Train Delay Alerts
Subscribe for instant email notifications when your train is delayed, cancelled, or changes platform. Free, no account required.
Email sent within 60 seconds of a delay being reported by the live API feed.
Immediate notification if your train is cancelled by the operator.
Alert when the departure platform for your service is updated.
Live GPS alerts for Germany, Ireland, Belgium, Norway, Finland, USA, Malaysia, and more.
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How Train Delay Alerts Work
TrainsTracking monitors live departure data from official national railway APIs across 10 countries. When a train is reported delayed, cancelled, or assigned a new platform by the source API, an alert email is dispatched to all subscribers who have registered interest in that service. The process from API update to email delivery typically takes under 60 seconds.
Real-time alerts are available for countries in our Tier 1 network. This currently includes Germany (VBB Berlin REST API and DB live data), Ireland (Irish Rail Realtime XML), Finland (Digitraffic GTFS-RT), Belgium (iRail NMBS API), Norway (Entur GraphQL), the United States (Amtraker GPS for Amtrak), and Malaysia (data.gov.my GTFS-RT for KTMB and Prasarana services). Switzerland, the UK, and further countries are in progress.
For countries outside the Tier 1 network (including Pakistan, India, and Japan), TrainsTracking uses schedule-based position tracking. Alerts for these countries reflect timetable departures rather than live GPS delay data. The alerts page shows which countries are currently receiving live data.
Tips for getting useful alerts
- Use the train number rather than the name where possible. Train numbers (such as 12301 for Howrah Rajdhani UP, or ICE 693 for Berlin to Munich) are unique identifiers, whereas names can refer to multiple services running in both directions.
- For regular commuters in Germany or Ireland, setting up a weekly alert for your usual morning service lets you plan ahead on days with disruption before you leave home.
- European overnight sleeper passengers benefit most from alerts around 20 to 30 minutes before the main boarding station departure, when platform assignments are typically confirmed.
- During winter in Scandinavia, central Europe, and Canada, weather-related delays are more frequent on long-distance services. Setting alerts for these routes helps you adjust onward connections in advance.
- If you book a connecting ticket, set an alert for your first train. If it delays by more than 10 minutes, contact the operator immediately about connection protection before the onward service departs.