BART Legacy API

The BART Legacy API has been around since 2010.

**For up-to-date, supported standards, check out our GTFS and GTFS-RT feeds, which also provide BART schedules, real time information, station information, service advisories, and more.

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Command Overview

The BART Legacy API contains several different functional areas:

Section Description
Overview Contains general information and help.
Advisories Contains commands and calls pertaining to BART service advisories (BSA), elevator outages and train counts.
Real-Time Estimates Contains commands and calls pertaining to estimated time of departure (ETD).
Route Information Contains commands and calls pertaining to BART routes.
Schedule Information Contains commands and calls pertaining to trip planning, route schedules, station schedules, holiday schedules, and special messages.
Station Information Contains commands and calls pertaining to BART stations
Version Information Contains command retrieve current API version