Coverage

Great Britain

Name: Rail data in Great Britain
Creator: Rail
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Live on production: the Darwin Push Port and Network Rail feeds carry the timetable, every forecast, confirmed platforms, cancellations and coded reasons.

31 operators, 7 data feeds (0 open). Openness 5/5, richness 5/5, licence attribution, effort about a week. Time zone: Europe/London. Live on Rail: 2,607 stations, 2,419 with figures, 94,520 services in the last day. The Great Britain hub. Statistics count from 14 September 2026.

Operators

Avanti West Coastnational; TOC code VT; stations by CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; trains by RID/UID/headcode
c2cregional; TOC code CC; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Caledonian Sleepernational; TOC code CS; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Chiltern Railwaysregional; TOC code CH; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
CrossCountrynational; TOC code XC; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
East Midlands Railwayregional; TOC code EM; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Elizabeth linemetro-heavy-rail; TOC code XR; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Gatwick Expressregional; TOC code GX; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Grand Centralprivate; TOC code GC; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Great Northernregional; TOC code GN; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Great Western Railwaynational; TOC code GW; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Greater Angliaregional; TOC code LE; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Heathrow Expressprivate; TOC code HX; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Hull Trainsprivate; TOC code HT; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Island Lineregional; TOC code IL; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
London North Eastern Railwaynational; TOC code GR; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
London Northwestern Railwayregional; TOC code LN; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
London Overgroundmetro-heavy-rail; TOC code LO; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Lumoprivate; TOC code LD; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Merseyrailregional; TOC code ME; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Northernregional; TOC code NT; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
ScotRailnational; TOC code SR; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Southeasternregional; TOC code SE; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Southernregional; TOC code SN; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
South Western Railwayregional; TOC code SW; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Stansted Expressregional; TOC code LE; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Thameslinkregional; TOC code TL; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
TransPennine Expressregional; TOC code TP; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Transport for Wales Railnational; TOC code AW; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
West Midlands Railwayregional; TOC code LM; CRS/TIPLOC/STANOX; RID/UID/headcode
Translink NI Railwaysnational; Northern Ireland; own station codes, Enterprise cross-border trains appear in Darwin

Feeds we can use

Darwin Push Port open data
Publisher
Rail Delivery Group (Rail Data Marketplace)
Carries
timetable, trip updates, platforms, cancellations, reasons, disruptions
Format and access
kafka, free key, streaming, every forecast change
Licence
Rail Data Marketplace standard licence (open, attribution) (attribution yes, share-alike no, non-commercial no, redistribution yes)
Coverage
every train operating company in Great Britain; England, Scotland, Wales
Verified
15 September 2026: a sample was fetched (source)
On Rail
receiving, last message 15 September 2026, 5,239,213 so far
Live on production since 2026-09-14 (Push Port v18 in the RDM JSON envelope over Kafka). Platforms carry a confirmed flag; every cancellation and late reason is coded.
Live Departure Boards open data
Publisher
Rail Delivery Group (Rail Data Marketplace)
Carries
boards, platforms, cancellations, reasons
Format and access
rest, free key, on request; we poll every 60 s per station
Licence
Rail Data Marketplace standard licence (open, attribution) (attribution yes, share-alike no, non-commercial no, redistribution yes)
Coverage
every train operating company in Great Britain; England, Scotland, Wales
Verified
15 September 2026: a sample was fetched (source)
On Rail
receiving, last message 15 September 2026, 39,153 so far
Boards for the busiest stations; the Push Port is the primary source.
Darwin Timetable Files open data
Publisher
Rail Delivery Group (Rail Data Marketplace)
Carries
timetable
Format and access
file-drop, free key, daily, about 02:00 London
Licence
Rail Data Marketplace standard licence (open, attribution) (attribution yes, share-alike no, non-commercial no, redistribution yes)
Coverage
every train operating company in Great Britain; England, Scotland, Wales
Verified
15 September 2026: a sample was fetched (source)
Pushed by RDM over SFTP into the Railway sftp-inbox service; loaded daily by refresh-timetable.
Network Rail TRUST train movements open data
Publisher
Network Rail Open Data
Carries
positions, trip updates, cancellations, reasons
Format and access
stomp, free key, streaming, every movement report
Licence
Network Rail data feeds licence (open, attribution) (attribution yes, share-alike no, non-commercial no, redistribution yes)
Coverage
every operator on the Network Rail network; England, Scotland, Wales
Verified
15 September 2026: a sample was fetched (source)
On Rail
receiving, last message 15 September 2026, 14,291 so far
Live on production since 2026-09-15.
Network Rail TD berth steps open data
Publisher
Network Rail Open Data
Carries
positions
Format and access
stomp, free key, streaming, every signalling berth step
Licence
Network Rail data feeds licence (open, attribution) (attribution yes, share-alike no, non-commercial no, redistribution yes)
Coverage
every operator on the Network Rail network; England, Scotland, Wales
Verified
15 September 2026: a sample was fetched (source)
On Rail
receiving, last message 15 September 2026, 98,158 so far

Feeds that need a key

Network Rail SCHEDULE (CIF) needs a key
Publisher
Network Rail Open Data
Carries
timetable
Format and access
file-drop, free key, daily update, weekly full extract
Licence
Network Rail data feeds licence (open, attribution) (attribution yes, share-alike no, non-commercial no, redistribution yes)
Coverage
every operator on the Network Rail network; England, Scotland, Wales
Verified
15 September 2026: the documentation was read (source)
Not used: the Darwin timetable file already carries the public timetable. Listed because the Network Rail account we hold grants it.
TfL Unified API needs a key
Publisher
Transport for London
Carries
boards, disruptions, platforms
Format and access
rest, free key, on request, arrivals refreshed about every 30 s
Licence
TfL Open Data licence (Open Government Licence based, attribution) (attribution yes, share-alike no, non-commercial no, redistribution yes)
Coverage
Elizabeth line, London Overground; London
Verified
15 September 2026: the documentation was read (source)
Both operators are already covered by Darwin; the TfL API would add nothing the site needs.

Notes

The first country. Darwin over the Rail Data Marketplace (Kafka) and Network Rail's STOMP feeds; the timetable arrives daily by SFTP. Northern Ireland's own network (Translink) has no open realtime feed we have found; its Enterprise trains to Dublin appear in Darwin.

Unknown is written as unknown, never guessed. Every country.

Operators

Feeds we can use

Darwin Push Port open data

Live Departure Boards open data

Darwin Timetable Files open data

Network Rail TRUST train movements open data

Network Rail TD berth steps open data

Feeds that need a key

Network Rail SCHEDULE (CIF) needs a key

TfL Unified API needs a key

Notes