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Discover the latest mesdeparts.ch improvements for public transport departures, including the new welcome page, clearer platform and alert UI, and a better timetable experience.

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Latest release

mesdeparts.ch v2.7

v2.7

A simpler first visit to Modern, with three example departures and direct access to station search.

A clearer introduction

The new welcome introduces the service and lets you search for a station immediately.

Your board stays accessible

Saved stations and shared links open the board directly, without an introduction in between.

A welcome for small screens

The welcome content scrolls while the search button stays accessible at the bottom.

Recent versions

Find the app's visible changes here, with the current version first.

v2.6

mesdeparts.ch v2.6

This release gives traffic restrictions and works their own card in Modern, with direct access to details and the same visibility controls as Classic.

v2.5.1

mesdeparts.ch v2.5.1

This update makes previous departures available on desktop, improves their dark-mode readability, and makes board controls more reliable.

v2.5

mesdeparts.ch v2.5

This release adds printable QR station posters that preserve the current board context, explain inferred stops, and use the matching Swiss language brand.

Full history 16

Older release notes stay available here without turning the main page into a long wall of cards.

v2.4 · mesdeparts.ch v2.4

This release makes diversions and temporary stops more reliable, clarifies realtime provenance, and targets service alerts more precisely.

More reliable diversions and temporary stops

Journeys supplemented by diversion data keep their canonical identity and actual stop order.

  • Missing lines, temporary stops, and non-served calls are integrated in journey order without unnecessarily replacing the base timetable.

Clearer realtime at temporary stops

The app now distinguishes exact-stop GTFS realtime, same-trip-derived GTFS realtime, and OJP diversion estimates.

  • Exact-stop and same-trip-derived GTFS realtime appear without ~. Timetable-only and OJP diversion estimates keep ~, and an OJP estimate never replaces exact GTFS realtime.

Better-targeted line alerts

A route-wide alert remains visible at line level without implying that every stop is directly affected.

  • Structured stop or trip alerts stay with the correct departure, while route alerts are deduplicated into one line-level notice.

v2.3 · mesdeparts.ch v2.3

This release introduces a new welcome page, improves platforms and alerts in the UI, and makes the timetable experience smoother.

New welcome page

The welcome page now presents mesdeparts.ch, the Swiss domains, and release highlights more clearly.

  • New welcome page with a clearer introduction, better-aligned Swiss domains, and a simpler release section.

Better UI experience with platforms and alerts

Platform changes and alerts are easier to notice, read, and use.

  • Platform, stop, and alert elements are presented more clearly so the board is easier to scan at a glance.

Better timetable experience

Date and time selection is cleaner, especially on mobile.

  • The timetable picker is more comfortable on mobile, with date and time fields that no longer overlap.

v2.2.1 · mesdeparts.ch v2.2.1

This release refines the modern view with a cleaner dark mode, Help in Modern, and trip details with served stops.

New and improved dark mode

Dark mode now uses a unified black background, dark navy surfaces, and fewer visible outlines.

  • New and improved dark mode, with a unified black background and borderless cards.

Help in Modern

Modern now includes Help so guidance is available without switching to Classic.

  • Added Help to the Modern app menu.

Trip details in Modern

Modern now shows a trip details view with the stops served by a departure.

  • Added a Modern trip details view with the served-stop timeline.

Smarter platform fallback

When official data omits platform or track information, mesdeparts.ch can fill it only from a high-confidence learned match.

  • Conservative daytime learning of platform and track assignments, then filling only missing values.

v2.1.2 · mesdeparts.ch v2.1.2

This release refines the modern view with a cleaner dark mode, easier favorite selection, and a button for finding nearby stops.

New and improved dark mode

Dark mode now uses a unified black background, dark navy surfaces, and fewer visible outlines.

  • New and improved dark mode, with a unified black background and borderless cards.

Favorite selection

Saved favorites can be selected directly from the app menu.

  • Added favorite selection so saved stops can be reopened quickly.

Nearby stops button

The locate button helps find nearby stops directly from station search.

  • Added a locate nearby stops button.

Smarter platform fallback

When official data omits platform or track information, mesdeparts.ch can fill it only from a high-confidence learned match.

