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Lineside Ink
A live train display for your home

Know what’s coming down the line.

If a passing train still makes you look up, this is for you. See passenger and freight trains approaching your favourite station, on a display made for your home.

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First batch · Expected price: £149
In your home

Where would you put yours?

Beside your favourite books. Something to glance at between emails. Another train to show the children.

The green Lineside Ink display on a windowsill beside a houseplant, showing a Great Western service from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington approaching Bath Spa.
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Follow somewhere close to home, or a favourite station miles away.

Passenger and freight
No subscription required
Hand-assembled in Hertfordshire
Passenger and freight

The ones worth looking up for.

The freight you stop to watch. The express you follow until it disappears. See trains approaching your chosen location, including those passing straight through.

A pen-and-ink drawing of a railway running through open countryside: a passenger train, a non-stopping service and a freight working, each heading along the line towards the same place.
Stopping passenger trainPassing expressFreight trainThe place you follow

Train information depends on the live data available.

How this differs from a departure board →
Display modes

What’s next? What was that?

Choose the view that suits your curiosity.

Next Train

An LNER Class 91 working King's Cross to Leeds on the East Coast Main Line, one minute from Alexandra Palace at 21:45, with its position marked on a diagram of the line.
See the next train approaching the place you follow, ready for your next glance.

Next Three

Three approaching services listed with their headcodes, routes and arrival times: a Grand Central DMU in two minutes, an LNER Class 800 in four and a Thameslink Class 700 in five.
See the next three approaching trains together, with their estimated arrival times.

Just Seen

A Grand Central DMU working Sunderland to King's Cross London on the East Coast Main Line, with its position marked on a diagram of the line.
Wondering what that was? Look back at the train that most recently passed.

Stats

Explore the activity at your chosen location between trains.
Meet Lineside

Take a closer look.

Rotate the display, then choose a label to explore the case or the screen.

Dimensions and specifications →

A gift

You know who’d love this.

The dad with a shelf full of railway books. The friend who always spots the freight. The partner who’ll watch just one more train.

Choose their colour. They can choose their railway when they open it.

Explore Lineside as a gift
The green Lineside Ink display on a wooden shelf beside a hi-fi speaker and a trailing plant, its e-paper screen showing an approaching service on the East Coast Main Line.
How it works

Pick your railway. Find it a home.

  1. 01 — Connect and choose

    Use your phone or computer to connect Lineside Ink to your Wi-Fi and choose the places you want to follow.

    A pen-and-ink drawing of a phone beside a map of railway lines winding through open country, with two saved locations marked on it.

  2. 02 — Find its place

    Put it somewhere you’ll enjoy glancing over as the day goes on.

    A pen-and-ink drawing of Lineside Ink standing on a shelf between a row of books and a potted plant, a train showing on its display.

  3. 03 — Enjoy what comes next

    The display updates as trains approach. Take a look whenever you feel like following along.

    A pen-and-ink drawing of a train running along the open line past a lineside signal.

Setup needs 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and a web browser. There’s no app to install.

How does it know what’s coming? →
Lineside Spotter

Which railway would you follow?

Start with a station you know. Find a busy hour, look for freight, or discover somewhere new with Lineside Spotter.

Explore Lineside Spotter

Check display coverage before ordering.

Somewhere to start

Who makes it

It started with the trains outside our window.

I live near the railway, and my children love watching the trains go by. Finding out what was coming meant opening a live tracking website. I wanted something we could simply glance at, so we could get on with watching.

That became Lineside Ink.

Each display is assembled and tested here in Hertfordshire.

Read the story →

Questions

A few things people ask.

Choose from around 4,000 supported railway locations across Great Britain. You can save up to 100 and change your choices after setup. You can follow somewhere miles from home, too. Check supported locations before ordering.

A 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi connection with internet access, and a browser on your phone or computer. There’s no app to install. Once set up, the display updates on its own.

No. There’s nothing to pay to keep your display working.

Use it on battery power, with up to four months between charges, or leave it connected by USB-C.

Your display, a USB-C cable and printed setup, safety, warranty and returns information. A mains power adapter isn’t included.

Full product details, specifications and setup →

The green Lineside Ink display on a shelf beside a terracotta plant pot, its screen showing approaching Southeastern services at Broadstairs.

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