departureboard.io for business
Live departures on your venue’s screen
A live departure board for the station nearest your bar, restaurant, café or hotel, on any TV with a browser. Your customers see which train they can still make, and stay for another when they can’t.
This board is live. The venue is made up and two minutes’ walk from the station, so trains leaving sooner are left off.
Up and running in five minutes
- 1
Add a display
Sign in with Google, choose your nearest station and set how the board looks. A live preview shows the result as you go.
- 2
Open the screen page on your TV
Go to business.departureboard.io/screen in the TV's browser. It shows a six-character code.
- 3
Type the code in
Enter the code under “Pair a screen”. The board appears within seconds, and the TV remembers it.
Made for a room full of people
Big, clear type that reads from across the room, and the settings a venue actually needs.
Live, every 30 seconds
Platforms, delays, cancellations and calling points from National Rail’s live data.
Walking time
Tell it how far the station is, and trains your customers can no longer make are greyed out or hidden.
Your look
Navy, a classic amber-on-black station board, or light. Three text sizes, landscape or portrait.
Your name and message
Your venue’s name across the top, and a line of your own in the footer: “Happy hour until 7”.
Opening hours
Outside your hours the screen shows your name and the time instead of the board.
Keeps going
If the Wi-Fi drops, the board stays up with its age shown, and recovers by itself.
Any screen with a browser
A smart TV, a streaming stick, a tablet. Nothing to install.
Every venue, one account
Each display has its own station and settings, all billed together.
One price, per screen
£4.99 a month for each screen showing a board, with everything included. Try it free for 7 days.
Per screen
£4.99a month
7 days free on your first 3 screens. You pay only for screens that are paired.
Get started- Live departures for any station in Great Britain, updated every 30 seconds
- Every setting: walking time, themes, text size, opening hours, your own message
- Calling points, platforms, delays, cancellations and their reasons
- Up to 20 displays on one account, each with its own station
- Add or remove screens whenever you like; your bill follows
- Cancel any time from the billing page
A card is taken when your first screen is paired, and nothing is charged until the trial ends. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Questions
What do I need?
A screen with a web browser and an internet connection: a smart TV’s browser, a streaming stick with a browser, a tablet, or a small computer plugged into the TV. There is nothing to install.
How do I set up a screen?
Open business.departureboard.io/screen on the screen. It shows a six-character code. Type that code into “Pair a screen” on your display’s page, and the board appears within a few seconds. The screen remembers it from then on.
Where do the times come from?
National Rail’s live data, the same source as station boards. The screen reads it every 30 seconds.
What happens if the Wi-Fi drops?
The screen keeps showing the last board with its age. After five minutes without a connection it says so, rather than show times that may be wrong, and it carries on by itself when the connection is back.
Can it switch off when we close?
Yes. Set opening hours and, outside them, the screen shows your venue’s name and the time instead of the board.
We have more than one venue.
One account holds up to 20 displays, each with its own station and settings, all billed together at £4.99 per screen.
How does the free trial work?
Your first screen starts a 7-day trial. You add a card then, and it isn’t charged until the trial ends. Cancel during the trial from the billing page and you pay nothing.
Can I cancel?
Any time, from the billing page. Your screens keep working until the end of the month you’ve paid for.
Does it show arrivals?
Departures only, for now.
Anything else?
Email [email protected]. We read every email ourselves.
