Out now on the App Store
The bus, train and plane spotting app.
Linesider is the modern logbook for bus spotting, train spotting and plane spotting: it shows what’s around you live, identifies vehicles from a photo, and keeps your fleet lists ticking over.
Free to start · no card needed · every fleet list free to read, no account required.
Around you, live
See the vehicles near you right now, with real fleet numbers, in a growing set of regions. Today that’s the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Snap it, name it
Take a photo and Linesider identifies the vehicle, cross-checking it against live movements and your own catalogue before it fills in the details.
Whole-train spotting
Spot one unit and, where formation data is available, Linesider knows the whole train. Carriage numbers and consists land on the record automatically, locos and coaching stock included.
Fleet lists with a memory
Operators, classes and vehicles in one catalogue. Every spot ticks off progress, and imports build out a fleet list in minutes.
Journeys and badges
Rode it, not just saw it? Log the trip with route and stops, and pick up achievements as your collection grows.
Community catalogues
Share operator fleets and lists with other spotters. Published sets are reviewed, so the shared catalogue stays clean and trustworthy.
On iPhone and the web, your spots sync everywhere.
On Android?
The iPhone app is out and the web app runs in any phone browser today. The Android app is still in testing. Leave an address and we’ll email you once, when the test opens.