TransportAPI
The facts below are what the maker publishes about TransportAPI, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From TransportAPI's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free | 30 API hits per day · free forever |
| Home user plan | — | 300 requests per day · Monthly |
The facts
Each one read from TransportAPI's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API formats
- Managed services provide polling and streaming APIs, including RESTful JSON and, for some services, Websocket JSON-RPC.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Bus information
- TAPI Bus Information provides nationwide scheduled and real-time bus data through API or GTFS.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data quality
- Managed services monitor data quality and report errors to data vendors so they can be addressed at source.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data sources
- Bus Information combines UK datasets including TNDS, BODS, NaPTAN, BODS SIRI VM and Traveline Nextbuses SIRI SM.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Journey Planner offers engine options including SilverRail, TfL API, OTP, R5, OSRM, CycleStreets and TaxiCode.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- TransportAPI provides managed services for accessing and publishing UK transport data through APIs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Rail information
- TAPI Rail Information provides nationwide rail schedules and real-time information through API or GTFS.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- TransportAPI lists separate email contacts for technical support, account support and business enquiries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Terms and data rights
- TransportAPI says it does not retain downstream rights in customer-created or developed work and permits use of data as the customer sees fit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The services are intended for apps and websites, transport analytics and data mining.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- TransportAPI says it launched in 2012 and identifies Placr Limited as its official company name.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2012checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- London, UKchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Journey planning
- TAPI Journey Planner supports bus, train, metro, coach, tram, light rail, cycle, car, ferry and taxi journeys across Great Britain.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The managed-services page says trial periods are available, while the developer portal describes trials of paid plans with higher allowances.checked 11 Oct 2026
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