Public sector data

ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH is obliged to publish data in accordance with various legal requirements. The obligation to publish data, including with regard to its format, arises for ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH in particular from the Data Use Act (DNG) in conjunction with the E-Government Act (EGovG) and the Mobility Data Regulation (MDV).

The DNG and the EGovG require the provision of ‘all’ existing records. The data to be provided must be unprocessed and derived from the organisation’s ‘role as a public transport operator’. The term ‘data’ refers to existing records, i.e. records already held by the data provider.

Exceptions to the publication requirement apply where data protection applies, i.e. where the dataset contains personal data. Furthermore, data containing trade secrets or information relating to the confidentiality of critical infrastructure must not be made available. Furthermore, in accordance with Section 12a of the eGovernment Act (EGovG), data must not be made available if, amongst other things, there is no right of access or only a restricted right of access – in particular in accordance with Sections 3 to 6 of the Freedom of Information Act – or if a right of access would only arise following the involvement of third parties.

ESWE Verkehr makes this data available via its own website; further datasets are currently being implemented.

On the RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund) Open Data Portal, you can access infrastructure data on RMV stops and obtain an access key for the RMV API. This enables you to use RMV data in your own projects.

• Datennutzungsgesetz
• E-Government-Gesetz
• Mobilitätsdatenverordnung