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BC Ferries vs Transport for Norway

BC Ferries

An independent, keyless JSON API built by developer Sam Pratt that scrapes and republishes BC Ferries' current sailing schedules, capacity and fill percentages, and vessel names for both major and minor routes via simple GET endpoints like /v2/capacity and /v2/noncapacity. It's a hobbyist project sustained through GitHub Sponsors donations rather than an official BC Ferries product, and it also backs a companion iOS app.

Transport for Norway

Entur is Norway's national registry for public transport data, aggregating schedules and real-time updates from 60+ operators (21,000 daily departures) behind a GraphQL Journey Planner API, plus SIRI real-time and NeTEx static feeds. Fully open and free of charge, keyless for read access, though Entur asks every consumer to self-identify with an ET-Client-Name header and reserves the right to rate-limit unidentified traffic; the old developer.entur.org portal is being retired in favor of developer.entur.no.

BC FerriesTransport for Norway
AuthenticationNoneNone
Pricingfreefree
FormatsJSONGraphQL, JSON, SIRI
CORSyesyes
HTTPSYesYes

Transport for Norway supports 3 response formats, while BC Ferries offers fewer — pick Transport for Norway for more integration flexibility.

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