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Next Depart NSW · by The Owlery Works

Sydney’s next train, bus or ferry,
on your watch.

The next train, metro, light rail, bus, ferry or coach from the stop you are standing at, anywhere in New South Wales. A watch app for round colour Garmin watches.

No account No ads All of NSW Watch app

Finishing final touches. Not on the Connect IQ Store yet — the link appears here the day it is.

See it working How to use it Privacy policy
A round watch screen at Town Hall Station: a T4 to Central from platform 4 now, and a T8 City Circle from platform 6 now, with dots marking live times and a hint below: Scroll up: Change Stop.

What you get

Raise your wrist, not your phone.

  • Your stop, found

    It finds the stop you are at and lists its modes, each with the next departure.

  • Live where it can be

    The timetable, corrected with live data. A dot marks a live time; cancelled services are struck through.

  • The stops ahead

    Choose a departure to see every stop to the end of the line, and when it gets there.

  • A buzz before your stop

    Within 400 metres, or a set number of minutes before it is due. The time-based alert works in tunnels.

  • At the wrong stop?

    Scroll up to the stop’s name for the stops nearby, grouped within 100 m, 500 m and 1 km.

  • Set on the watch

    Text size, the alert and location, from the watch itself.

On the watch

See it working.

Real screens, with live data from one evening at Town Hall.

The mode list at Town Hall Station: Trains with 18 routes, the next a T8 City Circle now; Light Rail with 5 routes, an L2 to Randwick in 1 minute; Buses with 13 routes, a 389 to Maritime Museum now. Each mode has a small white pictogram in a blue circle.
The modes at your stop, each with its next departure.
Trains at Town Hall Station: a T4 to Central from platform 4 now, then in 30 and 60 minutes, and a T8 City Circle from platform 6 now, then in 4 and 15. Dots mark live times.
Routes, platforms, and a dot on every live time.
A T1 to Richmond, on time: Town Hall now, Central in 3 minutes, Redfern in 7, Strathfield in 17, then 18 more stops to Richmond at 10:34. Strathfield is highlighted, with the get-off alert set there.
The stops ahead, and an alert set at Strathfield.
A full-screen alert inside an amber ring: GET OFF, Next stop Central, Press any button.
The watch buzzes before your stop.
Nearby stops: within 100 metres, Town Hall Station, stop 200070, 7 metres away; within 500 metres, Gadigal Station, stop 200066, 178 metres away.
Another stop nearby, nearest first.
The same trains screen on a watch with a white display: a T4 to Central from platform 4 now, and a T8 City Circle from platform 6 now.
The same, on a white display.

Scroll sideways for all six.

Your location

Only when you say so.

The first time it opens, the app asks before it uses your location, and does nothing until you allow it. Then the watch sends its position to our server to find your stop. The server answers and does not keep it. No account, no ads, no analytics.

Read the privacy policy
The first-launch screen, titled Location: To find the stops near you, Next Depart NSW sends this watch’s position to our server. The server answers and does not keep it. START: Allow. BACK: Not now.

What it needs

A watch, your phone, and NSW.

Timetable and live data: Transport for NSW, under CC BY 4.0. Next Depart NSW is not affiliated with or endorsed by Transport for NSW or Garmin.

Next Depart NSW requirements
WatchRound colour Garmin watches with Connect IQ 3.2 or later. The store lists each model.
PhoneNearby, with the Garmin Connect app and an internet connection.
GPSTo find the nearest stop.
WhereNew South Wales. English only.

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