.54, it would say something like Next train to Aberdeen is 17.52 on platform 3 and it is on time. I am recalling that from memory but it's words to that effect. Times are random in this example.
Once it has told you this, you don't get a notification if the time has changed.
Now it may be after its told you this "on time", time the train makes up 1-2 minutes of time.
This means a passenger might turn up at 17.53 and find the train doors closed.
Now I'm aware users should allow plenty of time but ui there's a newsagents near the platform, someone might be tempted to pop in, thinking they have a minute to deal with it and still catch the train as the doors shouldn't close until 17.53 and 30 seconds.
I'm sure they will deal with this issue in a future update. The idea is certainly very good and unexpected, considering how old the app seems to be and how I can easily cause it to crash if I so wish.
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