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Through an API platform hosted by Network Rail, various programmatic interfaces to systems and data are available for consumption. At the time of writing, there is just one API, but this will be expanded in future:
Through an API platform hosted by Network Rail, various programmatic interfaces to systems and data are available for consumption. There is currently (June, 2023) only one API, and new registrations are suspended.


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== Suspension of registration ==
Network Rail have suspended new registrations, archived and current BPLAN files can be downloaded from this wiki [[BPLAN Geography Data|here]].


== Requesting access ==
== Requesting access ==


To request access, email opendata@networkrail.co.uk.  If granted access, you will be given a client ID and client secret.  These should be passed in the HTTP message header in the fields 'client_id' and 'client_secret'.
To request access, users would have emailed opendata@networkrail.co.uk.  If granted access, they were given a client ID and client secret.  These were passed in the HTTP message header in the fields 'client_id' and 'client_secret'.

Latest revision as of 10:44, 9 August 2023

Through an API platform hosted by Network Rail, various programmatic interfaces to systems and data are available for consumption. There is currently (June, 2023) only one API, and new registrations are suspended.

API Endpoint Usage
BPLAN (Reference Data) API https://data.networkrail.co.uk/api/pifgeography/v1/train/referenceDataFile BPLAN Geography File

Suspension of registration

Network Rail have suspended new registrations, archived and current BPLAN files can be downloaded from this wiki here.

Requesting access

To request access, users would have emailed opendata@networkrail.co.uk. If granted access, they were given a client ID and client secret. These were passed in the HTTP message header in the fields 'client_id' and 'client_secret'.