Board compared with other London departure displays

TfL Go, Stationly, TubeBoard, Home Assistant, DAKboard, a DIY Raspberry Pi build and Desktop Departures, side by side with Board.

Each does a different job. Phone apps are for the screen in your hand. Physical boards are objects you buy or build. Board is a web page you leave open on a screen you already own. Details below come from each product's own pages, checked on 19 October 2026. Prices and features change, so follow the source links before you buy.

Board

What it is: Free hosted web page from this site. Not an app-store app.
Runs on: Any screen with a modern browser: an old iPad in Safari, a TV or monitor browser, a laptop.
Cost: Free. No account and no personal TfL API key.
TfL data: Live Tube, Elizabeth line, Overground, DLR and bus arrivals for a stop you choose, line status, river bus and cycle hire panels.
Good fit for: A screen that stays on by the door or in the kitchen, using hardware you already own.
Sources: Board builder

TfL Go

What it is: Transport for London's official travel app.
Runs on: iPhone, iPad and Android.
Cost: Free.
TfL data: Live arrivals for bus, Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR, tram and National Rail, plus line status, journey planning, step-free mode and Oyster and contactless account tools.
Good fit for: Planning a journey or checking a stop on the phone in your hand, including step-free routes.
Sources: TfL: TfL Go · App Store listing

Stationly

What it is: Independent departure-board app and home-screen widget.
Runs on: Android home-screen widget, with a full-screen board when the phone is charging or docked.
Cost: Free, with an optional in-app support purchase (developer's launch post).
TfL data: Tube, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line, National Rail and bus departures from TfL open data.
Good fit for: Seeing the next departure on an Android home screen, or turning a docked Android phone into a small board.
Sources: stationly.co.uk · Developer post, r/droidappshowcase

TubeBoard

What it is: Independent station-board app.
Runs on: iPhone and iPad, with Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro support.
Cost: Free tier. Premium is monthly, yearly or lifetime.
TfL data: Underground, Elizabeth line, DLR and London Overground departures grouped by platform, plus line status. Free covers live arrivals and one saved station; Premium adds widgets, Live Activities (including StandBy) and alerts.
Good fit for: A platform-style board on an iPhone or iPad, on the Lock Screen or in StandBy.
Sources: App Store listing

Home Assistant kiosk

What it is: Open-source home automation server with a dashboard shown full screen on a tablet.
Runs on: A Home Assistant server you run, plus a tablet or screen showing its dashboard.
Cost: Free software. You provide and maintain the server.
TfL data: The built-in London Underground integration reports line status (Tube, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line). It does not provide station arrivals; a Board URL can be shown in a dashboard web card.
Good fit for: Homes that already run Home Assistant and want transport next to lights, heating and sensors.
Sources: Home Assistant: London Underground

DAKboard

What it is: Wall-display service for calendars, photos, weather and news.
Runs on: Any device with a web browser, or DAKboard's own wall displays.
Cost: Free plan with DAKboard branding. Essential $5 and Plus $8 a month billed annually (USD). Wall displays from $699.95.
TfL data: No TfL departures block that we found. Its Traffic & Transit Times block needs a paid plan and your own Google API key with billing; a website block can embed a page such as a Board URL.
Good fit for: A family calendar and photo frame first, with transport as one block among many.
Sources: DAKboard pricing · DAKboard: Traffic & Transit Times block · DAKboard shop

DIY Raspberry Pi LED or OLED build

What it is: A hobby build: a small computer driving a dot-matrix style display.
Runs on: For example a Raspberry Pi Zero and a 256×64 OLED, as in the open-source train-departure-display project.
Cost: Parts plus your time. The software is free.
TfL data: That project reads National Rail data with an OpenLDBWS key. Tube arrivals mean writing or adapting code against the TfL Unified API yourself.
Good fit for: People who want a physical, sign-like object and enjoy building and maintaining it.
Sources: chrisys/train-departure-display · Configuration docs

Desktop Departures

What it is: A ready-made miniature departure board from UK Departure Boards.
Runs on: Its own 10.5 cm, 256×64 OLED device on Wi-Fi.
Cost: £164.99 for the board (listed 19 October 2026), with one month of Premium. Works without a subscription; Premium from £5.99 a month.
TfL data: Tube, bus, tram and river boat from TfL, plus National Rail. One station at a time; Premium can cycle between stations. Data refreshes every 60 seconds free, 30 seconds with Premium.
Good fit for: A gift or desk object that looks like a real station sign, with no screen of your own needed.
Sources: UK Departure Boards: Desktop Departures · UK Departure Boards: subscriptions

Set one up

For an old iPad, see the iPad wall display guide. For a television or monitor, see Board on a TV. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

TfL Components is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Transport for London. Product names belong to their owners; no endorsement is implied.

