Real Time Journey Planner

The Real Time Journey Planning (RTJP) webservice can be used to request journey and fare information from National Rail Enquiries' Online Journey Planner (OJP) service. This API provides the same functionality found on the NRE website, including advanced options, and also includes functionality not available via NRE, such as requesting journeys earlier in the day, or without fares.

RTJP is based on information from several sources, including Darwin for real-time train running information, and the National Reservation System for real-time fares availability.

RTJP licensing and usage conditions

Online Journey Planner APIs are only available to users under a formal contract. To apply, complete a licence request form and send it to RDG's licensing team (nationalraildatafeeds@raildeliverygroup.com).

RDG is obliged by the terms of its contract with SilverRail – RTJP's vendor – to impose a condition prohibiting the use of RTJP in conjunction with ticket retailing on third-party websites.

Usage of RTJP is chargeable at cost-recovery rates, particulars of which can be obtained from RDG.

Timetable Groups

The journey planning service used by NRE includes a concept of timetable groups, which act as aliases for multiple locations. Timetable groups allow for a single All Stations group location to be used to submit multiple 'member' locations for journey planning purposes. For example, the Coulsdon (All stations) group can be used to request journeys to/from Coulsdon South or Coulsdon Town.

RTJP's timetable groups are a convenience for journey planning, and do not correspond to fare groups. Timetable groups may exist where there is no fare group equivalent (such as in the Coulsdon example), may overlap multiple fare groups, and may have similar – or identical – names to fare groups (e.g. London, Birmingham), despite containing different member stations.

