Real Journey Time

Using the Real Journey Time API to explore bus journey times in The West Midlands. Data collection for this project ended in June 2025. Bus tracking using BODS works better. This site now runs in archive mode on a smaller server and raw data can be downloaded from datalibrary.uk/transport.

Select a year:

⚠ Please note, currently only 2023 data is available.

1. Pick a bus stop.

2. Pick a date

Select date:

Select special dates:

3. API calls.

There are currently three methods for the API. Click stops on the map above to see an example of them all.

1. Get all stops currently in the database.

https://realjourneytime.azurewebsites.net/index.php?method=AllStops

2. Get all stops reachable from a stop.

3. Get all journeys between the two selected stops, and the worst journey time within 30 minute bins.

4. Get charts Loading may take up to a minute...

Select a specific route:

Journey Chart

Journey Time Distributions.

Time increment to display:

Real journey times (mins)

Timetabled journey times (mins)

Worst journey time by time of day.

Worst journey times (mins)

Made possible by open data and open source software

The TfWM API.
The NaPTAN dataset.
Open Street Map for mapping
Leaflet.js for mapping
Pikaday for the cool date picker
Chart.js and stuQuery barchart for the charts
.NET Core 2 (running on Ubuntu) for all the hosting.

And also Google Charts.