The Car Park data feeds provide details on Car Parks, such as location, configuration and dynamic occupancy updates. Car Park data is split across 2 feeds and presented as JSON.
Car Park Static
The static car park data provides information on all public car parks regardless of whether or not real time occupancy data is available. The data for static feed includes:
- systemCodeNumber – Unique Car Park ID
- definitions:
- shortDescription – Full car park name
- longDescription – Full postal address
- point – Location
- easting/northing – EPSG:27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
- latitude/longitude – EPSG:3857 (WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator)
- lastUpdated – Date & Time (ISO 8601) definition was updated
- configurations:
- capacity – Number of spaces
- configurationDate – Date & Time (ISO 8601) configuration was updated
Example of an asset from Car Park Static
Car Park Dynamic
The Car Park Dynamic Data contains occupancy (where known) and the state of the car park.
- systemCodeNumber – Unique Car Park ID
- dynamics:
- occupancy – Spaces occupied
- stateDescription – Displays either SPACES, ALMOST FULL, FULL, OPEN, CLOSED, UNKNOWN or FAULTY
- lastUpdated – Date & Time (ISO 8601) definition was updated, normally every 60 seconds.
Example of an asset from Car Park Dynamic
Further Information
Currently we are only able to provide reliable occupancy information for major car parks in Newcastle along with Park & Ride sites across Tyne & Wear. A new system is due to be deployed in Gateshead. List of assets with live data are below:
- CP_NC_ELLSPL – Ellison Place
- CP_NC_MANORS – Manors
- CP0021 – Dean Street Multi
- CP0049 – Eldon Garden Multi
- CP0050 – Eldon Square Multi
- PR001 – Four Lane Ends Interchange
- PR002 – Callerton Parkway Metro
- PR003 – Bank Foot Metro
- PR004 – East Boldon Metro
- PR005 – Fellgate Metro
- PR007 – Kingston Park Metro
- PR009 – Regent Centre Interchange
- PR010 – Stadium of Light Metro
- PR012 – Northumberland Park Metro
- VMSLCP002 – Heworth Interchange (Long Stay)
- VMSLCP003 – Heworth Interchange (Short Stay)
Full information on the content of these feeds can be found in the API document located here.
Examples
You can view the following examples which use these feeds in some form. If you would like us to consider your application or service to be featured on this page please comment below.
The Parking Fairy – iOS / Android
The Parking Fairy (iOS)
Please note that the url for the static car park data is: https://www.netraveldata.co.uk/api/v1/carpark/static and not
https://www.netraveldata.co.uk/api/v1/carparks/static as stated in the API documentation.
So that is carpark singular. Apologies for any confusion.
For car park data.
XML format as well as JSON
Name as well as ID
Capacity as well as occupancy.
The Car Park static data feed contains the car park names, locations and capacity data you are looking for. https://www.netraveldata.co.uk/api/v1/carpark/static
XML output could be considered for a future enhancement.
Hi, I am a developer looking to leverage your open initiative, I am however confused as to how to request access to these services? Could you point me to a link to register or to request an api key?
Hi Drew.
You have an account set-up which are the credentials you use to log-in & access the API from your application server you plan to use. The API info & how to access the data is documented in the file we have uploaded here.
Hi Andrew,
Thank you for the speedy reply and the information. I am looking forward to exploring the API.
Regards
Drew
Hi,
how often is the carpark occupancy, in the dynamic json updated?
It seems that the only update is the stateDescription, keeping the occupancy at 0, anf it happens at 7 and 8am.
Am I doing anything wrong?
Hello,
At the moment the car parks will not report live occupancy data as the previous system that recorded this has now reached the end of it’s design life.
We’re currently trialling a replacement system based which will be rolled out to a number of key car park locations. Once this is ready we will post an update.
Thanks
Hi Andrew
Could you give an update on the replacement system and/or a roll out date?
Thanks
Hello!
We’ve now gone live with our new ANPR based Car Parking Guidance system. Our open data feeds & website have now been updated with the following live car parks:
> Dean Street Multi, Newcastle
> Eldon Garden Multi, Newcastle
> Eldon Square Multi, Newcastle
We’re currently working on obtaining funding to enable more car parks to be added to the new system across Tyne & Wear.
Many Thanks,
Andrew Proctor
Engineer – Grade 2
NECA Tyne & Wear UTMC
Updates will take place also in relation to the opening and closing times where capacity will change from Spaces to Closed & vice-versa.
Hi
Could you confirm the current list of Car Parks which offer Live Data?
I note that a “new system to be deployed in Gateshead is due in Spring/Summer 2018”. Has this been rolled out yet?
Thanks
Simon
Hello,
The following car parks are returning live data as of 25/04/2019:
CP_NC_ELLSPL – Ellison Place
CP_NC_MANORS – Manors
CP0021 – Dean Street Multi
CP0049 – Eldon Garden Multi
CP0050 – Eldon Square Multi
PR001 – Four Lane Ends Interchange
PR002 – Callerton Parkway Metro
PR003 – Bank Foot Metro
PR004 – East Boldon Metro
PR005 – Fellgate Metro
PR007 – Kingston Park Metro
PR009 – Regent Centre Interchange
PR010 – Stadium of Light Metro
PR012 – Northumberland Park Metro
VMSLCP002 – Heworth Interchange (Long Stay)
VMSLCP003 – Heworth Interchange (Short Stay)
We are waiting for further updates from Gateshead Council regards to when the Town Centre car park system will be live and working.
Many Thanks,
Andrew
UTMC
Thanks for the update Andrew!