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Alert for Open Data Users - Intermittent issue with disruption/realtime Bus data

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ‘BUS’ OPEN DATA USERS: We are currently experiencing an intermittent performance drop issue with our Countdown API and Unified API data feeds. IMPACT: this is likely to...

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Request for more Open Data - Coach Station Departures

I would like to request TFL release Victoria Coach Station departures on open data. Currently the only way for any passenger to know which stand their coach will depart from is to go to the coach...

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Countdown Incident

Good morning all, We currently have an incident with the Countdown API which also affects the levels of bus predictions in the Unified API. We’re seeing around a 75% decrease in predictions on normal...

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[TxC] Route 55 data still shows Clerkenwell closure

Hi, the TxC data for bus route 55 in the direction of Oxford Circus still has the closure between Goswell Road and Farringdon Road. In the other direction (towards Walthamstow), the TxC reflects the...

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London Bus Route Shapefile?

This post references this post here about the unified API question I had: Geospatial Data for TfL Bus Routes - #4 by ChrisC My question is simple! Is there a static shapefile anywhere with all of...

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Route 4 data missing at EE stop

Hi! how do I report missing data about the Route 4 southbound at Highbury Grove (Stop EE) It doesn’t show up at the bus stop indicator or and any of the bus stop apps me and my neighbours use. It’s...

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2nd Edgware Road missing from Circle line orderedLineRoutes naptanIds

Hey everyone Have noticed that the second occurrence of Edgware Road is missing from https://api.tfl.gov.uk/Line/circle/Route/Sequence/[inbound|outbound]. Inbound data: "naptanIds": [ "940GZZLUERC",...

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Missing Night Tube (again)

Hi, in the latest TxC data (which is now 8 days old): Night Tube is missing for: this weekend next friday and saturday NYE (the entire Tube) Can you add it in the next TxC release? Will there be...

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The truth about 2G: are iBus and TFL predictions API being hampered by lack...

In March 2022 at Buses that disappear from predictions API I raised the problem of missing predictions, initially thought to be specific to the 97 bus route, but subsequently discovered to be very...

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London only routes which aren't ran by TFL

There’s a number of routes which run under London Service Permit and run exclusively within London however TFL does not tell anyone about these services at all despite the fact they are open for the...

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Ferry Data Issues

Few issues with ferry data. Firstly, some of the piers have multiple stops in NAPTAN and this causes a bit of a mess with data in my opinion. Some piers have only the one. Barking Riverside has 2...

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Differences between API, Txc, TNDS & BODS

There is a difference in the use of StationId/AtcoCode between the Unified API and the BODS GTFS feed on the one hand and Tfl’s TxC file and TNDS on the other. This relates to all non-bus (i.e. tube,...

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London Overground: new names & colours

Dear Open Data users, As you may already be aware - details about London Overground’s new look were publicly released by TfL this morning. These changes are expected to be introduced across the London...

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Duplicate transxchange timetable

I am seeing an overlapping identical central line service running at 04:35 from White City to Epping on Saturday 24th Feb. I understand that one of these may be a base timetable, but how can I...

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Croydon & Sutton bus changes - Missing data for 312

Hi, In the last TxC release (27/02), the 312 extension from South Croydon to Cannons Hill is only present for Southbound trips, but the Northbound direction only runs from Grovelands Rd to Norwood...

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Missing data for new route S2

@jamesevans @LeonByford There’s no data for route S2 in the Countdown feed, also if you search TfL’s Live Arrivals page for “S2”, the only result you get offered is “Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3”....

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Missing Vehicle Data

Abellio London Enviro200 8584, YX62DBU based at Southall garage has not been reporting any data since the 21st December. The vehicle is question is not off the road and is being used daily. This means...

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Different names for bus stops 490011348E and 490011348W

Hello, If I get the name of the bus stop 490011348E via API request, then it is ‘Queens Road’. However, if I download the data for Greater London as 490.xml, then it is ‘Queens Road New Malden’....

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Bus Locations Data LineRef

Hi TfL team, I’m new to this, but I was wondering if there is a way to plot the LineRef that the BODS location data feed provides? Thanks! 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic

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Is there an endpoint for a complete bus timetable?

I would like to pull the entire public-facing timetable for a London bus route, specifically: all arrival times any time of day, for all different day types (e.g. Mon-Fri, schooldays/non-schooldays,...

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What's happening with TransXChange?

Some context in Is there an endpoint for a complete bus timetable? - #12 by MMJZ Things I think I’ve gathered: TfL posts a big dump of its bus schedules in TransXChange-compliant format for open data...

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[TransXChange] Incorrect Tram data (planned engineering works)

Hi! In this week’s TxC release there is an error in the Tramlink data: Eastbound trams go: Wimbledon → Wellesley Rd Westbound trams go: George St → Wimbledon ^There are planned engineering works...

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Accurate arrivals timing data for Elizabeth, Overground and National Rail

Are there more accurate services than Darwin? I confess I’ve been spoiled by the TfL data. It’s really pretty good and very accurate. This isn’t true of Darwin, or at least the public service which is...

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Help - tracking bus location?

Hi all, Preface to say I’m a complete noob at using APIs. I have an account registered - but have so far been unable to figure out how to do what I need to. I was close-passed by a bus and want to...

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Oyster Card Data

Hi, I am a lecturer/researcher at Edinburgh Napier University, I have a particular interest in computer science/AI applied to public transport problems. I would be very interested in having a look at...

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