Real time table data and update

Real-time Public Transport
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Hi, We are trying to integrate our app with real time table data for Sydney Trains. We plan to use following API to get the daily real time table data (Public Transport - Timetables - For Realtime (Explore API - Public Transport - Timetables - For Realtime | TfNSW Open Data Hub and Developer Portal).

  1. Can you please clarify whether this above API provides complete timetable data (trips) for a specified day. At what time we can call this API to get the complete time table daily? Can you please let me know whether this API provides data from 00:00 AM to 11:59 PM daily?
  2. Can we call the following API (Public Transport - Realtime Trip Updates API (https://opendata.transport.nsw.gov.au/node/328/exploreapi) to get the early arrival, delay time, stopping changes, platform changes? If so, at what interval do we need to call this API to get the updated details(for example: 10s seconds interval)?
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Hi @saravanan, that API provides the static timetable + route shapes. You might need to combine a few APIs/datasets to achieve what you’re trying to do. Have a look at the complete GTFS file too and yes the Trip Updates API will give you stopping patterns and real-time data. I strongly recommend you read all the technical documentation and the Google GTFS spec, which can be found on our documentation page. The documents outline the structure of each API / feed and what data they each contain.

If you have any more specific questions regarding development hopefully another developer can help you out.

Thanks,
Alex