hi there i will have a look at this url but again as i stated in one of my other every-mails i use the app when piano tuning or at a chess tournament when it is time nearly to leave the event. i can then see how to get home. i will see how the i-phone acts on the url you stated. thanks. two good things are better than one eh. cheers. ----- source message ----- from: "Dave Taylor" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> to: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> date: 2010/04/13 06:54:19 subject: [access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the I-phone > > > Why not use www.traintimes.org.uk which is perfectly accessible and very fast! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Eleanor Burke > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 8:26 PM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone > > > Not really as over years I make phone calls to find out about train times and > that costs me money. > comoriginal message- > Subject: [access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone > From: william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 12/04/2010 6:28 pm > > a fiver is disgusting just to get train times > > On 12 Apr 2010, at 14:33, john gallagher wrote: > > > hi yes but surely not as accessible be far. > > > > ----- source message ----- > > from: Jonathan <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx> > > to: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > date: 2010/04/12 12:09:11 > > subject: [access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone > > > >ar > >ar > >ar It might be worth pointing out that while the National Rail app is £5, > >ar there are two other apps which use the same data and offer mostly the > >ar same features, free. > >ar > >ar One is the CrossCountry app (but works across the whole UK) > >ar http://itunes.apple.com/app/train-search/id331578824 > >ar > >ar The other is the Trainline app which allows you to buy tickets, too: > >ar http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/thetrainline/id334235181 > >ar > >ar I'd be interested to see how these other apps stack up for visually > >ar impaired users, compared to National Rail's own "pay us a fiver" app. > >ar > >ar On 12 April 2010 12:55, John Gallagher <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> We hear so much about lack of access for us but I installed the uk rail > >>> app > >>> on my i-phone and could not really use it. > >>> I put out a message on the viphone list and a company got in touch. > >>> Dave Addey from the company said that they would like to make this app > >>> more > >>> accessible for blind people. > >>> I now have the updated app hear and it is truly amazing. > >>> you can set your home station and see all the trains leaving and arriving. > >>> You can set a route say from Leeds to Windermere and see the platform the > >>> train goes from and you can see where to change trains. > >>> When you do a search for trains you can scroll down the list of stations. > >>> this is truly brilliant. > >>> cheers. > >>> > >>> inin* To leave the list, 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