  • Conservative daytime learning of platform and track assignments, then filling only missing values.

v2.0 · mesdeparts.ch v2.0

The modern card view is now the default experience. It is designed to make departures easier to read on mobile while keeping the classic board available whenever you need it.

Modern board by default

The new card-based board is now the main view. The classic SBB-style board is still available from the Classic button.

  • The new card-based board is now the main view. The classic SBB-style board is still available from the Classic button.

Clearer departure cards

Departure cards now show line, destination, time, realtime status, stop/quay and countdown in a more readable layout.

  • Departure cards now show line, destination, time, realtime status, stop/quay and countdown in a more readable layout.

Better filters

Line chips, filters, and stop/quay controls were improved for faster filtering on mobile.

  • Line chips, filters, and stop/quay controls were improved for faster filtering on mobile.

Realtime clarity

Realtime, partial realtime, scheduled and unavailable states are shown more clearly, with less misleading status labels.

  • Realtime, partial realtime, scheduled and unavailable states are shown more clearly, with less misleading status labels.

Inferred stops

When a stop/quay is inferred rather than officially provided, the app now marks it and explains what it means.

  • When a stop/quay is inferred rather than officially provided, the app now marks it and explains what it means.

Light and dark mode polish

The modern view has been refined in both light and dark mode, including cards, controls, badges and the SBB clock.

  • The modern view has been refined in both light and dark mode, including cards, controls, badges and the SBB clock.

v1.12.2 · Version 1.12.2

This release refreshes the app icon assets, steadies live board refreshes, and updates the Help guide.

New app icon assets

New installs and refreshed app previews use the new mesdeparts.ch home-screen icon.

  • The shortcut icon uses a simpler bus symbol that is easier to recognize at small sizes.
  • Existing home-screen shortcuts may keep their old icon until the device refreshes them or the shortcut is re-added.

Steadier live boards

Boards keep recently updated information visible while the next live refresh is loading.

  • Recent realtime data stays visible during short refresh interruptions.
  • Live updates should feel less abrupt when a refresh arrives late or needs to recover.

Updated Help guide

The Help section now explains common board controls more clearly.

  • Search, favorites, filters, and display modes are described in simpler language.
  • The guide better separates bus/tram display modes from train board modes.

v1.11.3 · Minor updates

Minor UI updates

Minor UI updates.

  • Minor UI updates.

Minor service optimizations

Minor service optimizations.

  • Minor service optimizations.

v1.11.2 · Minor improvements and smoother alert interactions

Small release with minor service improvements, reliability checks, and a smoother way to interact with alerts.

Minor service improvements

Small service improvements make the app steadier behind the scenes.

  • This release includes small service improvements.
  • The work stays focused on keeping the service tidy and steady.

Reliability checks

Reliability checks continue behind the scenes.

  • This release includes ongoing reliability work.
  • These changes keep the release intentionally small and careful.

Alerts & UI

Minor UI details were refined, and the way you interact with alerts is smoother.

  • Main-board search results now stay attached to the search bar instead of behaving like a fixed screen overlay.
  • Alert interactions were cleaned up so opening and reading disruptions feels more direct.
  • A few controls, spacing choices, and board details were also polished for a cleaner layout.

v1.11.1 · Smarter platforms, faster trip details, and quieter update notices

This release makes inferred platform labels and direction grouping more consistent, improves several tricky train-board cases, opens trip details faster, and turns versionless update banners into simple info strips.

Smarter platform labels

Inferred platform labels now appear more consistently, and direction groups stay better separated.

  • Inferred platform labels now appear more consistently in the Stop column, reducing empty cells.
  • Distinct departures stay better separated when multiple services leave the same stop.

Faster trip details

The trip panel opens faster after you tap a departure.

  • Trip details appear faster when you open a connection from the board.
  • Loading feels smoother, with less waiting before the useful information appears.

Quieter update notices

Versionless update banners are now simple info strips.

  • Versionless banners no longer open a big call to action; they stay as plain info messages.
  • Update reminders are more subdued and no longer interrupt reading the board for versionless notices.

Train board improvements

Replacement trains, TGV services, and trains with unknown delay are now handled more clearly on the train board.

