A web to see nearby TFL trains

Name: A web to see nearby TFL trains
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Author: mgranados

by mgranados·May 25, 2026·2 points·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Yet another transit tracker, but the TFL-specific focus is handy for Londoners.

Strengths

•Direct integration with TFL API provides real-time platform and line data.
•Zero-friction UX: no signup, just location permission and immediate results.

Weaknesses

•Citymapper and Google Maps already solve this with superior multi-modal routing.
•Limited utility outside London; no offline mode or saved favorite stations.

Post Description

This was mostly vibe coded over the bank holiday but the funny thing is that it was derived from an existing stale iOS swift project I started and never finished nor shipped that was built by hand, over the length of multiple months. It's just a ui that asks for your location and shows platform arrivals on your closer tube and overground stations using tfl api. Learned a lot about the setting up of stuff and all my api modelling and schemas hopefully went into shaping this. But it's quite impressive that now any feature can be built and deployed within seconds by claude remotely.