UK rail real-time open data

Via a chain of tweets I find that there is now real-time data for UK rail

UK tweeps, do you know @opentraintimes? Real-time info using #opendata will save you from British railway's mess! awe.sm/lpxh

— Jacques (@jacksometer) June 29, 2012

.@jacksometer @zugmonitor Real-time data is out there, I am busy integrating it in to the site... expect live maps very soon!

— Peter Hicks (@poggs) June 29, 2012

Network Rail announces #opendata site powered by @rockshoreltd bit.ly/Ms9yPf

— Rockshore (@rockshoreltd) June 28, 2012

There's a June 28, 2012 press release from National Rail.

Opening up: Network Rail's Transparency Programme

Software developers can download information about real time train running data feeds here: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/data-feeds/ This service is available on a pre-registration basis until 20.00 on Thursday 28^th June, and the full service will be available thereafter.

The data feeds available will be:

• Train Movements - train positioning and movement event data, including incident and delay messages
• TD - train positioning data, at signal berth level
• TSR (Temporary Speed Restrictions) – details of temporary reductions in line speeds across the rail network
• VSTP (Very Short Term Plan) – schedule records created via this process (and thus not available via CIF)
• RTPPM (Real Time Public Performance Measure) - this shows the performance of trains against the timetable, measured as the percentage of trains arriving at destination on time
• SCHEDULE – extract of train schedules from the Integrated Train Planning System

The data feeds site says

live access to feeds will be provided on a first come, first served basis, and will be restricted to a maximum of 500 users, although we may increase this if there is sufficient demand.

The data from National Rail are one piece of the puzzle of the promised UK real-time bus and train data I discussed in my April 2012 post UK national real-time train and bus open data.