Pro Departure Board

(1 customer review)

£384.99

Display live departures for all your favourite UK Train, Tube, Bus, Tram stations on your own highly customisable departure board. Measuring 100cm, Just like a real station board! Hang it on your wall for that great station experience. Ideal for the home or office. Makes a fantastic gift for all those rail enthusiasts out there. Support’s train times via National Rail live departures.




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85 in stock

Estimated delivery by Monday 07 October

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This item: Pro Departure Board

85 in stock

Estimated delivery by Monday 07 October

£384.99
£384.99
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Description

Supported Feeds

Supports National & Heritage rail, London Underground, Bus, Tram & Metro


departure board web configuration options and features
Station audio announcements featuring Elinor Hamilton & Matt Streeton

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Pro Departure board dimensions

Product Features

  • Designed to simulate the real station departure boards in great detail.
  • View real time train/tube/bus/tram departures for your favourite uk stations/stops.
  • Live train/tube/bus service information from real feeds.
  • Fully configurable (colour’s, arrival times, animation speeds etc..)
  • Web based configuration app  (give it a try)
  • Self updating firmware.
  • Power saving options.
  • Can be mounted to a wall via two adjustable top brackets.
  • Real Audio announcements via Bluetooth or USB Speaker (Note: Requires Voice Packs & Premium subscription).
  • Comes with one month Premium subscription for free.

Subscriptions

Product Details

  • Dimensions: width: 100cm, height: 18.5cm, depth: 4.5cm
  • Display: 192x32px 5mm Full colour RGB LED
  • Networking: dual-band 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz wireless
  • Peripherals: USB3
  • Power consumption: 6 watts (50% brightness)
  • Operating voltage: 5v DC
  • Accessories: Wall plug AC 110v – 250v Power Adaptor 1.5m cable, x2 wall hangers
  • Certification: UKCA

Additional information

Weight 3.5 kg
Dimensions 100 × 18.5 × 4.5 cm

Documentation

  • Installation guide: setup.pdf
  • Installation video:

FAQs

Audio Announcements & Voice Packs

Yes, audio announcements & voice packs require an active Premium subscriptions to be enabled.

  • Make sure you are running an active Premium subscription or trial.
  • Make sure the voice pack was purchased on the same account the Departure Board is attached to.
  • Check the audio is actived under the audio section on the ‘Device’ tab on the web configuration.
  • Check the device type is correct. Ie Desktop Departures will be ‘Internal Speaker’ or ‘Bluetooth Speaker’ and the Classic & Pro will either be ‘External USB Speaker’ or ‘Bluetooth Speaker’ depending what speaker you have attached.

The voice packs must be purchased on the same account the board has been registered with.

Yes, once purchased and there is a active Premium Subscription the departure board will be automatically installed. Give the board about 15min for this process to complete with the board turned on. You can view the status of the installation via the device tab audio section on the web configuration page.

Classic & Pro

Yes, all colours can be changed to any colour via the web configuration app.

Yes. the Classic & Pro departure boards will come with wall mounting hangers if you choose to hang it on the wall.

Yes, the Classic & Pro will require either a external Bluetooth or USB speaker. We recommend a USB speaker as it is far more reliable than Bluetooth and is plug and play.

If you purchased a Classic after 20/08/2024 the board will have a internal 2 Watt speaker built in. You can still connect to Bluetooth or USB speaker if you prefer.

The Classic & Pro departure board display is full RGB ie each pixel can display any colour you choose.

General

Yes, you can display custom messages on the board.

No, all information is displayed via the departure boards screen.

Yes, the boards will pretty much connect to any WiFi network available as long as it supports a network name & password. If using a iPhone make sure the apostrophe is removed from the hot spot name this can be done via ‘Settings->General->About->Name’

No, only one active station is displayed at a time. But there Premium subscription features to make the board automatically cycle between different stations.

Yes, we support 99% of UK Rail, Tube, Tram & Bus station / stops.

No, at the moment they will only show passenger services for passenger stations. But we do plan on adding freight soon!

No, not even Glasgow’s subway has departure boards these days, they have been replaced with frequency displays instead.

If you can find your bus stop / service over at bustimes.org then yes we support it.

Yes we should do! You can 100% find out by seeing if it is listed on our board web configuration app. Please note Northern Ireland is currently not supported (But we are looking into it)

If you can find your rail service / station over at departureboards.mobi then yes we support it.

No, not at this time sadly. We however do support the rest of Ireland!

Yes, All Tyne and Wear Metro stations are now fully supported.

Yes, they make a fantastic gift for any transport enthusiast, young or old.

Yes, the boards support a 24 hour clock.

The information is as accurate as you would find at the real station as we use the same data source

The boards are incredibly customisable with over 100 different options to tweak the display exactly how you want it.

Please contact us at [email protected]

All configuration is done via our web configuration app.

The board will talk to our servers via your WiFi connection and then talk to a variety of external data feeds to receive the relevant departure information.

We ship the boards out within 1-2 days and offer 24/48 hour shipping via Royal Mail and Parcel Force.

The departure information is updated every 60sec in free mode and every 30sec when running a Premium subscription.

Yes, the Desktop Departures is best suited for a bedside table or kitchen top. The Classic and Pros can be placed on top of furniture and come with mounting kits so they can be wall mounted as well.