  • During disruptions, replacement train services are more likely to appear correctly instead of leaving only the cancelled original train visible.
  • TGV services now stay visible more reliably on the train board.
  • Trains without confirmed delay evidence are no longer labelled by default as having an unknown or indeterminate delay.

v1.11 · Smarter platforms, shareable boards, scheduled timetables, and clearer live cues

This release shows inferred platform labels in the Stop column, improves direction grouping accuracy, keeps active filters in shareable links and saved favorites, adds a scheduled timetable mode for any chosen date and time, and makes live confidence indicators clearer.

Platform labels & grouping

Stops without explicit platform data now show an inferred label (A, B, C) in the Stop column. Direction grouping is also more accurate.

  • Stops without an explicit platform number now show an inferred label (A, B, C) in the Stop column. These labels were previously computed but never surfaced.
  • Direction grouping is more accurate: distinct services now correctly get their own label instead of being absorbed into a dominant group.
  • Inferred labels (A, B, C) are assigned consistently based on direction grouping — the same label always refers to the same direction cluster.
  • The Stop column now shows platform information for a wider range of stops, reducing the number of blank entries.

Saved & shareable boards

Active filters now sync to the URL and are preserved when saving a favorite. Shared links restore the filter on load and always resolve to the correct station.

  • Changing the platform or line filter now updates the page URL in real time. Sharing or bookmarking the URL while a filter is active will correctly restore it on load.
  • Station group IDs are now correctly preserved in shared links — previously some links could resolve to a raw stop ID instead of the grouped station.
  • Saving a favorite while a filter is active now preserves that filter. Tapping the favorite later restores the station with the saved filter applied.
  • Line number chips in the filter panel now share the same visual style as platform chips — consistent size, border, and font weight.
  • The filter state is preserved across page reloads — refreshing the board restores the same filter without any extra step.
  • Switching between stops no longer clears active filters; the current filter is preserved and applied to the new station view.

Scheduled timetable mode

Open a planned board for any chosen date and time.

  • A date and time picker lets you open a scheduled board showing planned departures for any point in the future.
  • The scheduled-mode view is clearly marked so you always know you are looking at planned timetable data, not live departures.
  • A single button returns you to live mode at any time without resetting your station or filters.
  • Filters applied before entering scheduled mode are preserved when you switch back to live.
  • The mode indicator updates in the header so the board state is always unambiguous.

Clearer live confidence

Estimated departures and inferred platforms are now easier to understand.

  • Departures marked as estimated — based on scheduled data rather than confirmed live updates — now display a distinct visual indicator.
  • Inferred platform labels (A, B, C) have a clearer style that distinguishes them from confirmed platform numbers.
  • The tap target for inferred platform labels is larger and more reliable on touch screens.
  • These indicators reduce ambiguity so you can judge whether to rely on the displayed time or platform.

v1.10.7 · More reliable departures, refined trip details, and better readability

This release improves realtime departure reliability, reduces cases where a vehicle could disappear too early, refines the trip-details panel, and improves readability on small screens. Operator labels are more compact and line grouping is more consistent.

More reliable live departures

Departures stay visible longer and adapt more gracefully when live data is incomplete.

  • Live departures are more consistent: cases where a vehicle could disappear too early are handled more reliably.
  • Data stays up to date more effectively even when live information is incomplete or temporarily unavailable.

Refined trip details

The trip panel opens more cleanly, with a clearer loading state and a more readable journey timeline.

  • The loading state and visual hierarchy of the details panel are clearer when it opens.
  • The journey timeline is easier to follow and transitions between stops feel smoother.

Better mobile readability

Narrow screens have more vertical breathing room and the table adapts more cleanly on small displays.

  • Narrow screens now have more vertical breathing room, making the board less dense and easier to read.
  • Labels and the table adapt better on small screens without losing essential information.

Clearer operator labels

Operator names show short abbreviations and line grouping is fairer across stops.

  • Operator names now show short abbreviations where appropriate, freeing up space on the board.
  • Line grouping is more consistent and fairer, including at smaller stops.

v1.10.6 · Easier live reading, a refined header, and clearer updates

This release makes the board easier to read day to day: imminent departures show up earlier, live-data status is clearer, the main header feels more polished, and automatic refresh behavior is easier to understand.

Imminent departures

Departures that are about to leave are now easier to catch at a glance.

