Transitous

Free and open community-run provider-neutral international public transport routing service.

Built on top of #MOTIS, #OSM :osm: and every working #GTFS feed we can find.

Website: https://transitous.org
Github: https://github.com/public-transport/transitous
Matrix: [#transitous](https://en.osm.town/tags/transitous ):matrix.spline.de

Last Notes

2026-08-22 07:41:56 CEST

We'll be at #SotM2026 in Paris next week! On Saturday @npub1hqn…4rft, Robin and @npub14t7…k3ah will speak about #MOTIS and #Transitous.

2026-08-19 20:01:51 CEST

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Yes, it's approximated based on schedules and paths contained in the schedule with a fallback to open street map routes.
The closest thing to real time locations is the delay view, which at least shows if there is delay information for the trip.

2026-08-07 20:55:15 CEST

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You can find a list of covered sources on https://transitous.org/sources/, or look around on the map on https://api.transitous.org

2026-08-07 16:51:13 CEST

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👋 Some of us will also be there, looking forward to meet you in Paris :)

2026-08-04 15:26:24 CEST

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If you want to support this feature in your feeds and have any questions (for example, how to handle the redirect to the ticket shop). You are welcome to ask in our Matrix room.

2026-08-04 15:23:39 CEST

With the recent MOTIS v2.11 update, an initial implementation of ticketing deep links is now available. It allows to get to the external booking flow directly from the Transitous results.
You can try it for example with VIA Rail in Canada, with LTG Link in Lithuania or in multiple cities in France.
The feature is based on the Google Transit Ticketing Extension, so if you publish GTFS, please consider adding support for it.
https://cdn.masto.host/enosmtown/media_attachments/files/117/037/433/306/165/738/original/3ea41da3653b4145.png

2026-07-30 22:16:19 CEST

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This should hopefully be fixed with the next MOTIS update. Likely the problem is that we only take translations into account but not the source string.

2026-07-18 23:51:42 CEST

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The open data isn't always as great as the operator APIs + it doesn't exist for that long yet.

2026-07-18 20:13:18 CEST

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You probably used the DB API before through Öffi/Transportr, which does not officially allow apps other than DB Navigator to call it. It is known to block people based on IP address reputation, operating system etc.
Transitous is instead mostly based on open data that operators have to publish under EU/German regulations, so your query is never passed on to an operator-ran API.

2026-07-18 16:40:25 CEST

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There is also Öffi-ng that supports using Transitous, but the UI is also a bit different. Maybe still an interesting option for you.

2026-07-17 15:34:20 CEST

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We have now started to reject requests with generic user-agent strings. Please let us know here or on GitHub in case we hit some app unintentionally.

2026-07-03 22:13:15 CEST

We are considering enforcing our usage policy by rejecting API requests that are clearly not compliant. Although right now the resource usage is pretty much fine, we want to be able to prioritise open-source / free software clients should it become necessary.
So if you think your application might be one that sends "node" or "python-requests" as its user agent, please fix it in order not to be affected.
You can find the policy here: https://transitous.org/api/

2026-06-14 16:20:24 CEST

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Es gibt sicherlich auch interessierte in der Community die helfen würden solch einen Export zu bauen.

2026-06-14 16:19:58 CEST

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Leider kennen wir bisher auch noch keine gute Anwendung um GTFS-Fahrpläne zu erstellen, wie es vielleicht für eine Museumsbahn am einfachsten wären. Per Hand sind diese etwas mühsam, aber möglich zu erstellen.
Wenn der Fahrplan bereits irgendwie strukturiert digital existiert (Datenbank, Planungssoftware mit API o.ä.), ist der beste Weg allgemein einmal einen GTFS-Export zu bauen, so dass keine regelmäßige händische Arbeit notwendig ist.

2026-05-13 14:24:13 CEST

Starting from tomorrow, Transitous will gain real-time delay information in Denmark.
The official SIRI endpoint required some extra code as it uses a custom subscription layer.
https://cdn.masto.host/enosmtown/media_attachments/files/116/567/211/218/530/247/original/3cecfae260334643.png

2026-05-05 23:52:26 CEST

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Transitous hat (leider) auch eine .de domain in der internen CNAME-Kette für einen konkreten host, daher kann es auch dort zu Problemen kommen.

2025-12-27 17:18:01 CET

Many of us are at the #39c3. We don't have our own assembly, but in case you want to meet up, you have good chances of meeting one of us at the Wikimedia, KDE or @npub1uvd…qvx6 assembly.