Hi all.
I am an Engineers train operator and have just discovered the API.
Is there a way of working out if a train is an Engineers trains in the API?
I would really appreciate if anyone could point me in the right direction.
Thank you
Welcome @Raffa
For services that are carried by Darwin (Liz and Overground and occasional District/Bakerloo), you can see engineering trains because they:
- Headcode (“trainid”) starts with 5; or
- isPassengerService===false
For London Underground - you can see in PDF form the Working Timetables (WTT) so they contain stock to sidings and stock to depot movements - Working Timetables (WTT) - Transport for London
Thank you for your reply.
I can find all the engineers trains in paper form by looking at the engineering notice for TFL. I was after something similar to the passenger===“false” data point that all Engineering trains would have in common so that I could identify them live.
Cheers
There is Trackernet… I’m seeing “Between Northumberland Park Depot and Seven Sisters” in the Victoria Line data.
http://cloud.tfl.gov.uk/TrackerNet/PredictionDetailed/V/KXX
I’m not sure if it contains 100% of the into and out of depot actions
The manual is here - the stations codes are “odd”.
I’m not seeing the same data in the full line “new” API feed - https://api.tfl.gov.uk/line/victoria/arrivals
Thank you Brian.
Is the trackernet API available for everybody to use or do I need to get a key from somewhere?
Cheers
I don’t think you need a key. You might get rate-limited if you hammer the connections, but otherwise it’s just a “legacy” feed.