Transportation · head-to-head
Transport for Belgium vs Transport for Lisbon, Portugal
Independent, community-run, free API for Belgian rail travel, mirroring NMBS/SNCB data as live departure boards, connections, and vehicle compositions. Built and maintained as an open-source hobby project, it requires no API key and returns either JSON or XML depending on the requested format.
EMEL (Lisbon's municipal mobility and parking operator) publishes its open data through the city's Lisboa Aberta CKAN portal rather than a dedicated live API — the old emel.city-platform.com/opendata/ address now 302-redirects to an unrelated EMEL page. Datasets cover on-street and off-street parking locations and occupancy, GIRA bike-share, regulated parking zones, road tunnels, and street furniture, served keyless as CSV, SHP, and JSON via CKAN's standard action API.
| Transport for Belgium | Transport for Lisbon, Portugal | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON, XML | JSON, CSV, SHP |
| CORS | yes | no |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
Transport for Belgium supports CORS, while Transport for Lisbon, Portugal doesn't — pick Transport for Belgium for direct browser calls.