MMM-PublicTransportBerlin

MMM-PublicTransportBerlin is a module for the MagicMirror project by Michael Teeuw.

It shows live public transport information for Berlin and Brandenburg based on BVG-Hafas data. Public transport in Brandenburg should work as well.

MMM-PublicTransportBerlin uses the hafas-client with a BVG-specific profile by derhuerst.

You can enter a delay time for "How long does it take to get to my station?". Then the module calculates the next reachable departures and draws a line between reachable and unreachable departures.

Status

The current development status of this module is: maintained

This means: I'm open for feature requests, pull requests, bug reports, ...

Screenshot

The module looks like this:

Preconditions

• MagicMirror² instance

Installation

Just clone the module into your MagicMirror modules folder and execute npm ci in the module's directory:

git clone https://github.com/deg0nz/MMM-PublicTransportBerlin
cd MMM-PublicTransportBerlin
npm ci

Update

Just enter your MMM-PublicTransportBerlin folder in the MagicMirror's modules folder and execute the following commands in the module's directory:

git pull
npm ci

How to get the stationId

You need the stationId for the station whose departures should be displayed.

Here's how to find out the stationId:

1. You have to be in the modules folder (MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PublicTransportBerlin).
2. Then run the following command: npm run query_station.
3. Enter a station name.
4. The result could contain one or more possible stations with valid IDs.
5. Use the appropriate ID as stationId in the configuration of the module.

Note: If you have used our instructions to get the stationId befor March 2023, you certainly use long IDs (12 digits) in your config. We will be upgrading our main dependency (hafas-client) to version 6 in a few months. From this point on, the old (long) IDs will no longer work. We recommend that you switch to the short IDs now. Both short and long IDs currently work.

Configuration

The module is quite configurable. These are the possible options:

Here is an example of an entry in config.js:

{
    module: "MMM-PublicTransportBerlin",
    position: "top_right",
    config: {
        stationName: "Alexanderplatz",
        stationId: "900100003",
        hidden: false,
        ignoredLines: ["U5", "U8", "S75", "Bus 100"],
        excludedTransportationTypes: "bus,suburban,subway",
        travelTimeToStation: 10,
        interval: 120000,
        departureMinutes: 10,
        marqueeLongDirections: true,
        showColoredLineSymbols: true,
        useColorForRealtimeInfo: true,
        showTableHeaders: true,
        showTableHeadersAsSymbols: true,
        maxUnreachableDepartures: 3,
        maxReachableDepartures: 7,
        fadeUnreachableDepartures: true,
        fadeReachableDepartures: true,
        fadePointForReachableDepartures: 0.25,
        excludeDelayFromTimeLabel: true,
        useBrightScheme: true
    }
},

Multiple Modules

Multiple instances of this module are possible. Just add another entry of the MMM-PublicTransportBerlin module to the config.js of your mirror.

Special Thanks

• Michael Teeuw for inspiring me and many others to build a MagicMirror.
• Jannis Redmann for creating the hafas-client. You made my life a lot easier with this! Please consider supporting him on Patreon!
• The community of magicmirror.builders for help in the development process and all contributors for finding and fixing errors in this module.

Issues

If you find any problems, bugs or have questions, please open a GitHub issue in this repository.