Swiss Public Transport real-time information. Use when querying train, bus, tram, or boat schedules in Switzerland. Supports station search, departure boards, journey planning from A to B, and connection details. Use for queries like "When does the next train leave from Zürich?" or "How do I get from Bern to Geneva?" or "Show departures at Basel SBB".
Query Swiss public transport (SBB, BLS, ZVV, etc.) using the official transport.opendata.ch API.
curl -s "https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/locations?query=Zürich" | jq -r '.stations[] | "\(.name) (\(.id))"'
curl -s "https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/stationboard?station=Zürich%20HB&limit=10" | \
jq -r '.stationboard[] | "\(.stop.departure[11:16]) \(.category) \(.number) → \(.to)"'
curl -s "https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/connections?from=Zürich&to=Bern&limit=3" | \
jq -r '.connections[] | "Departure: \(.from.departure[11:16]) | Arrival: \(.to.arrival[11:16]) | Duration: \(.duration[3:]) | Changes: \(.transfers)"'
curl -s "https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/connections?from=Zürich%20HB&to=Bern&limit=1" | \
jq '.connections[0].sections[] | {from: .departure.station.name, to: .arrival.station.name, departure: .departure.departure, arrival: .arrival.arrival, transport: .journey.category, line: .journey.number}'
/v1/locations - Search stationscurl "https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/locations?query=<station-name>"
Parameters:
query (required): Station name to searchtype (optional): Filter by type (station, address, poi)/v1/stationboard - Departure boardcurl "https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/stationboard?station=<station>&limit=<number>"
Parameters:
station (required): Station name or IDlimit (optional): Number of results (default 40)transportations[] (optional): Filter by type (ice_tgv_rj, ec_ic, ir, re_d, ship, s_sn_r, bus, cableway, arz_ext, tramway_underground)datetime (optional): Date/time in ISO format/v1/connections - Journey plannercurl "https://transport.opendata.ch/v1/connections?from=<start>&to=<destination>&limit=<number>"
Parameters:
from (required): Starting stationto (required): Destination stationvia[] (optional): Intermediate station(s)date (optional): Date (YYYY-MM-DD)time (optional): Time (HH:MM)isArrivalTime (optional): 0 (departure, default) or 1 (arrival)limit (optional): Number of connections (max 16)Use scripts/journey.py for formatted journey planning:
python3 scripts/journey.py "Zürich HB" "Bern"
python3 scripts/journey.py "Basel" "Lugano" --limit 5