Brief Descripition
Our “Cookbook” provides you with basic information, instructions and tips: similar to a classic cookbook. In the same analogy, the cookbook has no “red thread”, so it is only suitable for reading through to a limited extent.
Is something missing or wrong? Please let us know via the contact form.
All pages of the cookbook can be found via the search function. The overview below illustrates what you can search for.
Services & data
You can find out more about the connections and the relevant peripheral systems in our Big Picture.
We offer the following services and data, which are described in detail in their respective subpages:
- Development and miscellaneous – Overview: Tips & Tricks, and tools for developers, as well as various other relevant information.
- Accessibility – Overview: Data related to accessibility for people with disabilities.
- Real-time and Forecast Data – Overview: Current data from public transport operations (railways, buses, etc.) today/now, including the current daily timetable, current delays (real-time), formation data and forecasts (seat occupancy).
- Event Data – Overview: Planned and unplanned changes to the service offer such as disruptions, cancellations, additional services, moved or non-staffed stops.
- Timetable data – overview: Large data sets (HRDF, GTFS, NeTEx) with up-to-date timetable information for the entire Swiss public transport system and new/alternative offers (cableways, long-distance buses, etc.).
- Open Journey Planner (OJP) – Overview: Online timetable information (OJP travel planner) and price information (OJP Fare, OSDM).
- Historical and Statistical Data – Overview: Number of passengers, tickets etc., number of travelcards sold, as well as historical data, e.g. actual departure times/delays travelled (‘actual data’).
- Road transport – Overview: Road traffic data: Traffic lights, traffic counters, shared mobility (bicycles/scooters), parking and parking facilities.
- Master Data and Metadata – Overview: Directories of business organisation, departments and lines, stations, car parks, bicycle parking spaces, etc., as well as basic and metadata, including identifiers (SLNID, SJYID, etc.), means of transport, attributes, etc.
- Development and Miscellaneous – Overview: Tips & Tricks, and tools for developers, as well as various other relevant information.
How you can access our services & data
You can access our services via the programming interface (API).
You can access our data in two ways with equivalent results:
- Via a download (→ structured or unstructured)
- Via the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) programming interface (CKAN-API → howto)
- Via the API Manager (see Howto: Access our APIs with API Keys)
Graphical overview
Die folgende Grafik bietet eine Orientierung zu den bereitgestellten Daten, ihren Ursprüngen und Zugriffsmöglichkeiten:
Was man mit diesen Daten machen kann, zeigt beispielhaft die folgende Darstellung einer mit dem OJP berechneten Reisekette:
Further information
- Examples and inspiration on how to use the data provided:
- Standards of the System Tasks Customer Information (SKI) (German only), the superordinate organisational structure of SKI+, which also operates on behalf of the Federal Office of Transport.
- You can find a comprehensive overview of various helpful tools (APIs, apps, data, etc.) for processing traffic data at https://github.com/CUTR-at-USF/awesome-transit.
- Financed by the Rail Infrastructure Fund (RIF)