No, the boards are free to use. Certain options and extra features will require a paid subscription.

Basically just the size, the Classic is 60cm and has an clear acrylic window and the Pro is 100cm. They both have the exact same functionality and run the same firmware.

Yes, all our boards require a internet connection to receive live departure information.

Yes, as long as you have access to WiFi the board will work. It will only show UK time and services though. The board comes with a uk style wall plug power supply which can be run on 110v to 240v. You can swap this with any local 5v 3amp dc jack wall plug with the correct plug for your country.

Subscriptions

You can resubscribe to an existing subscription by going to the My Account section of the website. Then under ‘My Subscriptions’ find the subscription you would like to resubscribe to (usually the latest one) and click ‘Resubscribe’

If you come across any errors or need any assistance please email us at [email protected].

The subscription must be purchased on the same account the board has been registered with.

At the moment the only difference is Premium Plus enables real time bus arrival data as we have to pay for this data up front.

Yes, you only require one subscription. This will cover unlimited amount of departure boards which are attached to your account.

Yes, all our departure boards will work without any subscriptions displaying departures for any UK train, tube, tram & bus station / stop but will have limited options and features available. Click here for more information about the various available subscriptions.

Technical Support

The board is unable to connect to your network. Most common reasons for this are..

  • Check for incorrect network password (They are case sensitive)
  • Check the router supports a 2.4ghz network and is on WiFi channel 1 to 6 and any ‘smart channel swapping’ or ‘optimised network’ features are disabled.
  • Sometimes rebooting the router and then reconnecting the board will fix the connection issue.
  • If the board completely refuses to connect to the network (very rare but does occasionally happen) One solution is to use a WiFi repeater or Wifi Extender to resolve this problem. The WiFi repeater will connect to your router and the board connects to the WiFi repeater. Another solution is to use a WiFi extender which can simply plug into your router via ethernet and create a new 2.4ghz WiFi network for the board to connect to.
  • The Classic / Pro can also be connected via Pro / Classic USB ethernet adaptors if the board is close to a router and you want a direct wired connection. You can also make this setup wireless via wireless ethernet extenders i.e. TP-Link AV1000.

Here are a couple things to check.

  • ‘Filter out services departing in the next x min’ has not been set to a large value filtering out most services at a busy station.
  • ‘Force on ‘no services screen’ permanently’ is not enabled. This will just force the no service screen. to appear.
  • Check there is at least one platform filter selected.
  • Check ‘Include services with unknown platform’ is enabled.

Press the WIFI reset button for 3 seconds to put the board back into WIFI setup mode. On Desktop Departures this is the little black button at the back. On the Classic it is the black button on the side near the power connector. On the Pro it is the green button on the side near the power connector.

The departure boards take 15-20sec to boot when plugged in. They will have a completely blank screen within this time window. There will be a lit green led on the end cap to indicate the board is receiving power. If you do not see this or the board does not boot after about 60 sec please contact support. Check you are using the original supplied 5v 3a power supply which came with the board.

If you are just seeing a spinning icon. Give this guide a go https://ukdepartureboards.co.uk/store/dhcp-error-fix

This warning can be ignored as at this point of the setup the board does not have internet yet.

  • First make sure you are connected to the ‘DepartureBoard’ Wifi network on the same device correctly (You can see a blue tick next to the network name and not a spinning connecting icon).
  • Double check exactly 10.0.0.1:8080 has been typed into the devices browser. Make sure digit zero’s have been used not letter O’s.
  • Sometimes turning off the phones GSM data can help.
  • The boards can struggle with some Android devices, We recommend using iPhones / Laptops where possible.

1 review for Pro Departure Board

  1. Alan Greenwood (verified owner)

    A brilliant full-scale product just like a real one, and an item that will grace any home, business, office, pub, cafe etc.
    The Pro board compliments my small desktop version, so I have opposite ends of the size scale. The pro is a great talking piece, mounted in my office, it features in my TEAMS meetings now, and everyone is always delighted to see it. I have custom station messages set to deliver totally bespoke scrolling messages, relevant to the meeting I’m having. These appear at the interval I set, and behave exactly as station messages. All train info continues as normal and it is a great and unique attention grabber for a business.
    For this feature you would need the premium subscription which is worth every penny as it gives you full control over so many things.
    I also have the voice pack and an external USB speaker, but I keep the sound off most of the time. Switching off sound is a quick job, either turn off in the user interface or unplug the speaker..
    You absolutely don’t need the premium subscription to get all the basic functionality of any station board, but it gives you almost endless customisation possibilities for the price of a pint if you do have it..
    If you like trains or just appreciate a great and truly innovative gadget, you should absolutely have one of these.
    I can’t recommend the pro board highly enough..

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UK Departure Boards are the ultimate enthusiast gadget!

Geoff Marshall
Geoff Marshall

On our Making Tracks layout we’ve got 3 fantastic departure boards, the large one showing real time information from Milton Keynes Central and 2 medium boards showing the destinations of our model trains – simply magical!

Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman

Railcam UK and UKDB have for many years been providing our little departure board widget, buried deep within our live signalling diagrams. The physical boards are the next level though and we recommend them wholeheartedly to any gadget freak or rail enthusiast (or both).

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