Data sources

Better Fleets could not exist without open data.

Great Britain

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

• NPTG (National Public Transport Gazetteer) (places)
• NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) (bus stops)
• NOC (National Operator Codes) (operators)
• TNDS (Traveline National Dataset) (timetables)
• TfGM (Transport for Greater Manchester) (timetables). Contains Transport for Greater Manchester data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. © OpenStreetMap contributors
• BODS (Bus Open Data Service) (timetables and fares)
• Traffic Commissioners: local bus service registration (timetable changes)
• TfL (Transport for London) open data (live departure times)

The Bustimes API is used for a number of core systems on Better Fleets.

And of course, all community members count towards a key source of data.

The source of each timetable (Traveline/BODS/other) is shown on each timetable page.

Live vehicle tracking data comes from a number of different sources, including:

• BODS (Bus Open Data Service)
• The Welsh Bus Data Service
• Ember

Postcode search is powered by Postcodes.io.

Northern Ireland

• Translink

Republic of Ireland

• National Transport Authority API
• Transport for Ireland public transport data

Jersey

• States of Jersey

Vehicle information

Information about vehicles (liveries, registrations, fleet numbers, etc.) has been contributed by dozens of enthusiastic contributors, and is available from the bustimes.org API.