Terms of use

Last updated: 9 November 2026

These terms apply to the Choo Choo apps for iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac, the Choo Choo server and website at choochoo.stream, and the Choo Choo connector for Claude (together, "Choo Choo"). Choo Choo is provided by Joao Martins ("we", "us"). By using Choo Choo you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use it.

What Choo Choo is

Choo Choo shows live departure information for UK trains: the times, platforms, delays and cancellations for the stations and trips you save. It is an information service. It doesn't sell tickets, reserve seats or change your journey, and it isn't run by or connected to National Rail, Network Rail or any train operator.

Check before you travel

Departure information comes from third-party live data and can be late, incomplete or wrong. Platforms can change at short notice, and some trains aren't shown at all. Always check the station departure boards, the operator's app or National Rail Enquiries before you travel, and allow extra time for important journeys. Don't rely on Choo Choo alone for anything where missing a train would cause harm or loss.

Free service, no guarantee

Choo Choo is free. We may change, suspend or stop any part of it, including the apps, the server, the connector or the data it uses, at any time. We don't promise that it will always be available, fast or error free. Where the law allows, we are not liable for any loss caused by the service being unavailable or inaccurate.

Your account

You can sign in with Apple or Google. Keep your sign-in details safe and tell us if you think someone else has used your account. You can delete your account at any time from Settings in the iPhone or Mac app. You must be old enough to agree to these terms, or have a parent or guardian's permission to use Choo Choo.

Acceptable use

Please don't:

• try to break, overload or disrupt Choo Choo, or send it automated requests beyond normal use of the apps and connector;
• scrape, copy or resell the departure information or the service;
• reverse engineer the server to get around sign-in, rate limits or other protections;
• use Choo Choo to harm other people or to break the law.

We may block or remove access for anyone who breaks these rules.

Apple's terms

If you got the iPhone, Apple Watch or Mac app from the App Store, Apple's Standard End User License Agreement also applies to your use of it. If the two conflict, these terms apply to Choo Choo. Apple isn't responsible for Choo Choo, its service or its content.

Third-party data and attribution

Train data is provided under the terms of its own licence and may only be used as the service allows. Station names and locations come from uk-railway-stations under the Open Database License; the attribution is shown in the app's Settings. Other names and logos are the property of their owners.

Our content

The Choo Choo apps, server, website, name, logo and artwork belong to us or our licensors. You may use them to run Choo Choo on your own devices, but not to copy, modify or make a competing service from them, except where the law allows or an open source licence says so.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, Choo Choo is provided "as is" and "as available", and we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost profit, missed trains, missed appointments, or any loss from relying on the information shown. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that the law doesn't allow us to limit. If you are a consumer, you also have legal rights that these terms don't affect.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. The new version goes on this page with a new date at the top. If a change is significant, we'll say so in the app. If you keep using Choo Choo after a change, you accept the new terms.

Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction, unless you are a consumer living elsewhere in the United Kingdom, in which case the courts of your part of the UK can hear your claim.

Contact

Questions about these terms: nomukaiki+choochoo@gmail.com. Privacy questions: nomukaiki+choochoo@gmail.com. See also the privacy policy.