Timetable Groups

Group_id	Group_name		Group_id	Group_name		Group_id	Group_name
2	Acton (All stations)		3	Allerton (All stations)		4	Ardrossan (All stations)
5	Ayr (All stations)		6	Barnes (All stations)		7	Barry (All stations)
8	Battersea (All stations)		9	Beckenham (All stations)		10	Bedford (All stations)
11	Bicester (All stations)		12	Birkenhead (All stations)		13	Birmingham (All stations)
14	Blackpool (All stations)		15	Bloxwich (All stations)		16	Bootle (All stations)
17	Bradford (All stations)		18	Brighton (All stations)		19	Bromborough (All stations)
20	Bromley (All stations)		21	Brondesbury (All stations)		22	Brundall (All stations)
23	Burscough (All stations)		24	Burnley (All stations)		25	Byfleet (All stations)
26	Canterbury (All stations)		32	Cardiff (All stations)		33	Catford (All stations)
34	Chessington (All stations)		35	Clapham (All stations)		36	Coatbridge (All stations)
37	Colchester (All stations)		38	Croydon (All stations)		64	Dorchester (All stations)
65	Dorking (All stations)		66	Dudley (All stations)		67	Dulwich (All stations)
68	Dumbarton (All stations)		69	Ealing (All stations)		70	Edenbridge (All stations)
71	Enfield (All stations)		72	Epsom (All stations)		73	Ewell (All stations)
74	Exeter (All stations)		75	Falkirk (All stations)		76	Falmouth (All stations)
77	Farnborough (All stations)		78	Folkestone (All stations)		79	Gainsborough (All stations)
81	Glasgow (All stations)		82	Greenford (All stations)		83	Greenock (All stations)
84	Grimsby (All stations)		85	Guildford (All stations)		86	Hackney (All stations)
87	Hamilton (All stations)		88	Hampstead (All stations)		89	Harlow (All stations)
90	Harringay (All stations)		91	Harrow (All stations)		92	Harwich (All stations)
93	Hawarden (All stations)		94	Heath (All stations)		95	Helensburgh (All stations)
96	Hertford (All stations)		97	Hillington (All stations)		98	Hyde (All stations)
99	Kentish Town (All stations)		100	Kenton (All stations)		101	Kiveton (All stations)
102	Kew (All stations)		103	Lelant (All stations)		104	Leyton (All stations)
105	Lichfield (All stations)		106	Liverpool (All stations)		107	Livingston (All stations)
108	Llanwrst (All stations)		109	Lymington (All stations)		110	Lympstone (All stations)
111	Maesteg (All stations)		112	Maidstone (All stations)		113	Malling (All stations)
114	Malvern (All stations)		115	Manchester (All stations)		116	Mansfield (All stations)
117	Matlock (All stations)		118	Newark (All stations)		119	Newbury (All stations)
120	New Cross (All stations)		121	Newhaven (All stations)		122	New Mills (All stations)
123	Norwood (All stations)		124	Oldham (All stations)		125	Oulton Broad (All stations)
126	Paisley (All stations)		127	Peckham (All stations)		128	Pembroke (All stations)
129	Penge (All stations)		130	Pevensey (All stations)		131	Pollokshaws (All stations)
132	Pollokshields (All stations)		133	Pontefract (All stations)		134	Portsmouth (All stations)
135	Prestwick (All stations)		136	Purley (All stations)		137	Reading (All stations)
138	Redcar (All stations)		139	Reddish (All stations)		140	Rugeley (All stations)
141	Ruislip (All stations)		142	Runcorn (All stations)		143	Ryde (All stations)
144	St Albans (All stations)		145	St Budeaux (All stations)		146	St Helens (All stations)
147	St Leonards (All stations)		148	Salford (All stations)		150	Smethwick (All stations)
151	Southampton (All stations)		152	Southend (All stations)		153	Stansted (All stations)
154	Stourbridge (All stations)		155	Streatham (All stations)		156	Sudbury (All stations)
157	Sutton (All stations)		158	Sydenham (All stations)		159	Thorne (All stations)
160	Tilbury (All stations)		161	Tottenham (All stations)		162	Trefforest (All stations)
163	Tyndrum (All stations)		164	Wakefield (All stations)		165	Wallasey (All stations)
166	Walthamstow (All stations)		167	Wandsworth (All stations)		168	Warrington (All stations)
169	Watford (All stations)		170	Welwyn (All stations)		171	Wembley (All stations)
172	Whyteleafe (All stations)		173	Wigan (All stations)		174	Wimbledon (All stations)
175	Windsor And Eton (All stations)		176	Winnersh (All stations)		177	Woolwich (All stations)
178	Worcester (All stations)		179	Worthing (All stations)		180	Wrexham (All stations)
181	Yeovil (All stations)		182	London (All stations)		183	Carlton (All stations)
184	Darlington (All stations)		187	Walton (All stations)		191	Bristol (All stations)
193	Heathrow (All stations)		198	Birmingham International (All stations)		338	London Zone 1 (All stations)
340	Buxton (All stations)		342	Southport (All stations)		344	Stratford-Upon-Avon (All stations)
345	Workington (All stations)		350	Luton (All stations)		351	Redditch (All stations)
358	Whitby (All stations)		368	Southease (All stations)		371	Tadworth (All stations)
375	Winchelsea (All stations)		376	Bishopstone (All stations)		377	Eridge (All stations)
382	Leigh (All stations)		383	Preston Park (All stations)		384	London Road (All stations)
386	Ashford International (All stations)		398	Dublin (All stations)		399	Rhoose (All stations)
400	Cardiff International Airport (All stations)		401	Belfast (All stations)		403	Dunfermline (All stations)
405	Heathrow T123 (All stations)		406	Heathrow Terminal 1 (All stations)		407	Heathrow Terminal 2 (All stations)
408	Heathrow Terminal 3 (All stations)		409	Heathrow Terminal 4 (All stations)		411	Kings Cross St Pancras (All stations)
412	Marple (All stations)		413	West_Hampstead (All stations)		414	London Zone U12 (All stations)
415	Corby (All stations)		418	Heathrow Terminal 5 (All stations)		419	Heathrow Rail (All stations)
420	Heathrow Bus (All stations)		422	London Zone U123 (All stations)		423	London Zone U1234 (All stations)
424	London Zone U12345 (All stations)		425	London Zone U123456 (All stations)		426	Heathrow T123 No Underground (All stations)
427	Heathrow Terminal 1 No Underground (All stations)		428	Heathrow Terminal 2 No Underground (All stations)		429	Heathrow Terminal 3 No Underground (All stations)
430	Heathrow Terminal 4 No Underground (All stations)		431	Heathrow Terminal 5 No Underground (All stations)		432	Coulsdon (All stations)
433	Birmingham No Bsw (All stations)

