Bus, train, motorway, parking, charging — for every day on the move

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Ask your AI assistant like a well-informed friend: is my train running? Is the motorway clear? Is a charger free? ViaFrei supplies today's figures, each with its source.

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Is the A8 towards Munich clear?

Two roadworks between Stuttgart and Ulm, no closure — the road is clear.

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Example: how your assistant answers with ViaFrei — shortened, with sample values.

Today Three figures from today, live from our database.

5,000 reports on Germany's motorways

current· 4 min ago

13 % of trips in North Rhine-Westphalia more than 5 minutes late

current· just now

63,503 public charge points, published by their operators

current· 7.4 h ago

Your day with ViaFrei

Nine moments when one short question saves time — with today's figure that shows the answer holds.

How to ask your assistant: Tap and hold a question (or select it), copy, paste it into the chat. Your assistant picks the right tool itself.

The morning commute

7:10, coffee in hand: is public transport running normally — and is my train on time?

Are buses and trains in Hamburg running on time right now?

check_transit_disruption

2 more questions and a limit

When is the next train from Hannover Hbf, and is it late?

get_train_departures

Are any trains on the Cologne Hauptbahnhof departure board cancelled in the next hour?

get_train_departures

To be honest: We show punctuality per region, not per line.

Punctuality, buses and trains

current· just now

13 %of the trips observed in North Rhine-Westphalia were more than 5 minutes late

8 % in Bavaria · 2,683 trips
11 % in Baden-Württemberg · 2,449 trips

Trips of the last 30 minutes, per federal state. Operators report a trip only when its delay changes, so the share is of the trips reported — few reports does not mean everything is on time.

By bus and tram

Out in town: where is the nearest station, and is transport running?

Which railway station is nearest to Cologne Cathedral?

find_nearby

2 more questions and a limit

When is the next S-Bahn from Frankfurt Hauptwache?

get_train_departures

Are buses and trains in Leipzig running normally right now?

check_transit_disruption

To be honest: We will show the timetable of every bus and tram stop once it is loaded — until then, stations and the situation in your region.

At the station

With a pram, a wheelchair or luggage: is the lift to the platform working?

Is the lift at Cologne Hauptbahnhof working?

check_station_facilities

2 more questions and a limit

Are all escalators at Erlangen station in service?

check_station_facilities

Which platform does the next ICE from Nuremberg Hbf leave from?

get_train_departures

To be honest: Lifts and escalators at Deutsche Bahn stations; other operators not yet.

Lifts and escalators at stations

current· just now

320reported out of service

of 3,754 reported lifts and escalators

As reported at 2026-10-04 17:48:16 UTC+02:00. Deutsche Bahn gives no warranty; a state shown here is a report, not a guarantee.

On the road

Before you set off: jams, closures, roadworks — and where fuel is cheap right now.

Is the A8 towards Munich clear right now?

check_autobahn_traffic

2 more questions and a limit

Which roadworks are on the A7 right now?

find_roadworks_ahead

Where is diesel cheapest in Nuremberg right now?

find_cheapest_fuel

To be honest: No route planning: we say what is happening on the motorway, not which way you should drive.

The ten things worth knowing right now

current· 4 min ago

A81
Closure
DEGES A81, 6-streifiger Ausbau AS Sindelfingen-Ost - AS Böblingen-Hulb · at AS Böblingen-Hulb (A81)
since today at 05:00
A81
Closure
Böblingen/Sindelfingen - Böblingen-Hulb
since today at 05:00
A5
Closure
AS Bruchsal, Sperrung Rampe B35 in FR Bruchsal (RPK) · AS Bruchsal (aus Richtung Bruchsal)
since yesterday at 05:00

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A5
Closure
AS Bruchsal, Sperrung Rampe B35 in FR Bruchsal (RPK) · AS Bruchsal (aus Richtung Bruchsal)
since yesterday at 05:00
A9
Closure
EA1 Stamham - IN Nord · AS Lenting (aus Richtung Köschinger Forst)
since Friday at 22:00
A59
Closure
FB-San. Flughafen - Troisdorf · at AS Troisdorf (A59)
since Friday at 21:00
A59
Closure
FB-San. Flughafen - Troisdorf · AS Troisdorf (aus Richtung Sankt Augustin-West) nach A59
since Friday at 21:00
A42
Closure
Herne-Baukau - Herne-Crange
since Friday at 21:00
A42
Closure
Ausbau AK Herne und Neubau Tunnel Baukau · AS Herne-Baukau (aus Richtung Herne-Horsthausen)
since Friday at 21:00
A43
Closure
A42 - Ausbau AK Herne und Neubau Tunnel Baukau · AK Herne (aus Richtung Recklinghausen-Hochlarmark)
since Friday at 21:00

Fuel prices

current· 5 min ago

	Cheapest observed	Median observed
Diesel	2.179 EUR/l	2.264 EUR/l
Super E10	2.039 EUR/l	2.149 EUR/l
Super E5	2.099 EUR/l	2.209 EUR/l

76 stations · observed between 16:50 and 17:44

These figures describe the stations ViaFrei observes — a sample, not every filling station in Germany. Each price is our last observation, with the time we made it.

