TfL London Scraper — Live Transport Data

London transport data from the official TfL Unified API in one actor — live arrivals, line status & disruptions, routes and stops for Tube, bus, DLR, Overground, Elizabeth line and tram. Clean, flat, normalized JSON — no TfL $type envelope. Runs keyless.

Perfect for live departure boards, trip planners, disruption alerts, transport dashboards and datasets.

Keyless (optional BYO key)

Runs keyless at TfL's standard rate — no key required. For a higher rate limit, register a free app key at https://api-portal.tfl.gov.uk/ and set it in the optional appKey input (stored as a secret). It works fine without one.

Modes

Mode	What it returns
line-status	Status / disruptions for a set of modes (tube, bus, dlr, …)
arrivals-by-line	Live arrivals for one or more lines (e.g. victoria, central, a bus route)
arrivals-by-stop	Live arrivals at one or more stopIds (NaPTAN, e.g. 940GZZLUOXC)
stop-search	Stops matching a query (name/place) — returns ids to use elsewhere
line-stops	All stop points on a line

What you get

• Arrivals — station, line, platform, direction, towards, destinationName, vehicle id, current location, timeToStationSeconds, expectedArrival
• Line status — line, mode, statusSeverity, statusDescription, disruption reason/category and validity window
• Stop search — id, name, lat/lon, modes, fare zone, ics id
• Line stops — NaPTAN id, name, stop type, lat/lon, modes, zone, lines served, WiFi flag

Example inputs

Tube status

{"mode":"line-status","modes":["tube"]}

Live arrivals on lines

{"mode":"arrivals-by-line","lines":["victoria","central"]}

Arrivals at a stop

{"mode":"arrivals-by-stop","stopIds":["940GZZLUOXC"]}

Search a stop

{"mode":"stop-search","query":"Oxford"}

Typical flow: stop-search → grab a stop id → arrivals-by-stop.

Output (one arrival)

Fields below are the real normalizer output:

{
  "stationName": "Oxford Circus Underground Station",
  "naptanId": "940GZZLUOXC",
  "lineId": "victoria",
  "lineName": "Victoria",
  "platformName": "Northbound - Platform 3",
  "direction": "inbound",
  "towards": "Walthamstow Central",
  "destinationName": "Walthamstow Central",
  "vehicleId": "234",
  "currentLocation": "At Green Park",
  "timeToStationSeconds": 120,
  "expectedArrival": "2026-07-12T10:15:30Z",
  "timestamp": "2026-07-12T10:13:30Z",
  "modeName": "tube"
}

Why this actor

• All modes in one actor — Tube, bus, DLR, Overground, Elizabeth line and tram.
• Tidy schema — flat normalized rows, no TfL $type noise or nested envelope.
• Reliable — requests retry with backoff on 429/5xx.

Pricing

Pay per result — $2.00 per 1,000 results (one result = one arrival / status / stop / match). No subscription or platform fees; runs keyless (bring a key only for higher throughput).

Related actors

• Transitland Scraper — public transit worldwide (operators, routes, stops, departures).
• Vienna Wiener Linien — live Vienna departures & stops.

Notes & limits

• Live arrival predictions and disruption status change constantly; treat each run as a snapshot.
• Independent tool sourcing the official TfL Unified API; not affiliated with or endorsed by Transport for London. Powered by TfL Open Data. You are responsible for compliant use.