Boards is a CLI written in node.js that shows accurate & live railway station departure boards in the terminal, using data sourced from the National Rail Enquiries API.
Generating a live departure board is easy, and can be done in the terminal using just one command!
Boards clears the terminal before running to provide a cleaner viewing experience
boards [CRS] [NUM]Please note the following parameters:
| Name | Description | Required | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRS | The Computer Reservation System code for the station, you can find a list of all of these here | Yes | - |
| NUM | The number of services to display on the board | No | 10 |
Boards keeps running to provide a live feed of all services, but can be stopped by using Ctrl + C to terminate the program.
Running Boards to generate a live departure board for Birmingham New Street Station
boards BHMReturns the following departure board, last updated (21/04/2022)
Boards is Free Software: You can use, study share and improve it at your will. Specifically you can redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Boards gets all of its realtime data from National Rail's Live Departure Boards Web Service
