Central Line Tube Tracker
I got feed up trying to work out when my wife says shes on a train when she arrive.
Using a ESP8266 and some LCD displays the headake which is the Transport For London (TFL) API code. 3 displays show up. This is a project that tracks trains from Shepard's Bush to Loughton. With a display at Woodford and Leytonstone as these are key points.
With in the project I also wanted a mobile friendly way on the go to see the data. Most the time I am on a VPN so I got access to the LXC. With in this project I can access where a train is, a ETA of its arrival to Loughton and some other bits like a arrival times at other key points.
The map was a struggle as it did not line up to well. The other bit is sometimes TFL returns some intresting errors. Epping Station as a terminus comes out with "check front of train". the Hainault via Newbury park loop causes a lot more issues.
Could of done with the longer tip pens. Might of been able to mount the displays better as a lot them only 3 out of 4 standoff are used. The cables go behind the back of the board to hide it. The ESP8266 now talks back to the LXC. On boot up it shows the IP address of the device and the LXC to make sure its connected. It works so well
Covered a a4 MDF sheet with some brick work. I could of grabbed some black paint but I felt it would not look as great.
Now had to use a LXC on a proxmox server to grab the API data. TFL data gives a lot that can be linked up.
