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NaPTAN

The National Public Transport Access Node (NaPTAN) database is a UK nationwide system for uniquely identifying all the points of access to public transport in the UK. The dataset is closely associated with the National Public Transport Gazetteer.

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Purpose of NaPTAN

NaPTAN Components

NaPTAN Stops

National Public Transport Gazetteer

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NaPTAN

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples65
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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NaPTAN

Top relations

related to National Public Transport Gazetteer · 10
NaPTAN → Gazetteer, Gazetteers, Great Britain, It, JourneyWeb, NPTG, The National Public Transport, They, This, UK Public Transport Information
related to Purpose of NaPTAN · 10
NaPTAN → Bus Services, Digitalising, Electronic Registration, In, Stop, The, Transport Direct Portal, TransXChange, UK, UK NaPTAN
related to NaPTAN Stop Numbering · 9
NaPTAN → Every UK, For, In England, In Scotland, In Wales, NaPTAN Identifier, Platforms, Stop, UK
related to The NaPTAN Database · 8
NaPTAN → Access Node, Department, PTEs, Stops, The National Public Transport, There, Transport, UK
related to References · 6
NaPTAN → Department, NaPTAN Schema Guide, NaPTANSchemaGuide-2, NPTG, Release, Transport
related to NaPTAN Conceptual Model · 5
NaPTAN → NaPTAN Schema Guide, NPTG, The, The NPTG, UML
related to NaPTAN Components · 4
NaPTAN → API, Transmodel, UK, XML
related to Stop Locations · 4
NaPTAN → Every NaPTAN, Ordnance Survey National Grid, This, WGS84
related to The NaPTAN XML Schema · 4
NaPTAN → It, NaPTAN XML Schema, This, XML
related to External links · 2
NaPTAN → Official, OSM

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transport stop public national uk data points information stops also gazetteer schema different local every used authorities access dataset associated

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
JourneyWebinstance ofand so includes local informal names for places as well as their official names.It is also a frame of reference for other UK Public Transport Information schemas0.80text
NaPTANrelated to External linksOfficial0.60section
NaPTANrelated to External linksOSM0.60section
NaPTANrelated to NaPTAN ComponentsTransmodel0.60section
NaPTANrelated to NaPTAN ComponentsXML0.60section
NaPTANrelated to NaPTAN ComponentsUK0.60section
NaPTANrelated to NaPTAN ComponentsAPI0.60section
NaPTANrelated to NaPTAN Conceptual ModelThe NPTG0.60section
NaPTANrelated to NaPTAN Conceptual ModelThe0.60section
NaPTANrelated to NaPTAN Conceptual ModelNPTG0.60section
NaPTANrelated to NaPTAN Conceptual ModelNaPTAN Schema Guide0.60section
NaPTANrelated to NaPTAN Conceptual ModelUML0.60section

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