Stuck in traffic

Jams on the motorway and around the cities: where traffic stands, how much time it costs — and whether there is a closure tonight.

How much time is the jam on the A3 between Frankfurt and Würzburg costing right now?

check_autobahn_traffic

2 more questions and a limit

Is traffic backed up on the Cologne motorway ring right now — A1, A3 or A4?

check_autobahn_traffic

Is the A7 in Hamburg's Elbe Tunnel closed tonight?

check_road_status

To be honest: In cities we see the urban motorways today, not the streets in between. Traffic messages for Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Hanover and the traffic state for Cologne have been requested from the providers.

Parking

Leave the car at the station — or, as a lorry driver, plan your break.

Where is park-and-ride at Augsburg station?

find_parking

2 more questions and a limit

Which rest areas on the A9 have lorry spaces?

find_parking

Where is a car park near Cologne Hauptbahnhof?

find_parking

To be honest: Free spaces only where the operator publishes them — otherwise the number of spaces, not how full they are.

Lorry parking and rest areas

current· 13.6 h ago

70,410lorry spaces at service areas · largest of 2 sources, each counted on its own below

Charging

Driving electric: where is the nearest charger, and is a point free?

Where can I charge fast near Leipzig?

find_charging_station

2 more questions and a limit

Which fast chargers are there near Ingolstadt?

find_charging_station

Is anything free at the Hilden Supercharger right now?

find_charging_station

To be honest: Availability for the networks that publish it; for all others we show the location, not the status.

Charge points

current· 7.4 h ago

63,503known charge points · largest of 3 sources, each counted on its own below

Finding places

A name is enough: the concert hall, the pharmacy, the company — with its address and a coordinate for the next question.

What is the address of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg?

find_poi

2 more questions and a limit

Which pharmacies are there in Fulda — with their addresses?

find_poi

My satnav shows 50.1109, 8.6821 — what address is that, and where is the nearest motorway junction?

describe_location

To be honest: Places and addresses come from OpenStreetMap; every answer states the data date. What is not mapped there we cannot find — opening hours and ratings are not part of it.

Tell me when

No need to keep checking: ViaFrei watches for you and keeps every change in the conversation — your assistant shows it as soon as you ask, or by itself if it supports notifications.

Tell me as soon as a closure on the A7 is lifted.

watch_situation

2 more questions and a limit

Let me know when a quarter or more of the bus and train trips in Cologne are running late.

watch_situation

Warn me when a severe weather warning from the German Weather Service comes into force for Cologne.

watch_situation

To be honest: This conversation only, while it is open — no e-mail, no SMS. Up to 10 watches per conversation, each for up to 24 hours; a road is watched as a whole, not one section.

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Settings → Connectors → “Add custom connector”.
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Ask: “Is the A8 towards Munich clear?”

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Settings → Connectors → “Create” (developer mode).
Enter the endpoint above as the MCP server.
Pick the connector in the chat and ask.

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tools/list returns the catalogue; every answer carries its source.

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Tools by domain · 20 tools

Your assistant picks the right tool itself. The list comes from the server, not from a brochure.

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Motorways and roads

check_autobahn_traffic
check_road_status
find_roadworks_ahead
find_parking
watch_situation
stop_watch

Rail

get_train_departures
check_station_facilities

Public transport

get_departures
check_transit_disruption

Charging and fuel

find_charging_station
find_cheapest_fuel
find_fuel_station

Places and addresses

find_place
find_address
find_nearby
find_poi
describe_location

Rules and weather

get_driving_rules
check_weather_warnings

Sources and trust

Every figure carries the source that permits it — verbatim and untranslated, on the tile that shows it.

The sources of the figures on this page

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What we do not answer

No route planning — we say what is happening on the road, not which one you should take.
No legal advice — the rules answers name their source and review date and are information.
No price data to build on — fuel prices are consumer information, not an API.

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Who ViaFrei is for

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