# FlixBus Scraper — Bus & Train Schedules, Fares (40+ Countries) (`jungle_synthesizer/flixbus-multi-country-scraper`) Actor Scrape FlixBus group schedules, fares, and availability across 40+ countries. Returns departure/arrival times, duration, transfers, price, seat availability, Wi-Fi/power/bike/wheelchair info. For travel aggregators, fare comparison tools, and mobility planners. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/flixbus-multi-country-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Travel, Business, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## FlixBus Scraper — Bus & Train Schedules, Fares, Routes Scrapes trip schedules, fares, and seat availability from [FlixBus](https://shop.flixbus.com) across 40+ countries. Returns departure and arrival times, duration, price, amenities, accessibility info, and a direct booking link — for any origin/destination pair on any date. --- ### FlixBus Scraper Features - Extracts up to 100 trips per route/date query in a single run - Returns 20+ fields per trip: timing, price, seat count, bike slots, Wi-Fi, power, wheelchair status - Covers FlixBus and FlixTrain routes across Europe, the US, and Canada - Accepts city names in plain language — "New York", "Berlin", "Paris" — no ID lookups required - Supports 12 currencies: EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, PLN, CZK, SEK, DKK, NOK, TRY, HUF, RON - Pure API scraping, no browser required - Accepts ISO dates (YYYY-MM-DD) or defaults to tomorrow if no date is provided --- ### Who Uses FlixBus Data? - **Travel aggregators** — Pull real-time fares and schedules to display alongside rail and flight options - **Fare comparison tools** — Track price changes over time for a given corridor or compare FlixBus against competing intercity carriers - **Mobility researchers** — Analyze intercity bus coverage, route frequency, and pricing across European markets - **Tourism apps** — Surface affordable ground transport options for budget travelers - **Data journalists** — Map FlixBus accessibility by route — wheelchair status, bike capacity — the kind of analysis that takes ten minutes with structured data and forever without it --- ### How FlixBus Scraper Works 1. Fetches the FlixBus partner auth key from a public server config endpoint — no scraping the frontend, no WAF to navigate. 2. Resolves your city names to FlixBus internal UUIDs via the autocomplete API. You type "Berlin"; it figures out the rest. 3. Issues a single search request to the v4/search endpoint. All results for a given route and date come back in one response — no pagination needed. 4. Saves each available trip as a structured record with fare, timing, amenity, and booking link data. --- ### Input ```json { "origin": "Berlin", "destination": "Prague", "date": "2026-06-15", "passengers": 1, "currency": "EUR", "maxItems": 15, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } } ```` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `origin` | string | `Berlin` | Departure city name (e.g. "New York", "Paris", "Warsaw") | | `destination` | string | `Prague` | Arrival city name | | `date` | string | tomorrow | Travel date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave blank to use tomorrow. | | `passengers` | integer | `1` | Number of adult passengers | | `currency` | string | `EUR` | Price currency ISO code (EUR, USD, GBP, etc.) | | `maxItems` | integer | `15` | Maximum number of trip results to return | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | RESIDENTIAL | Proxy settings. Residential proxy recommended for accurate geo-routing. | *** ### FlixBus Scraper Output Fields ```json { "trip_id": "direct:1234567:40d8f682-8646-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c:40de1ad1-8646-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c", "service": "FlixBus", "route_id": "N60", "origin_city": "Berlin", "origin_station": null, "origin_country": "DE", "destination_city": "Prague", "destination_station": null, "destination_country": "CZ", "departure_time": "2026-06-15T00:15:00+02:00", "arrival_time": "2026-06-15T04:40:00+02:00", "duration_minutes": 265, "transfers": 0, "segments": [], "price_total": 18.99, "price_currency": "EUR", "price_type": "Direct", "seats_available": 62, "bike_slots_available": 0, "amenities": ["wifi", "power"], "bikes_allowed": "true", "wheelchair_status": "unknown", "booking_url": "https://shop.flixbus.com/search?departureCity=40d8f682-8646-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c&arrivalCity=40de1ad1-8646-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c&rideDate=06/15/2026&adult=1", "scraped_at": "2026-06-14T18:30:00.000Z" } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `trip_id` | string | FlixBus trip UID encoding ride ID and station IDs | | `service` | string | Brand name: FlixBus or FlixTrain | | `route_id` | string | Route line code (e.g. N60, F303) | | `origin_city` | string | Departure city name as returned by FlixBus | | `origin_station` | string | Departure station name (null in v4 search results) | | `origin_country` | string | ISO country code for origin (DE, US, FR, etc.) | | `destination_city` | string | Arrival city name | | `destination_station` | string | Arrival station name (null in v4 search results) | | `destination_country` | string | ISO country code for destination | | `departure_time` | string | Scheduled departure — ISO 8601 with timezone offset | | `arrival_time` | string | Scheduled arrival — ISO 8601 with timezone offset | | `duration_minutes` | number | Total trip duration in minutes | | `transfers` | number | Number of transfers (0 = direct service) | | `segments` | array | Stop names along route | | `price_total` | number | Total ticket price in the requested currency | | `price_currency` | string | Currency ISO code | | `price_type` | string | Trip type: Direct or Transfer | | `seats_available` | number | Seats available at scrape time | | `bike_slots_available` | number | Bike transport slots available | | `amenities` | array | On-board amenities (wifi, power, toilet, ac, reclining\_seats, extra\_legroom) | | `bikes_allowed` | string | Whether bicycle carriage is permitted ("true" / "false") | | `wheelchair_status` | string | Wheelchair accessibility status as reported by FlixBus | | `booking_url` | string | Direct booking link on shop.flixbus.com | | `scraped_at` | string | ISO timestamp when data was scraped | *** ### 🔍 FAQ #### How do I scrape FlixBus schedules for a specific route? FlixBus Scraper takes an origin city name, a destination city name, and a date. Set `origin` to your departure city (e.g. "Amsterdam"), `destination` to your arrival city (e.g. "Brussels"), and `date` to your travel date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave `date` blank to get tomorrow's trips, which works well for monitoring. #### How much does FlixBus Scraper cost to run? FlixBus Scraper charges $0.10 per start plus $0.001 per record. A run returning 15 trips costs roughly $0.115. Most routes have 50–100 available trips per date, so a full-route pull of 100 records runs about $0.20. #### What data can I get from FlixBus? FlixBus Scraper returns schedules, fares, seat availability, bike slot counts, amenities (Wi-Fi, power sockets, toilets, AC), wheelchair accessibility status, and direct booking URLs. Coverage spans 40+ countries and 5,600+ destinations. Prices and seat counts reflect availability at the moment of scraping. #### Can I filter results by price or departure time? FlixBus Scraper returns all available trips for a route and date, up to `maxItems`. Filtering happens in your downstream pipeline — take the full output and apply your own criteria. #### Does FlixBus Scraper need proxies? Residential proxy is recommended. The FlixBus API applies geo-routing for country-specific pricing, so a proxy matching the origin country gives more accurate fares. It also reduces rate limiting risk on high-volume runs. #### What cities are supported? FlixBus serves 5,600+ destinations across 40+ countries in Europe, the US, and Canada. If it's on the FlixBus website, FlixBus Scraper can reach it. Unrecognized city names return a descriptive error. *** ### Need More Features? Need round-trip queries, custom fields, or a different target site? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or reach out through the Apify console. ### Why Use FlixBus Scraper? - **Affordable** — $0.001 per record includes pricing, availability, and amenities in a single API call - **Clean output** — Returns structured JSON with consistent field names and ISO-format timestamps, so your pipeline can use the data without normalization - **40+ countries** — One actor covers all FlixBus and FlixTrain markets, from Germany and France to the US east coast intercity network # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `origin` (type: `string`): City name to depart from (e.g. 'Berlin', 'New York', 'Paris'). ## `destination` (type: `string`): City name to arrive at (e.g. 'Prague', 'Boston', 'Amsterdam'). ## `date` (type: `string`): Departure date. Leave blank to use tomorrow. ## `passengers` (type: `integer`): Number of adult passengers. ## `currency` (type: `string`): Price currency ISO code. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of trip results to return. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Residential proxy recommended for accurate pricing and routing. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "origin": "Berlin", "destination": "Prague", "passengers": 1, "currency": "EUR", "maxItems": 15, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "origin": "Berlin", "destination": "Prague", "date": "", "passengers": 1, "currency": "EUR", "maxItems": 15, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/flixbus-multi-country-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "origin": "Berlin", "destination": "Prague", "date": "", "passengers": 1, "currency": "EUR", "maxItems": 15, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/flixbus-multi-country-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "origin": "Berlin", "destination": "Prague", "date": "", "passengers": 1, "currency": "EUR", "maxItems": 15, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/flixbus-multi-country-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/flixbus-multi-country-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "FlixBus Scraper — Bus & Train Schedules, Fares (40+ Countries)", "description": "Scrape FlixBus group schedules, fares, and availability across 40+ countries. Returns departure/arrival times, duration, transfers, price, seat availability, Wi-Fi/power/bike/wheelchair info. For travel aggregators, fare comparison tools, and mobility planners.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "zXLYFYR4GUge6uOmC" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~flixbus-multi-country-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-flixbus-multi-country-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~flixbus-multi-country-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-flixbus-multi-country-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~flixbus-multi-country-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-flixbus-multi-country-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "sp_intended_usage", "sp_improvement_suggestions" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler.", "default": "Competitive analysis" }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements.", "default": "Competitive analysis" }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "origin": { "title": "Origin City", "type": "string", "description": "City name to depart from (e.g. 'Berlin', 'New York', 'Paris').", "default": "Berlin" }, "destination": { "title": "Destination City", "type": "string", "description": "City name to arrive at (e.g. 'Prague', 'Boston', 'Amsterdam').", "default": "Prague" }, "date": { "title": "Travel Date (YYYY-MM-DD)", "type": "string", "description": "Departure date. Leave blank to use tomorrow." }, "passengers": { "title": "Passengers", "type": "integer", "description": "Number of adult passengers.", "default": 1 }, "currency": { "title": "Currency", "enum": [ "EUR", "USD", "GBP", "CHF", "PLN", "CZK", "SEK", "DKK", "NOK", "TRY", "HUF", "RON" ], "type": "string", "description": "Price currency ISO code.", "default": "EUR" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Trips", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of trip results to return.", "default": 15 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Residential proxy recommended for accurate pricing and routing." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```