Elizabeth line and other updates

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/Line/Mode/elizabeth-line/Route is still being rejected: “The following mode is not recognised: elizabeth-line”

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Hi @nickp

That will be one of the things going live on the night.

Thanks,
James

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I note that there is now a message on Twitter

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where the sections of the line are being called Elizabeth Line west, central and east. Is this something we’re going to see in the API and be expected to use?

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Hi @briantist

There will be no labelling as east, west or central in the API.

All the services are being grouped as 1 line with 4 (soon to be 5) routes in each direction:

Paddington (low level) <-> Abbey Wood
Liverpool Street <-> Shenfield
Paddington (high level) <-> Reading
Paddington (high level) <-> Heathrow T5
Paddington (high level) <-> Heathrow T4 (when services restart)

Disruptions will be shown against the stations that are affected.

This behaviour is the same as seen on the London Overground.

In future phases of the opening, we will provide the updated routesections (e.g. Abbey Wood <-> Reading)

Thanks,
James

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@jamesevans

Thanks, that is useful.

However, the west/east/central names are in use in this TfL document: https://content.tfl.gov.uk/planned-track-closures.pdf

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I understand. That’s a manually produced document I believe.

Thanks,
James

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31

@jamesevans the journey planner results seem to miss the “lineString” for the elizabeth line leg under “path”.

Thank you

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Anybody have any success getting the stoppoints using the API, e.g.

https://api.tfl.gov.uk/line/elizabeth/stoppoints

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Hi @nakkore

We found that issue too. We’ve raised it with the software vendor of the Journey Planner back-end who are investigating

Thanks,
James

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hi @team.cambridge

This data will go live on the morning before launch (24th May).

Thanks,
James

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35

Just to be crystal clear - does that mean early morning on the 24th but “before launch” because no trains have run yet?

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Hi @team.cambridge

Some functions will go live automatically at midnight, but some we are releasing manually between 1:30 and 3.

Thanks,
James

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This seems a bit of a disappointment in logic in the email I just received. “There will be no Sunday service” is unqualified. They mean “between Abbey Wood and Paddington” but didn’t say so!

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Sorry, just trying to help!

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Hi everyone,

Our releases are now complete and the Elizabeth line is live in the Unified API with the changes Joe has mentioned above.

Thanks,
James ‘Zombie’ Evans

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@jamesevans

There’s [an error on the tube map](file:///C:/Users/brian/OneDrive/Desktop/standard-tube-map.pdf). West Drayton and Southall have GWR services and should have the red National Rail icon…

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The NRE’s dataset doesn’t show the StepFreeAccessCoverage->WholeStation for Southall, Hayes & Harlington and West Drayton.

I’m presuming that the tube map is right here.

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Hi James,

Thanks for that. Oddly I don’t seem to be able to get a journey plan using the Elizabeth line from Paddington to Farringdon using a request like:

https://api.tfl.gov.uk/journey/journeyresults/51.51692,-0.17672/to/51.52025,-0.10491?mode=elizabeth-line

although the elizabeth-line mode is correctly recognised. Any ideas?

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Paddington to Liverpool Street seems to cause an internal error:

https://api.tfl.gov.uk/journey/journeyresults/51.51692,-0.17672/to/51.51768,-0.0823?mode=elizabeth-line

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this issue is still there. Any news please ?

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Hi @nakkore - it’s still under investigation. The journey planner team and the software vendor are looking into the geocoding in the underlying system. Unfortunately it’s quite an intricate process so is taking some time to get right.

I’ll give you more details when I have them.

Thanks,
James.

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