Bahn

A comprehensive suite of commands for tracking Deutsche Bahn trains

A comprehensive suite of commands for Deutsche Bahn trains - live departures, delay tracking, Baustellen/disruption alerts, journey planning, connection parsing, historical delay stats, and delay predictions. No API keys needed.

Flags

Flag	What it does	When to use
--predict	Runs the exponential delay model (transferProb, zugbindungProb)	User asks about probability of catching a transfer or Zugbindung being lifted
--stats	Fetches historical bahn.expert aggregate data per train	User asks about historical delay patterns for a specific train

Examples

bash

# Search for a train station
node scripts/bahn.mjs --search "Wuppertal" [--json]

# Find latest departures from a given station
node scripts/bahn.mjs --departures "Wuppertal Hbf" [--results N] [--json]

# Default: Parse and show live data
echo '<raw Navigator share text>' | node scripts/bahn.mjs --parse [--json]

# With prediction model (transferProb, zugbindungProb)
echo '<text>' | node scripts/bahn.mjs --parse --predict [--json]

# With historical stats from bahn.expert
node scripts/bahn.mjs --parse connections/active.json --stats [--json]

# Both
node scripts/bahn.mjs --parse connections/active.json --predict --stats [--json]

# Find a given journey in timetable
node scripts/bahn.mjs --journey "From" "To" [--date YYYY-MM-DD] [--time HH:MM] [--results N] [--days N] [--json]

# Get current delays
node scripts/bahn.mjs --live --current-leg N [--delay M] connections/active.json [--json]

# Find a specific train by number and category (example: ICE 933)
node scripts/bahn.mjs --category CAT --train NUM [--date YYYY-MM-DD] [--json]

File Layout

text

scripts/
├── bahn.mjs                    ← thin CLI dispatcher (~60 lines)
├── lib/
│   ├── commands/             ← one module per mode
│   │   ├── search.mjs        ← --search: station lookup
│   │   ├── departures.mjs    ← --departures: live departure board
│   │   ├── parse.mjs         ← --parse: connection parsing + enrichment
│   │   ├── journey.mjs       ← --journey: route search
│   │   ├── live.mjs          ← --live: real-time transfer check
│   │   └── track.mjs         ← --track: train tracking
│   ├── helpers.mjs           ← shared helpers (envelope, transfers, assessment)
│   ├── data.mjs              ← source router (IRIS/Vendo/bahn.expert)
│   ├── predict.mjs           ← probability model (opt-in via --predict)
│   ├── stats.mjs             ← delay profiles + historical stats (opt-in via --stats)
│   ├── parse.mjs             ← connection text parser
│   ├── format.mjs            ← output formatter
│   ├── messageLookup.mjs     ← IRIS delay code lookup
│   └── sources/
│       ├── bahn-expert.mjs   ← bahn.expert tRPC source
│       ├── iris.mjs          ← IRIS XML source
│       └── vendo.mjs         ← db-vendo-client source

JSON Envelope

All modes support --json:

json

{
  "mode": "string",
  "timestamp": "ISO8601",
  "connection": { "date", "from", "to", "legs", "transfers" },
  "journeyOptions": { "from", "to", "date", "options" },
  "departures": { "station", "entries" },
  "stations": { "query", "results" },
  "liveStatus": { "currentLeg", "nextTransfer", "zugbindungStatus", "recommendation", "remainingTransfers" },
  "trackStatus": { "train", "from", "to", "stops", "maxDelay", "zugbindungStatus" },
  "assessment": null,
  "errors": [],
  "warnings": []
}

The assessment field is only populated when --predict is used. Without it, assessment is null.

Prediction Model (predict.mjs) — opt-in only

Exponential delay distributions per train category. Only loaded when --predict is passed.

Category	Mean delay	Cancel rate
ICE	5.0min	5.5%
IC/EC	4.0min	4.0%
RE	2.5min	2.0%
RB	2.0min	1.5%
S	1.5min	1.0%
Bus	3.0min	2.0%

P(Zugbindung triggered) per leg = exp(-20/mean). Overall P(Zugbindung) = 1 - ∏(1 - P(leg_i ≥ 20min)).

Coverage

Long-distance (ICE/IC/EC), regional (RE/RB), S-Bahn, buses, and international trains to neighboring countries.

Report issues and legal information here: https://github.com/ableitung/openclaw-bahn