FlixBus Bus Trips, Fares & Seat Availability Scraper

Here is one real result, a multi-leg trip, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn-cf.cms.flixbus.com/drupal-assets/2025-01/flixbus-green.png",
  "origin": "Berlin",
  "destination": "Munich",
  "departure": "2026-08-24T07:15:00+02:00",
  "arrival": "2026-08-24T17:35:00+02:00",
  "durationText": "10h 20m",
  "durationMinutes": 620,
  "price": 57.48,
  "priceWithFee": 58.47,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "status": "available",
  "seatsAvailable": 28,
  "capacity": "medium",
  "bikeSlots": 0,
  "transfers": 1,
  "transferType": "Transfer",
  "operator": "FlixBus DACH GmbH",
  "operators": ["FlixBus DACH GmbH", "FlixBus Polska sp. z.o.o."],
  "brand": "FlixBus",
  "meansOfTransport": "bus",
  "amenities": ["WiFi", "Power sockets"],
  "decks": 2,
  "seatLayout": "TWO_TWO",
  "departureStation": "Berlin Südkreuz",
  "arrivalStation": "Munich Fröttmaning",
  "bikesAllowed": true,
  "wheelchairStatus": "unknown",
  "tripId": "ic:dcbb994f-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c:dcc0b7f3-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c/73b28cd0-e073-453c-8885-b9ed59cac169:dcbc6452-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c:dcbc6452-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c:94e87ca9-57df-41cd-9d33-15fb8a8a65ce",
  "legs": [
    {
      "from": "Berlin Südkreuz",
      "to": "Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc)",
      "departure": "2026-08-24T07:15:00+02:00",
      "arrival": "2026-08-24T11:40:00+02:00",
      "meansOfTransport": "bus",
      "operator": "FlixBus DACH GmbH",
      "brand": "FlixBus",
      "amenities": ["WIFI", "POWER_SOCKETS"]
    },
    {
      "from": "Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc)",
      "to": "Munich Fröttmaning",
      "departure": "2026-08-24T12:50:00+02:00",
      "arrival": "2026-08-24T17:35:00+02:00",
      "meansOfTransport": "bus",
      "operator": "FlixBus Polska sp. z.o.o.",
      "brand": "FlixBus",
      "amenities": ["WIFI", "POWER_SOCKETS"]
    }
  ],
  "bookingUrl": "https://shop.flixbus.com/search?departureCity=88&arrivalCity=94&rideDate=24.08.2026&adult=1&_locale=en&currency=EUR",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:41:24.204Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete FlixBus trip scraper available. It returns every field a FlixBus route search exposes for each trip (departure and arrival times, duration, fare and fare-with-fee, live seat availability, transfers, operators, amenities, seat layout, stations, and a bookable deep link), plus a per-leg breakdown for multi-leg trips, and gives you route, date, party-size, and currency controls to price exactly the trips you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor resolves the origin and destination city names you pass to the best-matching FlixBus cities, searches the route for your travel date and party size, and writes one normalized record per trip to the run's dataset. Each record carries the departure and arrival times, total duration, the base fare and the fare including the service fee (for your party size in your chosen currency), live seat availability and capacity band, the number of transfers, the operating carriers, the on-board amenities, seat layout, boarding and drop-off stations, and a deep link that opens the trip in the FlixBus shop.

Multi-leg trips also include a legs array with each individual segment (from, to, times, operator, amenities). Missing source values are returned as null, never invented.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 10 trips from Berlin to Munich, priced for one adult in euros.

{
  "fromCity": "Berlin",
  "toCity": "Munich",
  "departureDate": "2026-08-24",
  "passengers": 1,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "maxTrips": 10
}

Leave departureDate empty to search a date about two weeks from today. City names are resolved automatically, so New York or Paris work without a station code.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
fromCity	string	yes	Berlin	Origin city name, for example Berlin, Paris, New York. Resolved to the best-matching FlixBus city.
toCity	string	yes	Munich	Destination city name, for example Munich, Amsterdam, Washington. Resolved to the best-matching FlixBus city.
departureDate	string	no	(about two weeks out)	Travel date as YYYY-MM-DD. If empty, the scraper uses a date about two weeks from today.
passengers	integer	no	1	Number of adult passengers (1 to 9). Fares are returned for this party size.
currency	enum	no	EUR	Fare currency: EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, PLN, CZK, DKK, SEK, NOK, HUF, RON, BGN, HRK, BRL.
maxTrips	integer	no	10	Maximum trips to collect for the route and date. Free Apify plans are capped at 10.

fromCity and toCity are required. If a city cannot be resolved or the route has no service on the date, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field.