Group Members

Group_id	Member_CRS		Group_id	Member_CRS		Group_id	Member_CRS		Group_id	Member_CRS		Group_id	Member_CRS
2	ACC		2	AML		2	SAT		3	LPY		3	WSA
4	ADN		4	ADS		4	ASB		5	AYR		5	NOA
6	BNI		6	BNS		7	BRY		7	BYD		7	BYI
8	BAK		8	QRB		9	BEC		9	BKJ		9	NBC
10	BDM		10	BSJ		11	BCS		11	BIT		12	BKC
12	BKN		12	BKP		12	BKQ		13	BHM		13	BMO
13	BSW		14	BPB		14	BPN		14	BPS		15	BLX
15	BWN		16	BNW		16	BOT		17	BDI		17	BDQ
18	BTN		18	LRB		19	BMR		19	BOM		20	BMN
20	BMS		21	BSP		21	BSY		22	BDA		22	BGA
23	BCB		23	BCJ		24	BNC		24	BUB		24	BYM
25	BFN		25	WBY		26	CBE		26	CBW		32	CDB
32	CDF		32	CDQ		33	CFB		33	CTF		34	CSN
34	CSS		35	CLJ		35	CLP		36	CBC		36	CBS
37	CET		37	COL		38	ECR		38	SCY		38	WCY
64	DCH		64	DCW		65	DKG		65	DKT		65	DPD
66	DDP		66	SAD		67	EDW		67	NDL		67	WDU
68	DBC		68	DBE		69	EAL		69	WEA		70	EBR
70	EBT		71	ENC		71	ENF		71	ENL		72	EPD
72	EPS		73	EWE		73	EWW		74	EXC		74	EXD
74	EXT		75	FKG		75	FKK		76	FAL		76	FMT
77	FNB		77	FNN		78	FKC		78	FKW		79	GBL
79	GNB		81	GLC		81	GLQ		82	GFD		82	SGN
83	GKC		83	GKW		84	GMB		84	GMD		85	GLD
85	LRD		86	HAC		86	HKC		86	HKW		87	HNC
87	HNW		88	HDH		88	SOH		88	WHD		88	WHP
89	HWM		89	HWN		90	HGY		90	HRY		91	HOH
91	HRW		91	SDH		91	SUD		92	HPQ		92	HWC
93	HWB		93	HWD		94	HHL		94	HLL		95	HLC
95	HLU		96	HFE		96	HFN		97	HLE		97	HLW
98	HYC		98	HYT		98	NWN		99	KTN		99	KTW
100	KNT		100	SOK		101	KIV		101	KVP		102	KWB
102	KWG		103	LEL		103	LTS		104	LEM		104	LER
105	LIC		105	LTV		106	LIV		106	LVC		106	LVJ
106	MRF		107	LSN		107	LVG		108	LWR		108	NLR
109	LYP		109	LYT		110	LYC		110	LYM		111	MEW
111	MST		112	MDB		112	MDE		112	MDW		113	EML
113	WMA		114	GMV		114	MVL		115	MAN		115	MCO
115	MCV		116	MFT		116	MSW		117	MAT		117	MTB
118	NCT		118	NNG		119	NBY		119	NRC		120	NWX
120	NXG		121	NVH		121	NVN		122	NMC		122	NMN
123	NWD		123	WNW		124	OLM		125	OUN		125	OUS
126	PCN		126	PYG		126	PYJ		127	PMR		127	QRP
128	PMB		128	PMD		129	PNE		129	PNW		130	PEB
130	PEV		131	PWE		131	PWW		132	PLE		132	PLW
133	PFM		133	PFR		133	POT		134	FTN		134	PMH
134	PMS		135	PRA		135	PTW		136	PUO		136	PUR
137	RDG		137	RDW		138	RBS		138	RCC		138	RCE
139	RDN		139	RDS		140	RGL		140	RGT		141	SRU
141	WRU		142	RUE		142	RUN		143	RYD		143	RYP
143	RYR		143	XRD		144	SAA		144	SAC		145	SBF
145	SBV		146	SHJ		146	SNH		147	SLQ		147	WLD
148	SFD		148	SLD		150	SGB		150	SMR		151	SOA
151	SOU		152	SOC		152	SOV		153	SSD		153	SST
154	SBJ		154	SBT		155	SRC		155	SRH		155	STE
