About Us
Necessity is the mother of invention. I first dreamt up this website whilst sitting in a long queue at the level crossing in Egham. "If only I knew when the damn thing was going to be down before I set off from home", I thought. So, after a few months of tinkering, I made a level crossing predictor which I used for my own purposes for many months.
It didn't really cross my mind to share it more widely, until I had a chat with a taxi driver who was picking me up from airport. He certainly wasn't happy to hear that I had freed up data, but had not shared it more widely.
So, after more months of tinkering, here it is: a comprehensive, live information service for Egham. I've included the level crossing predictor, train movements, buses, weather, news, tweets, road information and more. I hope you find it useful.
I've tried hard to publish the best quality data that I can, but do use it at your own peril. It's just a hobby project after all.
Contact Us
We'd love to hear from you to get your views about this website - either good or bad. Specifically, we'd like to get information about the level crossing prediction algorithm. We can be contacted by emailing:
Acknowledgements
Our sincere thanks to the wonderful folks who built these products and services which we use to power our website:
- Local news supplied by Get Surrey
- Roads and traffic information supplied by Highways England
- Travel incidents information supplied by The AA
- Train information supplied by National Rail Enquiries
- Train line information supplied by South Western Railway
- Bus information supplied by White Bus Ltd
- Council news supplied by Runnymede Borough Council
- Weather information supplied by AccuWeather
- Cinema information supplied by Everyman Cinema
- Maps supplied by OpenStreetMap and Leaflet