Travellers information

STIB: brussels metro, tram and bus operator

Format
JSON
Updates
Every 15 minutes
Latest snapshot
Snapshots stored
about 15,509
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MOBILITYTWIN_TOKEN" "https://api.mobilitytwin.brussels/stib/travellers-information"
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Real-time traveller information messages and service alerts for STIB/MIVB lines and stops.

Which days have data

Data from 30 Mar 2026 to 2 Nov 2026, on 218 days. 30 of the last 30 days have data. A typical day holds 72 snapshots. Days are in UTC.

2026
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Full day
  • Partial, 50–90% of a typical day
  • Low, under 50%
  • No snapshot
  • Not expected

Click a day above, or pick a date, to get its requests.

Parameters

NameMeaning
timestampReturn the last snapshot at or before this moment, in Unix seconds or ISO 8601 (e.g. 2026-05-06T12:00:00Z). Without it, the latest snapshot is returned.

Response fields

FieldTypeMeaning
results[].contentstring
results[].typestring
results[].linesstring
results[].priorityinteger
results[].pointsstring
results[].idstringMessage id.

Python example

import requests
import json

from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone

yesterday_noon = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=1)).replace(
    hour=12, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0
)
params = {
    "timestamp": yesterday_noon.isoformat(),   # ISO accepted; epoch also works
}

url = "https://api.mobilitytwin.brussels/stib/travellers-information"

data = requests.get(url, headers={
        'Authorization': 'Bearer [MY_API_KEY]'
}, params=params).json()

# Display active service alerts sorted by priority
for alert in sorted(data['results'], key=lambda x: x['priority'], reverse=True):
    content = json.loads(alert['content'])
    lines = json.loads(alert['lines'])
    text = content[0]['text'][0].get('en') or content[0]['text'][0]['fr']   # a few alerts are French/Dutch only
    line_ids = ', '.join(l['id'] for l in lines)
    print(f"[Priority {alert['priority']}] Lines {line_ids}: {text}")