Realtime-aware NSW departures

Leave for the platform at the right moment.

A quiet nudge before every train you could catch—timed around your routine and adjusted when the network runs late.

  • Tracks live delays
  • Email or push
  • Your travel window
Example alert Live
Leaving from Redfern
Towards Central
Email alert · example Your train leaves in 2 min Next service around 5:12 pm

Illustrative preview · actual alerts use live NSW departure data

Build your alert

Make the timetable fit you.

Four quick choices. No account needed.

01 Route

Choose a station from the suggestions.

A light direction filter, not a journey plan.

02 Timing
Give me this much notice
minutes before

We recalculate the send time when a departure is delayed.

03 Schedule
Travel days
Some days only happen fortnightly?

Choose the alternating days, then one date that falls in an active week.

04 Delivery

Free to use · no account · cancel anytime with your alert link — it’s the only key, so keep it

Live Departure changes followed

+2 Following trains included

Aboard Mute the rest of your window

A calmer commute

Less timetable watching.
More just-in-time leaving.

  1. 01

    Pick your routine

    Choose a station, the days you travel, and the window you’re usually ready to leave.

  2. 02

    We follow departures

    Set it once, then forget it. Live estimates are checked throughout your window — no app open, no tab left running.

  3. 03

    Leave at the right time

    The nudge lands even with your phone locked. Glance, go, then tap “I’m on board” to mute the rest.

Good to know

Built for departures,
not trip planning.

Train Alerts is an independent utility using live information supplied by Transport for NSW.

What does “Towards” do?

It lightly filters departures by line or train headsign. Because headsigns usually name a terminus, intermediate destinations may fall back to showing every departure from your origin.

What happens when a train is late?

Your send time follows the latest estimated departure. If a train shifts later inside your travel window, the alert shifts with it.

Do push alerts work when my phone is locked?

Yes. Push alerts are delivered by your phone’s own notification system, so they arrive with the screen off and the browser closed. Set the alert once and forget it — there’s nothing to keep open.

How do I get push alerts on iPhone or iPad?

Apple needs a one-time step: in Safari tap Share, choose Add to Home Screen, then open Train Alerts from your Home Screen and tap “Enable push”. From then on alerts behave like any other notification.

Which devices get the push alert?

The device where you tapped “Enable push” — so set it up on the phone you carry. Want another screen covered too? Create a second alert there, or choose email, which reaches you everywhere.

What does “I’m on board” do?

Every alert carries an “I’m on board” action. Tap it and the rest of that day’s window goes quiet; alerts return on your next travel day. To stop an alert for good, use the link on your alert’s details page.

What do you store?

Only the route, schedule, delivery target, and technical details needed to run your alert. Read the plain-language privacy note.