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IHateATOCon Why (UK) train departure information is not open data.

I'm pretty sure I obtained these documents legally, their webserver should have asked me for a password for the files but for some reason it did not (has since been fixed). They're under copyright though so I can't disseminate them.

IHateATOCon Why (UK) train departure information is not open data.

I like this idea. But I also like not being in jail.

IHateATOCon Why (UK) train departure information is not open data.

The entire spec for the magstripe on their tickets, and a preliminary spec for the new 2D self-print and phone tickets that are being introduced.

Edit: I have yet to obtain a valid 2D ticket myself, but the promotional image released is at least similar to what the spec describes, and the pre-amble is a match.

IHateATOCon Why (UK) train departure information is not open data.

How interested would the transit developers group be in 'hacking' the transport system, i.e. ripping apart all the proprietary encodings etc used by ATOC?

IHateATOCon Why (UK) train departure information is not open data.

I'm sitting on a lot of data that could do a lot of damage to ATOC. Time to stop sitting on it?