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. Every UK railway station, coach terminus, airport, ferry terminal, bus stop, taxi rank or other place where public transport can be joined or left is allocated a unique NaPTAN identifier. The relationship of the stop to a City, Town, Village or other locality can be indicated through an association with elements of the National Public Transport Gazetteer. There is a CEN standardisation initiative, Identification of Fixed Objects In Public Transport ('IFOPT'), to develop NaPTAN concepts into a European standard for stop identification as an extension to Transmodel, the European standard for Public Transport information. Purpose of NaPTAN The ability to identify and locate stops in relation to topography, both consistently and economically, is fundamental to modern computer based systems that provide passenger information and manage public transport networks. Stop data is needed by journey planners, scheduling systems, real-time systems, for transport planning, performance monitoring, and for many other purposes. Digitalising a nation's public transport stops is an essential step in creating a national information infrastructure. In the UK NaPTAN enabled the creation of the Transport Direct Portal, a UK nationwide system for multi-modal journey planning. NaPTAN also underpins TransXChange, the UK standard for bus schedules, which is used for the Electronic Registration of Bus Services. NaPTAN Components NaPTAN comprises several distinct elements A data model, based on Transmodel. A data exchange format, specified as an XML schema (see http://www.naptan.org.uk/schema/schemas.htm) A central data store used to aggregate and distribute stop data from different UK regions. A process for different stakeholders to contribute, validate and share data. A website to access the data www.beta-naptan.dft.gov.uk A simple API that can be used to download the data (https://naptan.api.dft.gov.uk/swagger/index.html) NaPTAN identifiers are designed to be used within the UK's Digital National Framework a system of unique persistent reference for shareable information resources of all types managed by the Ordnance Survey. NaPTAN includes on a related standard - the UK National Public Transport Gazetteer. The NaPTAN Database The National Public Transport Access Node dataset has information on all UK public transport stops. Stops are submitted by PTEs to a central authority which consolidates the stops and distributes them back to users. There are currently 380,000 active stop points.