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Global transit data,
mapped at scale.

We extract multi-modal routes, operator schedules, transit durations, and price estimates from Rome2Rio. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Routes mapped
1.2M /day
Price estimates
8.4M /24h
Transit operators
4,192 /run
Active pipelines
61
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from rome2rio.com

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Route Summaries objects from rome2rio.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

origindestinationtransport_modestotal_duration_minutestotal_distance_kmmin_pricemax_pricecurrencyco2_emissions_kgroute_url
route_summaries
● 200 OK
"origin": "London, UK",
"destination": "Paris, France",
"transport_modes": "['Train']",
"total_duration_minutes": 136,
"total_distance_km": 344.5,
"min_price": 54.0,
"max_price": 180.0,
"currency": "GBP",
"co2_emissions_kg": 4.2
# origindestinationtransport_modestotal_duration_minutestotal_distance_kmmin_price
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Complete list of extractable fields for Transit Segments objects from rome2rio.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

route_idsegment_indextransport_modeoperator_namedeparture_stationarrival_stationduration_minutesdistance_kmfrequencysegment_price
transit_segments
● 200 OK
"route_id": "LON-PAR-01",
"segment_index": 1,
"transport_mode": "Train",
"operator_name": "Eurostar",
"departure_station": "St Pancras International",
"arrival_station": "Paris Gare Du Nord",
"duration_minutes": 136,
"frequency": "Hourly"
# route_idsegment_indextransport_modeoperator_namedeparture_stationarrival_station
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Complete list of extractable fields for Operator Details objects from rome2rio.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

operator_idoperator_nameoperator_typebooking_urlphone_numberwebsiteratingreview_countoperating_regionsscraped_at
operator_details
● 200 OK
"operator_id": "OP-9021",
"operator_name": "Eurostar",
"operator_type": "Train",
"booking_url": "https://www.eurostar.com",
"website": "eurostar.com",
"rating": 4.2,
"review_count": 14209,
"scraped_at": "2026-05-12T09:14:00Z"
# operator_idoperator_nameoperator_typebooking_urlphone_numberwebsite
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Complete list of extractable fields for Flight Schedules objects from rome2rio.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

airlineflight_numberdeparture_airport_codearrival_airport_codedeparture_timearrival_timeduration_minutesdays_of_weekaircraft_typeprice_estimate
flight_schedules
● 200 OK
"airline": "British Airways",
"flight_number": "BA 304",
"departure_airport_code": "LHR",
"arrival_airport_code": "CDG",
"duration_minutes": 75,
"price_estimate": 85.0,
"days_of_week": "['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']"
# airlineflight_numberdeparture_airport_codearrival_airport_codedeparture_timearrival_time
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Complete list of extractable fields for Station Geodata objects from rome2rio.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

station_idstation_namestation_typecitycountrylatitudelongitudetransit_connectionstimezoneelevation_meters
station_geodata
● 200 OK
"station_id": "ST-4421",
"station_name": "St Pancras International",
"station_type": "Train Station",
"city": "London",
"country": "UK",
"latitude": 51.5314,
"longitude": -0.1261,
"timezone": "Europe/London"
# station_idstation_namestation_typecitycountrylatitude
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Capabilities

Multi-modal transport data, structured for analysis

Our Rome2Rio scraper handles complex client-side rendering and intercepts internal JSON payloads to extract precise routing, pricing, and operator data without relying on fragile DOM parsing.

Multi-Modal Route Extraction

Map flights, trains, buses, ferries, and driving routes end-to-end. Capture exact transfer points and layover durations.

Price Estimate Tracking

Capture minimum and maximum pricing estimates across different transit modes and operators, normalising currencies on the fly.

Operator & Agency Data

Extract transit operators, booking links, agency contact details, and fleet type information for every segment.

Schedule & Frequency Parsing

Capture departure frequencies, timetable metadata, and seasonal operating variations for regional transit.

Geospatial Coordinates

Extract precise latitude and longitude for stations, airports, and bus stops to power internal mapping tools.

Carbon Footprint Metrics

Extract CO2 emission estimates per route and transit mode for ESG reporting and carbon accounting.

Deep-Link Generation

Capture direct booking URLs and referral links for third-party operators and accommodation providers.

Transfer & Layover Logic

Extract exact transfer times, walking distances between terminals, and transit wait times.

Localised Search Context

Spoof IP and headers to capture geo-specific pricing, availability, and localised transit options.

Scheduled Execution

Run one-off bulk exports or configure continuous pipelines at defined cadences to track seasonal route changes.

// engagement pipeline

From origin-destination pairs to warehouse records

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide lists of origin-destination pairs, specific regions, or transit operators. We design the extraction schema together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Playwright crawlers, XHR interception rules, proxy rotation, and CAPTCHA handling for rome2rio.com.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, coordinate verification, and sample routes before full launch.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON / CSV / Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on agreed cadence.

Under the hood

How our Rome2Rio pipeline handles the hard parts

Rome2Rio relies heavily on dynamic client-side rendering and hidden API endpoints. Here is how we maintain pipeline stability.

pipeline-monitor · rome2rio.com · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
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Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
XHR interception
Bypassing the DOM entirely

Rome2Rio renders complex map interfaces that are notoriously difficult to scrape via DOM parsing. We use Playwright to execute the JavaScript application while intercepting the underlying JSON XHR responses, capturing structured transit graphs directly from the source.

