Transport fanatic shares must-have for train enthusiasts that gives you live updates from any station
A train lover has been treated to an incredible gift absolutely perfect for any travel enthusiast in your life.
It’s pretty difficult trying to get up for work every morning but one woman now has no excuse after a recent Christmas present.
Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain, 30, was gifted an alarm clock which acts as a live departure board and has built in announcements.
It displays live departure times and real-time data for any UK train, tube, bus or tram journey – including notifications of delays, calling points and announcements.
The transport fan, who goes by the account of @RailwayQueen on Twitter, shared her ‘greatest gift ever’ online.
She attached a video showing rolling train announcements from Manchester Piccadilly Station.
Viewers could see the live updates showed upcoming services to Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport were on time.
She wrote: ‘Can I just show off the greatest gift ever received???
‘Yes, it’s real-time data, and I can set it to any station – it even does announcements if desired!’
She replied to another fan of the transport network who wanted to get their hands on one, sharing where it could be purchased.
Daisy wrote: ‘UK Departure Boards – @RailDepartures,’ who themselves told Twitter users their website had crashed as a result.
They are designed by Russell Pirie, who has been making them at the company for the last fives years and are priced at £164.99.
Of course, her followers were loving the gadget and wanted to snap one up for themselves.
One person joked: ‘That is pretty cool, good for when the trains are actually running.’
‘Omg this is a thing of beauty. I need one,’ another wrote.
Another added: ‘As someone who used to be obsessed and fascinated with the railway system as a teen, I need this to fill my soul.’
‘Oh I love this. Will be buying one the morra,’ a train enthusiast echoed.
Daisy, who also works in rail technology, from Manchester, said: ‘I’ve always been interested in gadget railway tech stuff, so I started the account to share cool train gadgets.
‘You can set it the clock to whichever station you’d like. Now I can wake up and glance over it whilst I’m making a sleepy cup of tea. I was delighted when I first opened it on Christmas Day.
However, she wasn’t able to use it straight away, due to ongoing train strikes: ‘Unfortunately, there was no trains running so I had to wait a few days for it to show some trains.
‘I’ve just accepted a new job which means I’ll have a commute to London – so I’ll set it up for Manchester Piccadilly to London,’ she added.