UK Passenger Transport data

UK rail replacement bus data

Find planned and live rail replacement bus journeys, replacement-stop ATCO codes, station links, times, operators and cancellation status.

Coverage

Official rail replacement stop locations and Network Rail or Darwin journeys identified as replacement buses across Great Britain.

Refresh frequency

Replacement stop locations refresh daily at 00:45. Planned services refresh daily at 05:50 and live changes are consumed continuously.

What is included

  • UID, service date and available RID
  • Origin and destination TIPLOCs
  • Planned arrival and departure times
  • Cancellation state and TOC code
  • Linked station and replacement-stop ATCO codes

Identifiers

  • UID
  • RID
  • TIPLOC
  • CRS
  • ATCO
  • TOC
  • UKPT location ID

Data sources

  • DfT NaPTAN Rail Replacement Locations
  • Network Rail Schedule/CIF
  • National Rail Darwin timetable and realtime feeds

Some operational timing points have no passenger station or authoritative DfT replacement-stop mapping. These are left unmapped rather than guessed.

Try the API

curl -H "X-API-Key: ukpt_your_key" \
  "https://api.ukpt.botric.co.uk/v1/rail/railreplacement?date=YYYY-MM-DD&toc=TP"