Swiss Public Transport

How to Use This API

1. Search Stations

https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/locations?query=Zürich

2. Station Board (Departures)

https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/stationboard?id=8503000&limit=10

8503000 is Zürich HB's station ID.

3. Journey Between Two Stations

https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/connections?from=Zürich&to=Bern

4. Journey with Time and Date

https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/connections?from=Lausanne&to=Geneva&time=08:30&date=2026-06-20

5. JavaScript — Next Departures

async function nextDepartures(station, limit = 5) {
  const resp = await fetch(
    `https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/stationboard?id=${station}&limit=${limit}`
  );
  const data = await resp.json();
  
  data.stationboard.forEach(dep => {
    const cat = dep.category;
    const num = dep.number;
    const dest = dep.to;
    const time = dep.stop.departure.slice(11, 16);
    console.log(`${cat}${num} → ${dest} at ${time}`);
  });
}

nextDepartures('8503000'); // Zurich HB

6. Python — Journey Planner

import requests

def plan_journey(from_station, to_station):
    resp = requests.get(
        'https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/connections',
        params={'from': from_station, 'to': to_station, 'limit': 3}
    )
    data = resp.json()
    
    for i, conn in enumerate(data['connections'][:3], 1):
        dep = conn['from']['departure'][11:16]
        arr = conn['to']['arrival'][11:16]
        dur = conn['duration']
        print(f'{i}. Depart {dep} → Arrive {arr} ({dur})')
        
        for section in conn['sections']:
            j = section.get('journey', {})
            if j:
                print(f'   {j["category"]}{j["number"]} from '
                      f'{section["departure"]["station"]["name"]}')

plan_journey('Bern', 'Interlaken')