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Have I Got Time?

Enter your train's departure time and platform, pick your drink and size, and find out whether you can realistically grab a coffee first.

Assumes you're 30 seconds from the counter right now, ordering takes 15 seconds, and train doors close a minute before the timetabled departure.
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About this tool

Uses the current time on your device plus the typical drink-make times from How Long Will My Coffee Take?. It works out a "ready time" (now + 30 seconds to walk to the counter + 15 seconds to order + the drink's typical prep time) and compares that against the train's "doors close" deadline (departure time minus 1 minute). If your entered departure time is earlier than the current time, it's assumed to mean tomorrow (useful for trains just after midnight).

Spec note: the site owner only explicitly defined the under-5-minutes wording ("You have x minutes and y seconds...") and the over-10-minutes wording ("Possible: Unless a big backlog of drinks being made"). The two tiers in between (a comfortable 5–10 minute margin, and a negative margin where you won't make it) are a sensible fill-in to cover the full range of outcomes.