Data sources
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Great Britain
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- NPTG (National Public Transport Gazetteer) (places)
- NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) (bus stops)
- NOC (National Operator Codes) (operators)
- TNDS (Traveline National Dataset) (timetables)
- TfGM (Transport for Greater Manchester) (timetables). Contains Transport for Greater Manchester data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. © OpenStreetMap contributors
- BODS (Bus Open Data Service) (timetables and fares)
- Traffic Commissioners: local bus service registration (timetable changes)
- TfL (Transport for London) open data (live departure times)
The source of each timetable (Traveline/BODS/other) is shown on each timetable page.
Live vehicle tracking data comes from a number of different sources, including:
- BODS (Bus Open Data Service)
- Transport for Edinburgh open data
- The Welsh Bus Data Service
Information about vehicles (colours, registrations, fleet numbers, etc.) has been contributed by dozens of enthusiastic contributors, and is available from the bustimes.org API.
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