Multilayer Temporal Network of UK Public Transport

This dataset integrates UK open timetable data with domestic flight schedules to create a snapshot of the national public transport system for one week in October 2010. It models the system as a weighted, directed, temporal, and multilayer network, explicitly defining couplings between transport modes like rail, bus, and air.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal characteristics of the whole UK public transport system using the integrated timetable snapshot.
• Study multimodal aspects by examining the explicitly defined couplings between transport modes like airports and rail stations.
• Apply network analysis methods to the weighted, directed, and multilayer structure to model passenger flows.
• Investigate the coarse-grained connections at specific nodes such as ferry docks, coach, and bus stations.

Strengths

• Integrates data from the United Kingdom open-data program with domestic flight timetables.
• Provides a complete national-scale snapshot for a defined week in October 2010.
• Explicitly defines couplings between different transport modes (air, rail, bus, ferry, coach, metro).
• The network is provided in simple, commonly used formats for straightforward access.

Limitations

• Data represents a single week from October 2010 and may not reflect current system operations.
• The coarse-graining procedure may abstract away detailed station-level or route-specific information.
• The dataset's size, row count, and specific file formats are unknown from the provided input.

Provenance

Source

United Kingdom open-data program and domestic flight timetables.

Collection Method

Integration of timetable data using a coarse-graining procedure to define inter-modal couplings.

Time Range

One week in October 2010.

Freshness

Last updated on 2020-06-24, but the underlying data is from October 2010.

Geography

Great Britain / United Kingdom.