departures

Show departure times for your Berlin public transport station

install

Currently we are offering binary (pre-)releases and the source code. The binary releases can be found on the releases page. To install from source you need to have a current Go version installed.

go get -u github.com/noxer/departures

Now you should have the departures binary installed in your $GOPATH/bin directory. You can call it from there or add the directory to your $PATH.

usage

First you need to find out the ID of your station. To do this run the tool with the -search parameter.

~$ departures -search="Alexanderplatz"
Found 5 station(s):
  900000100003 - S+U Alexanderplatz
  900000100024 - S+U Alexanderplatz/Dircksenstr.
  900000100026 - S+U Alexanderplatz/Gontardstr.
  900000100005 - U Alexanderplatz [Tram]
  900000100031 - S+U Alexanderplatz/Memhardstr.

This should help you identify the station you want to look at. Now you can request the timetable for Alexanderplatz.

~$ departures -id="900000100003"
  M6 S Hackescher Markt                          10:19 (-1)
  S7 S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof                      10:20
  U2 U Ruhleben                                  10:20
  M4 Falkenberg                                  10:21
  U5 U Kaulsdorf-Nord                            10:21
  U2 S+U Pankow                                  10:21 (+3)
[and so on...]

You can limit the lines and directions shown. Multiple values must be separated by a comma.

~$ departures -id="900000100003" -filter-line="M4" -filter-destination="S Hackescher Markt"
M4 S Hackescher Markt 10:57 (-1)
M4 S Hackescher Markt 11:02 (-1)
M4 S Hackescher Markt 11:07 (-1)
M4 S Hackescher Markt 11:13

You can provide the station name as a string in alternative to the station id. The -station flag will be ignored if -id is used.

~$ departures -station Hauptbahnhof
? Choose a station:  [Use arrows to move, space to select, type to filter]
> S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
  S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
  Dresden, Hbf
  Leipzig, Hbf
  Rostock, Hbf
? Choose a station: S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
    RE2 S Ostkreuz                                      21:37 (+2)
     M8 Moabit, Lüneburger Str.                         21:37
    M10 S+U Warschauer Str.                             21:37

You can limit the width of the output to make it fit your terminal or for use in wtfutil*.

(* wtfutil sets the WTF_WIDGET_WIDTH environment variable which is automatically recognized by departures)

~$ departures -id="900000100003" -width=20
  S5 S We 10:58
 100 S+U  10:58
 RE1 Fran 10:59 (+1)

You can filter only connections that allow you to take a bike by adding the '-bicycle' argument.

~$ departures -id 900000029305
M32 S+U Rathaus Spandau    20:02
M32 Staaken, Heidebergplan 20:10 (-1)
M32 S+U Rathaus Spandau    20:20
RE4 Rathenow, Bhf          20:25 (+11)
M32 Staaken, Heidebergplan 20:31
M32 S+U Rathaus Spandau    20:40
RE4 Ludwigsfelde, Bhf      20:44
M32 Staaken, Heidebergplan 20:51
M32 S+U Rathaus Spandau    21:00

~$ departures -id 900000029305 -bicycle
RE4 Rathenow, Bhf     20:25 (+11)
RE4 Ludwigsfelde, Bhf 20:44

You can show additional informations like warning bicycle conveyance etc. by adding the '-verbose' argument

~$ departures -id 900000029305
M32 S+U Rathaus Spandau    20:20
RE4 Rathenow, Bhf          20:23 (+9)

~$ departures -id 900000029305 -verbose
M32 S+U Rathaus Spandau    20:20
    Operator : Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
    Type     : bus
    Hint     : barrier-free
RE4 Rathenow, Bhf          20:23 (+9)
    Operator : ODEG Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH
    Type     : regional
    Hint     : barrier-free
    Hint     : Bicycle conveyance
    Hint     : Fahrradmitnahme leicht gemacht: www.vbb.de/radimregio

wtfutil

This utility was originally created for use in wtfutil. You can use the following config snippet to get started.

    departures:
      args: ["-id=900000100003", "-force-color", "-retries=100", "-retry-pause=5s"]
      cmd: "departures"
      enabled: true
      position:
        top: 0
        left: 0
        height: 1
        width: 1
      refreshInterval: 60
      type: cmdrunner
      title: Departures

attribution

We're using https://v5.bvg.transport.rest to request the current timetable data. Thanks to derhuerst.