What you mightwant to know.

Platform is a free public transport app for Sydney, on iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. It shows live trains, metro, buses, ferries and light rail on one map, plus departure boards, journey planning and trip tracking. It is available on the App Store for iPhone, and by invitation on Android.

We are biased, so judge for yourself. If you want trains, metro, buses, ferries and light rail in one app, with every time marked live, predicted or timetable, and no ads or account, that is what we built Platform to do. It is free, so try it on your usual trip and decide.

Yes. Platform is free and has no ads. It takes no payments and you do not make an account. It is a non-commercial project, and we have no plans to add a paid tier.

Sydney Trains, Sydney Metro, buses, ferries and light rail, all on one map, with departures and your journey in the same place.

Platform is built and tested for Sydney. It uses Transport for NSW data, but its maps, planning and testing focus on Sydney trips, and live data is not available at every stop. For travel further afield in NSW, check Transport for NSW as well.

Yes. Pick a start and a destination and Platform plans the journey across every mode, with platforms, times and changes. You can save the trips you make often, and follow a journey as you travel with the next stop and change kept in view.

Yes. Platform is a native app on each. On iPhone it has Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and an Apple Watch app. On Android it has an ongoing tracking notification and a journey widget. Some beta features differ between the two.

Yes, where Transport for NSW publishes live data. Platform uses the Transport for NSW real-time feeds for trains, Sydney Metro, buses, ferries and light rail. When no live update is available, it aims to show the timetable time without the live icon rather than pass it off as live.

An icon beside a time says where it comes from, where Platform can tell.

No. Platform is independent. It uses open data published by Transport for NSW under a Creative Commons licence, but it is not made, endorsed or operated by Transport for NSW or the NSW Government.

Carriage hints come from OpenStreetMap, where volunteers tag which part of a platform suits each exit. They are a guide, not live data, and may be missing or out of date at some stations.

There is no account. Completed trips are kept on your device, and Platform does not record a GPS trace. On Apple devices, saved trips can sync through your own iCloud account. Journey planning sends your chosen start and destination to Transport for NSW through the Platform server, and the Android Nearby screen sends your location to the server for that one request. The Android beta collects app analytics to help testing. The privacy policy explains all of it.

Yes. Anyone with the link can see your route, stops, progress and times. Your position along the route can show exactly where you are, but your GPS location isn’t shared. The link expires 8 hours after you create it, or sooner if you stop sharing.

Platform is now on the App Store for iPhone. On Android, request access to the Google Play closed test from platformtransit.com.

Immanuel Lam (founder) started Platform in Sydney, and Hunter Balderson (co-founder) joined later to bring it to Android. We were both tired of apps that show a timetable time as if it were live.