Output reference

One dataset item per trip. Types: string, integer, number, boolean, string[], object[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
imageUrl	string	Brand image URL for the trip.
origin	string	Resolved origin city.
destination	string	Resolved destination city.
departure	string	Departure timestamp with timezone offset (ISO 8601).
arrival	string	Arrival timestamp with timezone offset (ISO 8601).
durationText	string	Human-readable trip duration, for example 10h 20m.
durationMinutes	integer	Total trip duration in minutes.
price	number	Base fare for the party size, in the chosen currency.
priceWithFee	number	Fare including the service fee.
currency	string	Fare currency code.
status	string	Booking status, for example available.
seatsAvailable	integer	Live number of seats still available, or null.
capacity	string	Capacity band, for example low, medium, high.
bikeSlots	integer	Number of bike slots available.
transfers	integer	Number of transfers (0 for a direct trip).
transferType	string	Direct or Transfer.
operator	string	Primary operating carrier.
operators	string[]	All operating carriers across the trip.
brand	string	Brand, for example FlixBus.
meansOfTransport	string	Mode, for example bus.
amenities	string[]	On-board amenities, for example WiFi, Power sockets.
decks	integer	Number of decks on the vehicle.
seatLayout	string	Seat layout code, for example TWO_TWO.
departureStation	string	Boarding station name.
arrivalStation	string	Drop-off station name.
bikesAllowed	boolean	Whether bikes are allowed on this trip.
wheelchairStatus	string	Wheelchair accessibility status, or unknown.
tripId	string	FlixBus internal trip identifier.
legs	object[]	Per-segment breakdown for multi-leg trips (from, to, times, operator, amenities). Absent for direct trips.
bookingUrl	string	Deep link that opens the trip in the FlixBus shop.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"fromCity":"Berlin","toCity":"Munich","departureDate":"2026-08-24","maxTrips":10}), a direct trip (no legs array):

{
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn-cf.cms.flixbus.com/drupal-assets/2025-01/flixbus-green.png",
  "origin": "Berlin",
  "destination": "Munich",
  "departure": "2026-08-24T07:40:00+02:00",
  "arrival": "2026-08-24T15:35:00+02:00",
  "durationText": "7h 55m",
  "durationMinutes": 475,
  "price": 32.99,
  "priceWithFee": 33.98,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "status": "available",
  "seatsAvailable": 31,
  "capacity": "high",
  "bikeSlots": 0,
  "transfers": 0,
  "transferType": "Direct",
  "operator": "FlixBus DACH GmbH",
  "operators": ["FlixBus DACH GmbH"],
  "brand": "FlixBus",
  "meansOfTransport": "bus",
  "amenities": ["WiFi", "Power sockets"],
  "decks": 1,
  "seatLayout": "TWO_TWO",
  "departureStation": "Berlin central bus station",
  "arrivalStation": "Munich central bus station",
  "bikesAllowed": true,
  "wheelchairStatus": "unknown",
  "tripId": "direct:2a3d7728-df32-4175-9cd2-7f7e4e1f90b1:dcbaaee6-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c:dcbabbfa-9603-11e6-9066-549f350fcb0c",
  "bookingUrl": "https://shop.flixbus.com/search?departureCity=88&arrivalCity=94&rideDate=24.08.2026&adult=1&_locale=en&currency=EUR",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:41:24.297Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~flixbus-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"fromCity":"Berlin","toCity":"Munich","departureDate":"2026-08-24","passengers":2,"currency":"EUR","maxTrips":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~flixbus-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"fromCity":"New York","toCity":"Washington","currency":"USD","maxTrips":50}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/flixbus-scraper \
  --input '{"fromCity":"Paris","toCity":"Amsterdam","departureDate":"2026-09-01"}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per trip record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 trips per run. Upgrade for higher maxTrips.
• Live availability. Fares and seat counts are pulled at scrape time and change quickly. Re-run close to booking for current numbers.

FAQ and troubleshooting

How do I set the route? Pass fromCity and toCity as plain city names. The scraper resolves each to the best-matching FlixBus city, so station codes are not needed.

What date does it search if I leave departureDate empty? A date about two weeks from today. Set departureDate (YYYY-MM-DD) to control it.

Can I price for more than one passenger or a different currency? Yes. Set passengers (1 to 9) and currency. Fares are returned for that party size in that currency.

What is priceWithFee? The total including the FlixBus service fee. price is the base fare before the fee.

How do I read a multi-leg trip? When transfers is greater than 0, the legs array lists each segment with its own stations, times, operator, and amenities. Direct trips omit legs.

A run returned 0 records. Why? Either a city could not be resolved, or the route has no service on the date. Check the city spelling and try another date. Zero-result runs are not charged.

Is this an official FlixBus tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with FlixBus or Flix SE. It reads only publicly available trip and fare data. Use the results in accordance with FlixBus's terms and applicable law.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with FlixBus or Flix SE. Accesses only publicly available trip and fare data. Use in accordance with FlixBus's terms and applicable law.