MVG
The mvglive
integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] will give you the departure time of the next bus, tram, subway, or train at the next station or stop in the Munich public transport network. Additional details such as the line number and destination are present in the attributes.
Configuration
To enable this integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more], add the following lines to your configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file.
After changing the configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. The integration is now shown on the integrations page under Settings > Devices & services. Its entities are listed on the integration card itself and on the Entities tab.
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
- platform: mvglive
nextdeparture:
- station: STATION_OR_STOP_NAME
Configuration Variables
Name of the stop or station. Visit the MVG live web site
One or multiple final stop names, e.g., ‘Feldmoching’ or [‘Feldmoching’,‘Harthof’]. This can be used to only consider a particular direction of travel.
Filter by direction of the departure. For Tram, Bus, SEV, and S-Bahn, direction = destination. For U-Bahn trains, directions are more general. For U1, U2, U3 and U6, direction=‘1’ indicates south-bound trains, direction=‘2’ indicates northbound trains. For U4 and U5, direction=‘1’ indicates east-bound trains, direction=‘2’ indicates west-bound trains. For example, setting directions: ‘1’ can be used to get all south-bound trains at Scheidplatz.
One or more modes of transport.
all 5 modes [‘U-Bahn’, ‘Tram’, ‘Bus’, ‘S-Bahn’, ‘Nachteule’]
Do not display departures leaving sooner than this number of minutes. Useful if you are a couple of minutes away from the stop.
Store a list of departures in the attribute “departures”. If you set this parameter to 3, the next three departures will be stored.
Examples
Full configuration
The example below shows a full configuration with three sensors that showcase the various configuration options.
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
- platform: mvglive
nextdeparture:
- station: Hauptbahnhof
name: Hbf
destinations: ['München Flughafen Terminal','Markt Schwaben']
products: "S-Bahn"
timeoffset: 2
- station: Sendlinger Tor
lines: ['U2','U8']
number: 5
- station: Scheidplatz
products: ['U-Bahn']
directions: "1"
The first sensor will return S-Bahn departures to Munich Airport or Markt Schwaben that are at least 2 minutes away. The second sensor returns U2 and U8 departures from Sendlinger Tor and stores a total of 5 departures in attributes. To retrieve the time until the second departure, you would use state_attr(‘sensor.ENTITY_NAME’, ‘departures’)[1].time. The third sensor returns all south-bound U-Bahn trains from Scheidplatz.