Live countdowns
The next three trains at your origin, filtered toward your destination — with expandable stop-by-stop journeys.
Live train countdowns, line disruption status, and delay alerts for your morning and evening routes — right in the Chrome toolbar.
Free. No account. Runs entirely in your browser — only talks to the TfL Open API.
Not another generic line-status board. Tube Commute learns your routes and shows trains heading where you're going.
The next three trains at your origin, filtered toward your destination — with expandable stop-by-stop journeys.
Save home→work and work→home. The popup switches automatically based on time of day.
The extension icon turns green, amber, or red when your line is disrupted — glance before you open anything.
Optional alerts when a line on your commute newly delays. Snooze for 1 hour, 4 hours, or until morning.
Multi-leg journeys show where to change, which line to board next, and stops through to your destination.
Full TfL status for Tube, Elizabeth line, DLR, and Overground when you need the bigger picture.
No sign-up. No API keys. Just your stations.
Add Tube Commute from the Chrome Web Store or Microsoft Edge Add-ons. Pin it to your toolbar.
Search your morning and evening stations by name. The extension detects which lines you need.
Open the popup for live trains, or rely on the icon colour and notifications when delays hit.
Your commute data never leaves your device except to fetch live information from Transport for London.
api.tfl.gov.ukStorage — save your routes and settings.
Alarms — check line status in the background.
Notifications — optional delay alerts (you can turn these off).
Not affiliated with Transport for London. Powered by TfL Open Data.
Yes. There are no subscriptions or in-app purchases.
Tube, Elizabeth line, DLR, and London Overground — the modes TfL exposes for station search and journey planning on your commute.
No. Train times and line status are fetched live from the TfL API. You need an internet connection.
No. Tube Commute is an independent project that uses the free TfL Unified API. It is not endorsed by Transport for London.
Yes. Load the unpacked extension from the project folder in
chrome://extensions (Developer mode → Load unpacked).
See the project README for details.
Tube Commute is a free hobby project — no ads, no accounts, no tracking. If it saves you a rushed morning or a missed delay, you can chip in for a coffee. Totally optional.
Prefer the repo? Star or share tube-commute on GitHub — that helps too.