About

We want everyone to be able to see, use and analyse data on the United Kingdom's rail network. We believe the image of the rail industry can be improved even further by making data its operation more accessible to everyone.

We are pro-rail.

See the Open Rail Data wiki for the most up-to-date information.

Sites using open data

• Open Train Times - the train times website built using Open Data
• Real Time Trains - query timetable data supplied by Network Rail. Written by Tom Cairns of RailMiles.
• headcodes.info - headcodes for trains and user-supplied traction detail
• trains.im - another site using the traintimes.im codebase with some extra detail

Information already available

• Network Rail Sectional Appendicies - detailed information on routes, line, permitted speeds and location-specific instructions
• Network Rail Working Timetables - detailed schedules for passenger and freight trains similar to OpenTrainTimes and traintimes.im
• Network Rail Datafeeds - raw, real-time train running data from Network Rail
• TfL Developer Area - access to TfL's Trackernet API to display positioning information for the Tube network.
• RGS Online - access to Railway Group Standards, Rail Industry Approved Codes of Practice, Guidance Notes and Rail Industry Standards. This site includes the Rule Book, which sets out safety and operational requirements for operating the rail network.
• Timetable data - all passenger services updated on a weekly basis, supplied by ATOC under a Creative Commons licence

Get in touch

To contact Peter Hicks, Open Data developer, author of this site and of Open Train Times, email peter.hicks@gmail.com or call (media enquiries only) 07970 476447