v5.bvg.transport.rest documentation🔗

Deprecated. Please use the latest version of this API (see transport.rest).

v5.bvg.transport.rest is a REST API for the Berlin public transportation system, BVG.

Because it wraps an API of BVG, it includes all local traffic of Berlin & Brandenburg, as well as some long-distance trains running in the area. Essentially, it returns whatever data the BVG app shows, including realtime delays and disruptions.

• Getting Started
• API documentation
• OpenAPI playground

Why use this API?🔗

Realtime Data🔗

This API returns realtime data whenever its upstream, the API for BVG's mobile app, provides it.

No API Key🔗

You can just use the API without authentication. There's a rate limit of 100 requests/minute (burst 150 requests/minute) set up.

CORS🔗

This API has CORS enabled, so you can query it from any webpage.

Caching-friendly🔗

This API sends ETag & Cache-Control headers, allowing clients cache responses properly.