Anti-bot layer
Residential proxy rotation

Transit aggregators monitor request velocity and flag data centre IPs. Our crawlers use residential ISP proxies with realistic browser fingerprints and full cookie session management to bypass rate limits and WAF protections.

Geo-localization
Market-specific pricing capture

Prices and route availability change based on the user's location. We route requests through region-specific proxy pools to capture accurate, localised pricing and operator data for any target market.

Schema stability
JSON payload mapping

Rome2Rio frequently updates its internal API structures. We map the intercepted JSON payloads to a normalised relational schema, absorbing upstream changes without breaking your downstream data ingestion.

Monitoring
Anomaly detection

Every run emits structured logs to our observability stack. We alert on null-rate spikes, missing coordinate data, and coverage drops, responding before you notice any degradation in data quality.

Applications

Who uses Rome2Rio data and how

Teams across industries use rome2rio.com data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Travel Aggregation & Metasearch

Integrate multi-modal options into existing OTA platforms to offer complete door-to-door itineraries.

02
Supply Chain & Logistics

Map transit times, distances, and route alternatives for freight planning and supply chain optimisation.

03
Carbon Accounting

Use CO2 estimates across different transport modes for corporate ESG reporting and sustainability audits.

04
Competitive Intelligence

Transit operators and regional airlines monitor competitor pricing, frequencies, and route expansions.

05
Mobility Research

Urban planners and academic researchers analyze regional connectivity, transit gaps, and infrastructure dependency.

06
Dynamic Pricing Models

Correlate route demand, seasonality, and alternative transport costs to build dynamic pricing algorithms.

Why DataFlirt

"Rome2Rio maps the world's transport infrastructure into a single graph, but extracting that multi-modal data requires intercepting complex client-side XHR payloads."

Most transit scrapers fail because they attempt to parse DOM elements on map-heavy single page applications. DataFlirt bypasses the visual layer entirely, intercepting and normalising the underlying JSON payloads. We handle the residential proxy rotation and session tokens required to keep the pipeline stable, delivering clean route graphs directly to your warehouse.

Technical Spec

Rome2Rio scraper technical capabilities

Everything supported by our rome2rio.com scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

Multi-modal route mapping
Extract flights, trains, buses, ferries, and driving segments
Supported
Price estimate extraction
Capture min/max pricing across all transit modes and operators
Supported
Station geodata
Extract precise latitude and longitude for all transit nodes
Supported
Carbon emission estimates
Capture CO2 metrics for environmental impact analysis
Supported
XHR payload interception
Capture raw JSON responses bypassing fragile DOM parsing
Supported
Residential proxy rotation
ISP-grade residential IPs to bypass rate limits and geo-blocks
Supported
Change detection (diffs)
Hash-based diff: only emit records with changed fields since last run
Supported
Live real-time ticket inventory
Rome2Rio provides estimates, not live GDS inventory or exact seat counts
Partial
User account saved trips
Gated data requires authentication and violates our zero-PII policy
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the transit pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheusmitmproxyPostGIS
XHR Interception Stack

We run headless Playwright browsers integrated with mitmproxy to capture and parse the raw JSON payloads driving the Rome2Rio frontend, ensuring perfect data fidelity.

Global Proxy Network

We maintain pools of residential ISP proxies across multiple regions. Rotation happens per-request to bypass rate limits and capture localised pricing data accurately.

Graph Normalisation Engine

Raw transit data is heavily nested. We flatten and normalise the JSON payloads into relational schemas using PostgreSQL and PostGIS before delivery to your warehouse.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested schema
CSV
Flat file with typed columns
XLS
Excel compatible format for analysts
Parquet
Columnar format for BigQuery, Snowflake, Athena
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for real-time processing
API
REST endpoint to query your extracted datasets
BigQuery
Streamed directly into your dataset
Snowflake
Stage and COPY INTO workflow
PostgreSQL
Upsert into your existing schema
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
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Common questions.

About rome2rio.com scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping Rome2Rio legal?

Scraping publicly available, non-authenticated routing and pricing data is generally permissible. DataFlirt targets only public transit estimates and operator details. We do not extract personal data or circumvent authentication walls.

How do you handle the map-based interface?

We do not parse the DOM or interact with the map canvas. We use Playwright and network interception to capture the structured JSON payloads that Rome2Rio's backend sends to the frontend.

Are the prices exact or estimates?

Rome2Rio provides price estimates based on historical data and operator feeds, not live GDS inventory. The data we extract reflects these estimates exactly as presented on the platform.

Can you extract data for specific regions?

Yes. You provide a list of origin and destination pairs, specific cities, or entire countries, and we configure the pipeline to map all transit connections between those nodes.

How fresh is the schedule data?

Data freshness depends on your pipeline configuration. We can run daily, weekly, or monthly sweeps across your target routes to capture seasonal schedule changes and operator updates.

Do you capture carbon emissions?

Yes. We extract the CO2 emission estimates provided for each route and transit mode, which is highly useful for corporate ESG reporting and carbon footprint calculators.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=rome2rio.com ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need point-to-point route mapping or global transit operator intelligence, we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.

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