Fahrplan-Free

deutschebahn · Data

Data No Auth Free & Open transport open_data

A RESTful webservice to request a railway journey - FREE plan with restricted access (max. 10 requests per minute). Please ignore the message in the API Console about the access token. Register to use an less restricted version, which requires an access token.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Get arrival board of a location

Get arrival board at a given location at a given daten and time.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/arrivalBoard/{id}?date=2026-06-02

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/arrivalBoard/{id}?date=2026-06-02"

import requests
params = {
    "date": "2026-06-02"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/arrivalBoard/{id}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/arrivalBoard/{id}');
url.searchParams.set('date', '2026-06-02');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/arrivalBoard/{id}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("date", "2026-06-02")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/arrivalBoard/{id}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "date" => "2026-06-02"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/arrivalBoard/{id}?" . http_build_query([
    "date" => "2026-06-02"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Get departure board of a location

Get departure board at a given location at a given daten and time.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/departureBoard/{id}?date=2026-06-02

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/departureBoard/{id}?date=2026-06-02"

import requests
params = {
    "date": "2026-06-02"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/departureBoard/{id}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/departureBoard/{id}');
url.searchParams.set('date', '2026-06-02');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/departureBoard/{id}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("date", "2026-06-02")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/departureBoard/{id}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "date" => "2026-06-02"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/departureBoard/{id}?" . http_build_query([
    "date" => "2026-06-02"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Get details about a single journey

Retrieve details of a journey. The id of journey should come from an arrival board or a departure board.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/journeyDetails/{id}

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/journeyDetails/{id}"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/journeyDetails/{id}",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/journeyDetails/{id}';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/journeyDetails/{id}"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/journeyDetails/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fahrplan/v1/journeyDetails/{id}";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Fahrplan-Free?

Fahrplan-Free is a Data API. Developers commonly use data APIs for:

enriching your app with third-party datasets
building data pipelines and ETL workflows
querying and searching large datasets
powering research, analysis, and reporting tools
syncing reference data into your own systems

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Fahrplan-Free is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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