Board compared with other London departure displays

TfL Go, Stationly, TubeBoard, Home Assistant, DAKboard, a DIY Raspberry Pi build and Desktop Departures, side by side with Board.

Board

What it is: Free hosted web page from this site. Not an app-store app.
Runs on: Any screen with a modern browser: an old iPad in Safari, a TV or monitor browser, a laptop.
Cost: Free. No account and no personal TfL API key.
TfL data: Live Tube, Elizabeth line, Overground, DLR and bus arrivals for a stop you choose, line status, river bus and cycle hire panels.
Good fit for: A screen that stays on by the door or in the kitchen, using hardware you already own.
Sources: Board builder

TfL Go

What it is: Transport for London's official travel app.
Runs on: iPhone, iPad and Android.
Cost: Free.
TfL data: Live arrivals for bus, Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR, tram and National Rail, plus line status, journey planning, step-free mode and Oyster and contactless account tools.
Good fit for: Planning a journey or checking a stop on the phone in your hand, including step-free routes.
Sources: TfL: TfL Go · App Store listing

Stationly

What it is: Independent departure-board app and home-screen widget.
Runs on: Android home-screen widget, with a full-screen board when the phone is charging or docked.
Cost: Free, with an optional in-app support purchase (developer's launch post).
TfL data: Tube, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line, National Rail and bus departures from TfL open data.
Good fit for: Seeing the next departure on an Android home screen, or turning a docked Android phone into a small board.
Sources: stationly.co.uk · Developer post, r/droidappshowcase

TubeBoard

What it is: Independent station-board app.
Runs on: iPhone and iPad, with Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro support.
Cost: Free tier. Premium is monthly, yearly or lifetime.
TfL data: Underground, Elizabeth line, DLR and London Overground departures grouped by platform, plus line status. Free covers live arrivals and one saved station; Premium adds widgets, Live Activities (including StandBy) and alerts.
Good fit for: A platform-style board on an iPhone or iPad, on the Lock Screen or in StandBy.
Sources: App Store listing

Home Assistant kiosk

What it is: Open-source home automation server with a dashboard shown full screen on a tablet.
Runs on: A Home Assistant server you run, plus a tablet or screen showing its dashboard.
Cost: Free software. You provide and maintain the server.
TfL data: The built-in London Underground integration reports line status (Tube, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line). It does not provide station arrivals; a Board URL can be shown in a dashboard web card.
Good fit for: Homes that already run Home Assistant and want transport next to lights, heating and sensors.
Sources: Home Assistant: London Underground

DAKboard

What it is: Wall-display service for calendars, photos, weather and news.
Runs on: Any device with a web browser, or DAKboard's own wall displays.
Cost: Free plan with DAKboard branding. Essential $5 and Plus $8 a month billed annually (USD). Wall displays from $699.95.
TfL data: No TfL departures block that we found. Its Traffic & Transit Times block needs a paid plan and your own Google API key with billing; a website block can embed a page such as a Board URL.
Good fit for: A family calendar and photo frame first, with transport as one block among many.
Sources: DAKboard pricing · DAKboard: Traffic & Transit Times block · DAKboard shop

DIY Raspberry Pi LED or OLED build

What it is: A hobby build: a small computer driving a dot-matrix style display.
Runs on: For example a Raspberry Pi Zero and a 256×64 OLED, as in the open-source train-departure-display project.
Cost: Parts plus your time. The software is free.
TfL data: That project reads National Rail data with an OpenLDBWS key. Tube arrivals mean writing or adapting code against the TfL Unified API yourself.
Good fit for: People who want a physical, sign-like object and enjoy building and maintaining it.
Sources: chrisys/train-departure-display · Configuration docs

Desktop Departures

What it is: A ready-made miniature departure board from UK Departure Boards.
Runs on: Its own 10.5 cm, 256×64 OLED device on Wi-Fi.
Cost: £164.99 for the board (listed 19 October 2026), with one month of Premium. Works without a subscription; Premium from £5.99 a month.
TfL data: Tube, bus, tram and river boat from TfL, plus National Rail. One station at a time; Premium can cycle between stations. Data refreshes every 60 seconds free, 30 seconds with Premium.
Good fit for: A gift or desk object that looks like a real station sign, with no screen of your own needed.
Sources: UK Departure Boards: Desktop Departures · UK Departure Boards: subscriptions

Set one up

For an old iPad, see the iPad wall display guide. For a television or monitor, see Board on a TV. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

TfL Components is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Transport for London. Product names belong to their owners; no endorsement is implied.

