West Wales Bus Tracker

Demo Simulation

Standard OpenStreetMap (OSM) Live Tile Engine • BODS / SIRI-VM Ingestion

Next sync: 15s

Tracked Vehicles

0 buses in transit

95% on schedule

BODS & AVL Feed Setup

Direct SIRI-VM ingestion configuration

Data Source Mode

Simulation mode generates synthetic GPS vehicles running realistic schedules along the A487, A485, and coastal corridors between Aberystwyth, Cardigan, and Carmarthen.

BODS API Key

Free developer registration available at data.bus-data.dft.gov.uk

Operator Filter (National Operator Code)

FCYM (First Cymru / T1) All Welsh Feeds

FCYM broadcasts live TrawsCymru T1 telematics.

Proxy Base URL

Points to your local proxy: npx local-cors-proxy --proxyUrl https://data.bus-data.dft.gov.uk --port 8010

Auto-Polling Interval

Technical Architecture & OpenStreetMap

Using standard OpenStreetMap (OSM) tile servers with Leaflet.js. SIRI-VM XML vehicle locations are updated at 15-second cycles and interpolated smoothly with heading bearing calculation.