A travel app aims to shave precious minutes off journey times by pinpointing Underground platforms and the best station entrances.
The latest version of Moovit includes real-time tracking of Tube trains, which the tech firm said they hoped will to “take the guesswork” out of navigating the most time effective entrances and exits for London’s hubs such as King’s Cross.
Tube-only and train-only options have also been added in the latest version, along with departure times for the next few services to ease the stress of knowing the length of waiting times.
Example journey
British Library to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - total journey time: 58 mins
Enter King’s Cross at St Pancras International, Euston Road entrance
Wait on platform five for Piccadilly Line westbound for Uxbridge
Travel 12 stops to Barons Court.
Walk to District Line for westbound service on platform one to Richmond (every 10 minutes)
Travel six stops to Kew Gardens
Exit Layton Place, walk 11 minutes to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.-
As the battle for increasing data accuracy heats up with rivals such as Citymapper, Moovit said they wanted to reduce the “panicking about where to go when you get off the train or that last minute feeling of dread that you’re about to miss your connection”.
A journey, for example, between Oxford Circus and Angel, gives the best route between the two stations as the Victoria Line to King’s Cross, then the Northern Line one stop south.
But while the two-minute difference between the Victoria Line arriving at King’s Cross and getting to the Northern Line for the next departure is too tight, Moovit advises the next southbound trains leaving from platform six are in six-minute intervals.
Moovit’s Alex Mackenzie Torres said: “The new version of Moovit is an important step towards making it even easier to get around London via public transport.
“Giving information like station entrances or exits to take and the time needed to reach a different platform, take an important part of the guesswork out of travelling.
“It’s a daunting task knowing which exits to use, especially in some of London’s biggest stations like Waterloo, where nearly 100 million travellers pass through each year, Victoria at 85 million or Liverpool Street at 64 million.
“Shaving off valuable, and more importantly often stressful, minutes off your journey will make commuting a lot smoother for travellers in the capital.”
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