🗂 Where the data comes from
Everything on Live Bus Times is built from official open data — no scraping, no guesswork. Timetables refresh weekly (last build: 2026-08-26); live feeds update every few seconds.
| Source | What we use it for | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Open Data Service (BODS) | Timetables & routes for England, Scotland and Wales; live vehicle positions (SIRI-VM); disruptions & cancellations (SIRI-SX); machine-readable fares (NeTEx) | OGL v3.0 |
| NaPTAN | Every bus stop, rail station and tram stop in Great Britain | OGL v3.0 |
| National Operator Codes (NOC) | Canonical public-facing operator names | OGL v3.0 |
| TfL Unified API | True live countdown departures at London stops | TfL Open Data / OGL. Powered by TfL Open Data; contains OS data © Crown copyright |
| Translink (OpenDataNI) | Northern Ireland timetables — Metro, Glider, Ulsterbus, Goldliner, Foyle Metro | OGL v3.0 (NI) |
| Transport for Ireland (NTA) | Republic of Ireland bus timetables — every licensed operator | CC BY 4.0 |
| TfGM | Greater Manchester (Bee Network) schedules, supplementing BODS | OGL v3.0 / © TfGM |
| Ember GTFS-Realtime | Live coach positions for Ember, which does not publish to BODS AVL | Open feed © Ember |
| Traffic Commissioners — bus registrations | Registered service changes: new routes, variations, withdrawals | OGL v3.0 |
| GOV.UK fare cap guidance | Which operators & routes take part in the England fare cap | OGL v3.0 |
| BODS Timetables data API (dataset catalogue) | DfT's own data-quality rating, BODS compliance flag and last-updated date for every operator dataset | OGL v3.0 |
| TfL Line API | Authoritative London route names, stop sequences and road geometry | TfL Open Data / OGL; contains OS data © Crown copyright |
| DfT bus statistics (BUS01/BUS02) | Annual passenger journeys & vehicle miles per local authority | OGL v3.0 |
| OS Code-Point Open | Postcode locations for the postcode pages & search | OGL v3.0 — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right, and Royal Mail data © Royal Mail |
| postcodes.io | Full-postcode geocoding at request time | Open source, ONS/OS open data |
| GOV.UK bank holidays | Bank-holiday service warnings on route pages | OGL v3.0 |
| OpenStreetMap | Map tiles, plus stop facilities (shelter, bench, lighting, tactile paving) | © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL |
Current timetable feed versions
- east anglia20260826_030600
- east midlands20260826_030643
- irelandA7E91F85-75A1-471D-A3B3-7B43DC5E84B4
- london20260826_025800
- north east20260826_030842
- north west20260826_030546
- northern irelandconverted 2026-08-26
- scotland20260826_030423
- south east20260826_025930
- south west20260826_030147
- tfgmC94E20DB-B87D-4779-A6F9-4661E751562B
- wales20260826_030335
- west midlands20260826_030656
- yorkshire20260826_030335
Licence
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Republic of Ireland data © National Transport Authority, CC BY 4.0. Northern Ireland data via OpenDataNI (OGL NI). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Postcode data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right, and Royal Mail data © Royal Mail. Punctuality scores are our own measurements derived from BODS live data. This site is independent and not affiliated with the DfT, TfL, Translink, the NTA or any operator.