  • The flashing live arrival icon now appears earlier before departure, making near-immediate departures easier to notice.
  • Behavior stays consistent across single and dual boards, without changing the rest of the countdown.
  • The board keeps the same overall rhythm, with a more useful visual signal once departure becomes truly imminent.

Clearer live data

It is easier to tell whether live data is up to date or simply unchanged.

  • Live status now better distinguishes a true update delay from cases where the data simply has not changed.
  • Whether live data is healthy, limited, or getting stale, that status is now presented more consistently and explicitly.
  • Result: live indicators are less ambiguous when the board stays stable but realtime service is still running normally.

Cleaner header

The top of the board is cleaner, with better stop-name wrapping and tidier mobile spacing.

  • A very subtle `mesdeparts.ch` signature now sits under the clock to anchor the board's identity without pulling focus.
  • Comma-based stop names now break more cleanly between town and stop name, which improves readability on narrow screens.
  • A few spacing details were also adjusted to keep the mobile layout cleaner without changing board content.

Easier refreshes

When the board stays the same, it is clearer that there was simply nothing new to show.

  • Automatic refresh checks stayed consistent in the tested cases.
  • In the checks we ran, no visible late live-update issue was reproduced.
  • The result is a simpler explanation for moments when the board stays unchanged because there is simply nothing new to show.

v1.10.5 · Faster search, more accurate timing states, and cleaner UI

This release focused on making search much faster, improving timing-state accuracy, and refining first-run and board interactions without changing the broader search contract or weakening matching quality.

Search & availability

Stop search is now faster and more reliable, availability is handled better, and misleading labels are gone.

  • Stop search now responds much faster after you start typing.
  • Availability is handled better, misleading labels were removed, and broad matching with typo tolerance, aliases, and fallback behavior was preserved.
  • Search stays fast without weakening result quality.

Delay and early-state accuracy

Delay and early states now track the real underlying time difference more accurately.

  • Delay and early labels are now based on the real underlying time difference instead of rounded display minutes.
  • This avoids cases where a vehicle could appear delayed too early just because the visible minutes were rounded up.
  • The same threshold handling is now aligned across the single board, dual board, bus alerts, and visible status labels.

Onboarding and default-stop flow

The welcome flow is cleaner, version-aware, and keeps your saved default stop.

  • The onboarding modal now reappears once per app version without forgetting your saved default stop.
  • The old remember-checkbox flow was simplified into a clearer “Make default” action.
  • The onboarding copy and layout were also refined for a cleaner first-run experience.

Alerts & UI

Minor UI details were refined, and the way you interact with alerts is smoother.

  • Main-board search results now stay attached to the search bar instead of behaving like a fixed screen overlay.
  • Alert interactions were cleaned up so opening and reading disruptions feels more direct.
  • A few controls, spacing choices, and board details were also polished for a cleaner layout.

v1.10.4 · Smoother mobile tables, clearer labels, and stronger live tracking

This release makes the departures table much easier to read on mobile, improves labels and wrapping across languages, strengthens RT/live tracking, and keeps both the What's new history and the project docs easier to browse.

Smarter departures table on mobile

On small screens, the table now shares space more intelligently between destination, departure, platform, minutes, info, and the line badge.

  • Width is rebalanced more intelligently between destination, departure, platform, minutes, and info on narrow screens.
  • The far-right info column gives back space sooner, keeping the table cleaner on very small phones and slightly wider responsive widths.
  • Right-side columns stop crowding together as early, so compact rows stay readable longer.
  • Line alerts now sit directly on the badge, reducing wasted width and keeping the column steadier without losing visibility or access.

Labels, headers, and wrapping work better

Full labels stay when they fit, compact ones appear only when needed, and destinations wrap more cleanly.

  • Header labels now adapt better in French, English, German, and Italian.
  • The minutes header is now consistently shown as Min in every language.
  • Italian compact layouts received extra polish, including cleaner Corsia / Cors. platform labels and a more readable Anticipo early-status note.
  • Destination wrapping now prefers cleaner break points such as commas, slashes, and dashes.

Live tracking and freshness improved

Freshness tracking and several delicate live cases are now more robust.

  • Freshness is now tracked more clearly between live data arriving and the board showing it.
  • Live tracking was made more reliable around source details, timestamps, and some transition or flicker cases.
  • Several real samples from Lausanne Bel-Air also helped clarify how updates behave in live conditions.

