ArrivalTimesLive transit sign

Live arrivals · Chicago trains and buses

Know exactly when to leave.

ArrivalTimes is a WiFi LED sign for your wall or shelf. It shows live train and bus arrivals for the stops you use, and colors every one by whether you can still make it.

Set it up from your phone in a few minutes. No app, no account.

See the board How it works
Time to spare Leave now Can't make it Delayed Detour Scheduled

Simulated panel with sample arrivals.

10Stops

Rail and bus, mixed freely on one board.

15Sec

Live predictions, refreshed every fifteen seconds.

4Layouts

From the most at a glance to big numbers across the room.

0Apps

Nothing to install and no account to make. Setup is in your browser.

Color that means something

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The first number you see is the one you can catch.

Tell the board how many minutes it takes you to walk to each stop. Every arrival is then colored by whether you can still make it. Turn on “hide arrivals you can't reach” and the ones you'd miss drop off entirely.

Prefer something calmer? Plain colors mode turns the status colors white. Line colors and detour marks stay.

Green: you've got timeMore than three minutes to spare beyond your walk.
Yellow: leave nowWithin three minutes of your walk time.
Red: you can't make this oneIt arrives before you could walk there.
Pink: delayedThe train or bus is running behind.
Gray: take it with a grain of saltA scheduled time rather than a live one, or the last known time during a brief outage.
Amber: a detour, and only a detourMarked on the affected row and held steady between buses.

What it does

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Coverage

Up to 10 stops

Rail and bus, mixed freely. Up to 20 directions with three arrivals each, sorted by what's coming soonest.

Live data

Refreshed every 15 seconds

If fresh data stops for three minutes, the panel says NO CONNECTION instead of showing old numbers as if they were live.

Service alerts

Says why, not just “no arrivals”

Canceled trips drop off on their own. Detours are marked. Quiet stops say DETOUR, BYPASSED or NO SERVICE.

Display

Four layouts

Stacked rows for the most at a glance, big numbers for across the room, or a scrolling ticker with full names. Switch any time.

Setup

Done from your phone

Scan the QR code on the label, pick your WiFi, add your stops. No app and no account.

Home

Brightness and quiet hours

Dim it or switch it off overnight on a schedule. A tap of the button lights it for ten minutes.

Smart home

Home Assistant ready

Shows up automatically over MQTT, with a sensor for every direction. Get detour notifications on your phone through Home Assistant.

Reliability

Looks after itself

Signed automatic updates with rollback, and self-healing when something goes wrong. Built to run for months untouched.

How it works

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Plug it in

Power it over USB-C. The board starts its own setup network, with a QR code on its label.

Join your WiFi

Scan the code and the setup page opens by itself. Pick your home network. Typed the password wrong? Setup reopens on its own.

Add your stops

The panel shows its address. Open it on any phone or computer at home, add your stops and walk times, and they appear within seconds.

Read the setup guide

Where it works

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Made in Chicago, for Chicago riders.

Chicago

All eight ’L’ lines and every bus route

Find stations by name, or pick a bus route, direction and stop from a list.

Boston: subway and busAlso supported
More citiesPlanned

New transit systems are added on our side, so boards already on walls pick them up without new hardware.

ArrivalTimes Board

Your stop, on your wall.

See the board