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District line

Transport for London

Elevated chance of disruption

District line

London Underground · eastbound

What we could not confirm

Whether your particular train is running. TfL publishes line-level status, not per-train status, so the operator is the only place that can confirm your train.

So the page says so plainly and tells you exactly where to confirm it.

  • Line status

    Severe delays on the District line between Earl's Court and Tower Hill

    Just retrieved· 2 min ago. Retrieved from the source during this check.

  • Operator's travel advice

    TfL advises using the Circle and Piccadilly lines as alternatives where possible

    Cached· 4 min ago. Retrieved recently and still within its validity window.

  • Your specific train

    Not published by any source we can reach

2 sources checked · last retrieval just now

Or start from a situation

Every shortcut opens the flow with that situation already chosen. Availability of live sources depends on your location and is stated on the result page.

  • Checked every 2 minutes

    While your situation page is open and visible.

  • Official sources only

    Transport operators, road authorities and weather services.

  • 9 languages

    Route names, numbers and places are never translated.

How WAYFINDER works

Four steps, built so you can see exactly where every fact comes from.

  1. 01

    Tell us what happened

    Choose the situation or describe it in your own words. No account, and only the details that change the answer.

  2. 02

    We gather the facts

    WAYFINDER queries the official sources that cover your place — transport operators, road authorities, weather services and government publishers — then records when each answer arrived.

  3. 03

    You get a situation page

    What the sources report, what it means for you, and the specific steps to take — with the official sources behind every claim.

  4. 04

    It keeps checking

    The page refreshes while it is open, and tells you what changed. If a source fails, you see that rather than a blank screen.

Live data

Every fact carries its source

WAYFINDER does not display a status it cannot verify. It queries the official operator or authority for the place you are in, records exactly when each answer arrived, and states plainly what it still cannot confirm.

What we deliberately do not show

  • A per-flight status. No public source we can reach publishes whether a specific flight is cancelled or delayed. Guessing would be worse than saying so.
  • A guaranteed entitlement. Refunds and compensation depend on your route, ticket and the cause of the disruption. We link to the official guidance instead.
  • A confidence figure. Scores imply precision we do not have. We describe the conditions and the reasoning instead.

  • Public-transport status

    Live line and service status from the operators themselves — Transport for London's tube, rail and bus lines, MTA New York subway alerts, and BART service advisories — with the operator's own severity wording.

    Source: Transport for London · MTA · BART

  • Severe weather and seismic events

    Active official warnings from NOAA / National Weather Service and Deutscher Wetterdienst, recent seismic events from the USGS, and a global forecast from Open-Meteo — with the issuing authority and the affected areas.

    Source: NOAA / NWS · Deutscher Wetterdienst · USGS · Open-Meteo

  • Roads and public notices

    Lane and road closures from Caltrans, and civic notices from GOV.UK, each carrying the publishing authority and the time it was retrieved.

    Source: Caltrans · GOV.UK

Supported situations

Five categories have a working official data source today: public transport, roads, severe weather, public notices and flights. Coverage is listed honestly for each.

Available now

  • Available now

    Public transport disruption

    Metro, rail and bus disruption from the operators themselves, with their own severity.

  • Available now

    Road closures

    Closures, diversions and restrictions from national road authorities.

  • Available now

    Severe weather

    Official warnings, what they cover and what they mean for travel.

  • Available now

    Public service announcements

    Health, safety and civic notices that affect where you can go.

  • Available now

    Flight disruptions

    Cancellations, delays, missed connections, gate changes and announcements you cannot understand.

Honest coverage, not a world map

Live integrations cover the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany today. For around thirty more countries, WAYFINDER keeps a verified directory of official pages — the transport operator, road authority or weather service responsible for that place. Where no live source exists, it says so plainly and hands you those official pages instead of guessing.

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Start with what is actually known.

Tell us what happened and where. WAYFINDER will gather what the official sources actually say, explain what it means for you, and give you a prioritised list of what to do next — in your language.

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