Help history and RT/live polish

The What's new archive is easier to browse, the docs are mapped more clearly, and a few maintenance refinements keep everything steadier.

  • The missing 1.10.2 notes were restored in the release history.
  • The Help archive shows older releases more cleanly with less scrolling.
  • Project documentation was clarified, and a few maintenance fixes keep updates steadier too.

v1.10.3 · Refinements, freshness improvements, and lighter refreshes

This release combines UI polish, stationboard correctness fixes, better freshness checks, and lighter board refreshes.

Dual and single board UI refinements

Improved dual-board controls, layout behavior, and responsive table handling.

  • Improved dual-board controls, layout behavior, and responsive table handling.
  • Restored live-data status inside embedded dual boards.
  • Refined filters, search feedback, delay display, and “Served by lines” behavior across single and dual boards.
  • Improved blue-surface text contrast and cleaned up leftover UI styling.

Onboarding and language improvements

Added a language switch directly inside the onboarding / first-stop modal.

  • Added a language switch directly inside the onboarding / first-stop modal.
  • Connected onboarding language selection to the shared app language flow so copy updates immediately and persists correctly.
  • Refined the selector styling to better match the rounded input design.

Better board coverage and disruption handling

Fixed missing ferry departures and improved handling for some complex board disruption cases.

  • Fixed missing ferry departures for stops such as Lausanne-Ouchy (lac) and Nyon (lac).
  • Complex cases where a train is short-turned or replaced by a continuation service are handled more reliably in the live board.

Search ranking and availability cleanup

Improved stop-search ranking while keeping broad search behavior.

  • Improved stop-search ranking while keeping broad search behavior.
  • Removed misleading “No service today” labels from search UI.
  • Made availability handling safer so unknown availability is no longer treated as false.

Stationboard correctness fixes

Fixed a realtime fallback issue affecting repeated trip occurrences under parent stops such as Lausanne Bel-Air.

  • Fixed a realtime fallback issue affecting repeated trip occurrences under parent stops such as Lausanne Bel-Air.
  • Fallback matching now handles repeated candidates more reliably while still preferring exact matches first.

Stationboard performance improvements

Improved the stationboard query path and active-service lookup.

  • Improved the stationboard query path and active-service lookup.
  • Repeated refreshes can now reuse planned board rows more efficiently while still applying fresh realtime on every request.
  • This is intended to reduce repeated work and keep refreshes lighter.

Freshness and pickup improvements

Freshness is tracked more clearly between live data arriving and the board showing it.

  • Freshness is tracked more clearly between live data arriving and the board showing it.
  • Freshness checks, refresh timing, and update behavior are more consistent.
  • Added a fast follow-up after certain conditional no-change responses to reduce missed pickup windows on visible boards.

Notes

Realtime freshness validation improved substantially, but some long-tail visible-browser cases still need continued real-world measurement.

  • Realtime freshness validation improved substantially, but some long-tail visible-browser cases still need continued real-world measurement.
  • Planned-row reuse stays short and limited; realtime is still loaded and applied fresh on every request.

v1.10.2 · What's new in v1.10.2

This release makes search, help, and installation easier to use day to day.

Search

Stop search now handles names, variants, and selections much more reliably.

  • Station search was rebuilt to deliver more reliable results.
  • Stop names and common variants are matched more accurately.
  • Typed search, nearby search, and final selection now behave more consistently.

Help and info

Help content is now clearer and aligned with the app's actual behavior.

  • Help content was corrected against the app's real logic.
  • Live-data explanations are clearer.
  • Support access was added directly inside Help.

Install and PWA

iPhone and iPad installation is now guided more clearly, with better installed-app behavior.

  • An install helper was added for iPhone and iPad.
  • The Safari install flow is easier to follow.
  • App install hints and refresh behavior were improved.

Dual board

Dual mode is more compact on mobile and works better in portrait.

  • The mobile portrait layout was improved.
  • The top controls were compacted and refined.
  • Duplicate calls to action inside embedded boards were replaced by shared dual-page actions.
  • A landscape recommendation was added for dual mode.

Performance and search

Live data reaches the app faster, and search was improved.

  • Live-data handling became significantly faster.
  • Search was reworked and improved.
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