156	SDH		156	SUD		157	SUC		157	SUO		157	WSU
158	LSY		158	SYD		158	SYH		159	TNN		159	TNS
160	ETL		160	TBR		160	TIL		161	STO		161	SVS
161	TOM		162	TRE		162	TRF		163	TYL		163	UTY
164	WKF		164	WKK		165	WLG		165	WLV		166	SJS
166	WHC		166	WMW		166	WST		167	WNT		167	WSW
167	WWR		168	WAC		168	WBQ		169	WFH		169	WFJ
169	WFN		170	WGC		170	WLW		171	NWB		171	WCX
171	WMB		172	WHS		172	WHY		173	WGN		173	WGW
174	WBO		174	WIM		175	WNC		175	WNR		176	WNS
176	WTI		177	WWA		177	WWD		178	WOF		178	WOS
179	EWR		179	WRH		179	WWO		180	WRX		180	WXC
181	YVJ		181	YVP		182	BFR		182	CHX		182	CST
182	CTK		182	EUS		182	FST		182	KGX		182	LBG
182	LST		182	MOG		182	MYB		182	PAD		182	STP
182	VIC		182	WAE		182	WAT		183	CTO		183	NET
184	DAR		184	NRD		187	RIL		187	WAO		191	BPW
191	BRI		193	HAF		193	HTR		193	HWA		193	HWE
193	HWF		193	HWV		193	HXX		193	ZHJ		198	BHI
338	BFR		338	CHX		338	CST		338	EUS		338	FST
338	KGX		338	LBG		338	LST		338	MYB		338	PAD
338	STP		338	VIC		338	WAT		340	BUX		342	SOP
344	SAV		345	WKG		350	LTN		350	LUT		351	RDC
358	WTB		358	WTZ		368	SEE		368	SEZ		371	TAD
371	TTA		375	WSE		376	BIP		377	ERB		377	ERI
382	LFL		382	LIH		383	PPR		383	PRP		384	LRB
384	LRR		386	AFK		386	ASI		398	DBP		398	DCL
398	DFP		398	DHT		399	RIA		399	XCF		400	RIA
400	XCF		401	BFA		401	BFC		403	DFE		403	DFL
405	HTR		405	HWA		405	HWE		405	HXX		405	ZHJ
406	HTR		406	HXX		406	ZHJ		407	HTR		407	HWA
407	HXX		407	ZHJ		408	HTR		408	HWE		408	HXX
408	ZHJ		409	HAF		409	HWF		409	ZHJ		411	KGX
411	STP		412	MPL		412	RSH		413	WHD		413	WHP
414	BFR		414	CHX		414	CST		414	EUS		414	FST
414	KGX		414	LBG		414	LST		414	MYB		414	PAD
414	STP		414	VIC		414	WAT		415	CBZ		415	COR
418	HWV		418	HWX		419	HAF		419	HWV		419	HXX
420	HTR		420	HWA		420	HWE		420	HWF		420	HWX
422	BFR		422	CHX		422	CST		422	EUS		422	FST
422	KGX		422	LBG		422	LST		422	MYB		422	PAD
422	STP		422	VIC		422	WAT		423	BFR		423	CHX
423	CST		423	EUS		423	FST		423	KGX		423	LBG
423	LST		423	MYB		423	PAD		423	STP		423	VIC
423	WAT		424	BFR		424	CHX		424	CST		424	EUS
424	FST		424	KGX		424	LBG		424	LST		424	MYB
424	PAD		424	STP		424	VIC		424	WAT		425	BFR
425	CHX		425	CST		425	EUS		425	FST		425	KGX
425	LBG		425	LST		425	MYB		425	PAD		425	STP
425	VIC		425	WAT		426	HTR		426	HWA		426	HWE
426	HXX		427	HTR		427	HXX		428	HTR		428	HWA
428	HXX		429	HTR		429	HWE		429	HXX		430	HAF
430	HWF		431	HWV		431	HWX		432	CDN		432	CDS
433	BHM		433	BMO