Board compared with other London departure displays

TfL Go, Stationly, TubeBoard, Home Assistant, DAKboard, a DIY Raspberry Pi build and Desktop Departures, side by side with Board.

Board

What it is: Free hosted web page from this site. Not an app-store app.
Runs on: Any screen with a modern browser: an old iPad in Safari, a TV or monitor browser, a laptop.
Cost: Free. No account and no personal TfL API key.
TfL data: Live Tube, Elizabeth line, Overground, DLR and bus arrivals for a stop you choose, line status, river bus and cycle hire panels.
Good fit for: A screen that stays on by the door or in the kitchen, using hardware you already own.
Sources: Board builder

TfL Go

What it is: Transport for London's official travel app.
Runs on: iPhone, iPad and Android.
Cost: Free.
TfL data: Live arrivals for bus, Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR, tram and National Rail, plus line status, journey planning, step-free mode and Oyster and contactless account tools.
Good fit for: Planning a journey or checking a stop on the phone in your hand, including step-free routes.
Sources: TfL: TfL Go · App Store listing

Stationly

What it is: Independent departure-board app and home-screen widget.
Runs on: Android home-screen widget, with a full-screen board when the phone is charging or docked.
Cost: Free, with an optional in-app support purchase (developer's launch post).
TfL data: Tube, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line, National Rail and bus departures from TfL open data.
Good fit for: Seeing the next departure on an Android home screen, or turning a docked Android phone into a small board.
Sources: stationly.co.uk · Developer post, r/droidappshowcase

TubeBoard

What it is: Independent station-board app.
Runs on: iPhone and iPad, with Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro support.
Cost: Free tier. Premium is monthly, yearly or lifetime.
TfL data: Underground, Elizabeth line, DLR and London Overground departures grouped by platform, plus line status. Free covers live arrivals and one saved station; Premium adds widgets, Live Activities (including StandBy) and alerts.
Good fit for: A platform-style board on an iPhone or iPad, on the Lock Screen or in StandBy.
Sources: App Store listing

Home Assistant kiosk

What it is: Open-source home automation server with a dashboard shown full screen on a tablet.
Runs on: A Home Assistant server you run, plus a tablet or screen showing its dashboard.
Cost: Free software. You provide and maintain the server.
TfL data: The built-in London Underground integration reports line status (Tube, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line). It does not provide station arrivals; a Board URL can be shown in a dashboard web card.
Good fit for: Homes that already run Home Assistant and want transport next to lights, heating and sensors.
Sources: Home Assistant: London Underground

DAKboard

What it is: Wall-display service for calendars, photos, weather and news.
Runs on: Any device with a web browser, or DAKboard's own wall displays.
Cost: Free plan with DAKboard branding. Essential $5 and Plus $8 a month billed annually (USD). Wall displays from $699.95.
TfL data: No TfL departures block that we found. Its Traffic & Transit Times block needs a paid plan and your own Google API key with billing; a website block can embed a page such as a Board URL.
Good fit for: A family calendar and photo frame first, with transport as one block among many.
Sources: DAKboard pricing · DAKboard: Traffic & Transit Times block · DAKboard shop

DIY Raspberry Pi LED or OLED build

What it is: A hobby build: a small computer driving a dot-matrix style display.
Runs on: For example a Raspberry Pi Zero and a 256×64 OLED, as in the open-source train-departure-display project.
Cost: Parts plus your time. The software is free.
TfL data: That project reads National Rail data with an OpenLDBWS key. Tube arrivals mean writing or adapting code against the TfL Unified API yourself.
Good fit for: People who want a physical, sign-like object and enjoy building and maintaining it.
Sources: chrisys/train-departure-display · Configuration docs

Desktop Departures

What it is: A ready-made miniature departure board from UK Departure Boards.
Runs on: Its own 10.5 cm, 256×64 OLED device on Wi-Fi.
Cost: £164.99 for the board (listed 19 October 2026), with one month of Premium. Works without a subscription; Premium from £5.99 a month.
TfL data: Tube, bus, tram and river boat from TfL, plus National Rail. One station at a time; Premium can cycle between stations. Data refreshes every 60 seconds free, 30 seconds with Premium.
Good fit for: A gift or desk object that looks like a real station sign, with no screen of your own needed.
Sources: UK Departure Boards: Desktop Departures · UK Departure Boards: subscriptions

Set one up

For an old iPad, see the iPad wall display guide. For a television or monitor, see Board on a TV. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

TfL Components is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Transport for London. Product names belong to their owners; no endorsement is implied.