johncrossley
Established Member
I presume bus fares are now available through open data, given that it was announced years ago. How do I access the information?
I presume bus fares are now available through open data, given that it was announced years ago. How do I access the information?
Or if you want the raw data to download then it's linked from the DfT websiteFares and Ticket Information
Point to point single & return fares, day and week tickets details for all or part of your bus journey are now offered as part of trip plan results. Links to National Rail and main express coach service sites are also given for details of fares for these modes.
National PTI makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that fares and ticket information is accurate at date of publication. Fares and ticket prices shown were correct at time of data upload and are for a selected ticket range only. Other ticket types and fares may be available from operator websites, sales outlets or on board. National PTI cannot be held liable should another fare option prove to be more appropriate and no guarantee is given that tickets shown are the most suitable for your purpose.
Click on the orangefares icon in the journey plan result. Single and return fares are displayed wherever we have details, the “More Tickets” button shows details of day and week tickets throughout our area.
Click on 'More Tickets', which will show you the applicable zonal fares.
It's all available here:I presume bus fares are now available through open data, given that it was announced years ago. How do I access the information?
It's all available here:
https://data.bus-data.dft.gov.uk/fares/download/
Or you can find what individual companies publish here:
https://data.bus-data.dft.gov.uk/fares/
I understand that Bus Open Data isn’t really aimed at individual consumers, but rather that it is available for third party users to interpret, using appropriate software, and publish in a way that they choose - either as part of a commercial proposition, or the likes of local authorities, transport partnerships etc.This is hardly in a user friendly format. Searching for Bristol or First Bus in the drop down yields nothing. I'm not seriously going to unzip all those zip files in the hope of finding the relevant file. Based on the bustimes.org list mentioned above, it appears that First haven't uploaded the data like they were supposed to.
Are we talking about First West of England in particular?
Looking at their Fare Guide leaflet they don't seem to use the fare stage concept any more. It's either a zonal ticket or a '3 stop hop' for short single journeys. There are no fare tables for them to upload.
For longer journeys the West of England zone fare will probably apply. For shorter journeys outside the urban areas I guess we'll have to ask the company for now.For longer journeys outside of the main cities their fares still vary by distance.
It wasn't supposed to be in a user friendly format, just a computer readable format that can then be used by other applications.This is hardly in a user friendly format. Searching for Bristol or First Bus in the drop down yields nothing. I'm not seriously going to unzip all those zip files in the hope of finding the relevant file. Based on the bustimes.org list mentioned above, it appears that First haven't uploaded the data like they were supposed to.
It wasn't supposed to be in a user friendly format, just a computer readable format that can then be used by other applications.
I suspect the requirement to upload the data has been pushed back because of covid/brexit/government indifference to bus passengers.