Phone — NexTrain

NexTrain
(Apple iOS / Android OS)

Welcome

Welcome to NexTrain, your source for GB train status updates.

NexTrain delivers real-time train departure information for England, Scotland and Wales straight to your phone — powered by National Rail Enquiries, the same trusted source behind the station display boards across the country.

Getting Started

Download the app from your favorite store then open it up to see the friendly welcome tour and start checking your trains today!

Portrait Mode

Let's dive into NexTrain's great features. Starting with Portrait mode that shows a list of upcoming departures plus details of the individual departure you have selected.

NexTrain - Portrait Mode

Header

At the top of the screen you can see the current station name

Tap the station name to go to Station Selection screen where you can search and also manage favourites

The button on the left of header will take you to your home station (if you have one set in favourites)

The button on the right will take you to your nearest station.

Top half of screen

View details of the currently selected departure.

From here you display the departure (or arrival) time, carriages and loading information

You can also choose from 4 great board layouts or change your whole theme

Any status information about the station or current service will scroll for you to read

Bottom half of screen

Tap Departures to view a list of trains leaving the currently selected station.

From here you can show arrivals/departures, expand routing (via) information, filter services or jump forwards/backwards in time 30 minutes

Buttons and controls

Visit our How To guide to get the lowdown on all of the various buttons and controls

Alternatively long-press on a button to show a pop-up that tells you what it does

⚠️ You need to give permission to use location for the nearest station feature to work!

Landscape Mode

Next we have Landscape Mode. This is shows you the next trains for your current platform. Swipe to change platform.

NexTrain - Landscape Mode

Header

In the header you can see the current station name

Tap the station name to go to Station Selection screen where you can search and also manage favorites

Tapping the board icon in the header (to the right of the station name) will rotate through the available platforms

Main part of the screen

View the trains calling at the current platform

1st and 2nd Trains are always called out, and you see calling points for the 1st train

3rd and subsequent trains will scroll below every few seconds

Footer

Confirms your currently selected platform and the time

Buttons and controls

Visit our How To guide to get the lowdown on all of the various buttons and controls

Alternatively long-press on a button to show a pop-up that tells you what it does

Portrait Features

These additional screens are available using the buttons indicated

Select Station

Tap on the station name when in Portrait (or Landscape) modes to bring up the Station Selection screen.

NexTrain - Filter Destination

Keyboard

The station selection screen has a custom keyboard just like on station ticket machines. The next available letter(s) are highlighted as you type.

However if you'd prefer to use your phone's built in keyboard just tap on the keyboard icon to switch.

Stations

Name - Type part of the station name to search

CRS - Type part of the station Computer Reservation System codes to search (eg: MAN for Manchester Piccadilly)

Recent - Stations you have selected while you've been using NexTrain

Near - If you've given permission to use your location then you'll see the 20 nearest stations listed here

Tip! You can display the distances in Miles or Km by tapping on the Walking Man icon.

Stations

Favourites - Tapping on a rail icon will mark any station as a favorite.

Home/Work - If you swipe right on a station name it will bring up some additional icons where you can mark a home or work favorite.

You can view your favourites in the Fav view of this screen.

⚠️ You need to give permission to use location for the nearby stations feature to work!

Filter Destination

Tap on the filter icon to bring up the a screen of calling points. Choose a calling point and the destination list will prioritize those services at the top.

NexTrain - Filter Destination

Filtering

Simply search the list and tap on the station to filter

If you tap on the filter icon with a filter already selected it will be cleared, tap again to re-select

If you tapped the button by accident, just tap Cancel

NexTrain will remember the filter you set for each station separately!

Favourites

If you've marked any favourites, and they are in the calling point list then they'll be shown at the top

⚠️ The calling points shown are current calling points of current services from this station, it is not a list of all possible calling points from the station, only services that are departing or arriving at this time

Arrange Boards

Tap on the overlapping squares to bring up the Arrange Boards screen.

NexTrain - Arrange Boards

Choose A Layout

Tap on a layout to activate it.

Tap outside the box and the screen will disappear. Or you can just wait a few seconds

The 4 Board Layouts

Taken clockwise:

Information / Destinations - Details of the currently selected service show above, a list of services below.

Information only - Details of the currently selected service. You can swipe right/left to go through the available services.

Destinations only - A list of destinations. Useful if you want to show more destinations at a glance.

Destinations / Information - A list of services shown above, details of the currently selected service show below,

Tip! Double tap on a service in the destinations list to go directly to the Information Only View

Select Theme

Tap on the layered squares to bring up the Theme gallery.

NexTrain - Theme Gallery

Available Themes

There are 18 great themes to choose from! Scroll through to see them all.

If you have particular favourites you can drag to re-order the list. Or tap the reset button (top right) to return to the original order
There are many different styles, most modeled on real world display boards

Classic themes include Dot Matrix and Solari (clapper board) style

We also have some more modern styles that you will recognize from particular Train Operating companies including some of the more recent digital displays.