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NaPTAN and NPTG API

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NaPTAN and NPTG API

The UK Department for Transport's NaPTAN (public transport access points such as bus stops, stations and ferry and air terminals) and NPTG (locality gazetteer) datasets for England, Scotland and Wales, downloadable by area through a keyless API (naptan.api.dft.gov.uk) or as files.

Required Attribution:

Required under OGL v3.0: acknowledge the source of the Information and, where possible, link to the licence. If no specific attribution statement is given, the licence's default is: "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."

Coverage

The service page says: "NaPTAN is the national dataset for uniquely identifying all public transport access points in England, Scotland and Wales." It also says: "It does not cover transport services in Northern Ireland." History start and update frequency: Not stated.

Verdict

Keyless API and downloads for DfT's NaPTAN and NPTG datasets. Licensed OGL-UK-3.0: the terms page says: "The NaPTAN dataset is published under the Open Government Licence. For more information see the Open Government Licence v3.0." Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

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