Independent Guide · ASA / CAP Code · Acceptable Use
Terms
These terms cover use of Tube Hound at tubehound.co.uk, including the live board, Ask, the static guides, and the /hound/* and /hound/mcp interfaces. Last updated 7 November 2026.
What this is
An independent guide
Tube Hound is an independent informational transit and venue guide for London. It reports status, typical waits, interchange walks, and places that should be open when you arrive. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Transport for London, and it is not a ticket retailer.
Check official TfL sources before you rely on a live travel decision. A sentence on this site can lag a disruption, miss a lift, or describe a venue that has since shut.
Open data
Attribution
Status, stations, and routing context are powered by TfL Open Data and contain OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Live UK mainline rail departure boards and airport/matchday rail timings are powered by National Rail Enquiries (OpenLDBWS OGL). Food-venue rows drawn from the UK Food Standards Agency Food Hygiene Rating Scheme are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Opening hours and map geometry include data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
UK ASA · CAP Code
Sponsored placements and outbound links
Some venues pay to be featured. A paid placement costs £49 per month and is advertising under the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (the CAP Code), which the Advertising Standards Authority administers. In answers, a paid venue is labelled Sponsored · Ad · Hound Pick. Editorial Hound Picks and open-data local spots are not that label.
Outbound rail and ticketing links — National Rail departure boards, Heathrow Express, and similar operator pages — are commercial outbound links. They are marked rel="sponsored" and carry a Tube Hound campaign parameter. They are not endorsements by those operators, and they are not TfL services. Follow them only if you want that operator’s own site.
Acceptable use
Rate limits
You may query the site and its agent interfaces for personal travel and venue questions, and for reasonable automated use that stays inside the published limits. /hound/* allows 30 requests per minute per client. Language-model questions, including ask_tubehound on /hound/mcp, allow 12 requests per minute per client. Over the limit, the API responds with HTTP 429.
Do not bypass those limits, probe the service for weaknesses, or use it to misuse someone else’s data. We may throttle or refuse a client that does.
Live travel
No warranty
Tube Hound is provided as-is. We do not warrant that status, headways, lift notes, walking times, opening hours, or venue picks are complete, current, or fit for a particular journey. To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of England and Wales, Tube Hound is not liable for loss arising from a live travel decision made using this site — a missed train, a closed entrance, a shut kitchen, or a fare you bought elsewhere.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for any other liability that English law does not allow us to exclude. These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Questions: hello@tubehound.co.uk. How we handle personal data is in the privacy notice.
Powered by TfL Open Data and National Rail Enquiries (OpenLDBWS OGL). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Food Standards Agency data © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Opening hours & map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Reporting only — not affiliated with TfL or National Rail.