About the National Rail Feeds
In May 2014, National Rail Enquiries announced changes to its licensing conditions for using data from their Darwin system.
The following documentation is available for the feeds:
Outages and faults with the service should be reported to dsg_darwind3.support@caci.co.uk. For more general usage support, use the openraildata-talk forum.
Freely available Feeds/APIs
| Feed | Type | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Darwin Webservice (Public) | SOAP API | Register |
| Darwin Webservice (Staff) | SOAP API | Register |
| Darwin Push Port | Feed | Register |
| Historical Service Performance | REST API | Register |
| KnowledgeBase | Feed | Register |
| DTD | Feed | Register |
Licensed Feeds
NRE also provide a number of APIs from the Online Journey Planner service. Whilst anyone can request access to these APIs, due to contractual constraints NRE are currently unable to offer them without cost (and an associated license). More information can be found on the NRE site.
| Feed | Type | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| RTJP web service | SOAP API | NRE |
| Disruptions web service | SOAP API | NRE |
| (What can I do with) My Ticket web service | JSON API | NRE |
| National Rail Enquiries Data Feeds | |
|---|---|
| Data Feeds | About the Feeds • Darwin Webservice (Public) • Darwin Webservice (Staff) • Historical Service Performance • Push Port • KnowledgeBase • DTD • Locations (PoC) • Real Time Journey Planner |
| LDB API | About |
| LDB-SV API | About |
| HSP | About |
| DTD | About • Fares • Timetable |
| Push Port | About • XML Schemas • Schedules • Associations • Train Status • Station Messages • Alarms • Train Order • Train Alerts • Formations • Formation loading |