Get a BART departure plan from a Telegram message
Message your trip details once and get BART options that fit your departure window.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Action
Get BART Schedule Depart
Tool to get schedule information based on a specified depart time. use when planning trips from an origin to a destination with time constraints after confirming station codes.
Why this helps
Switching from a conversation to a trip planner can interrupt your focus and make a time constraint easy to forget.
- Keeps trip planning in the chat where the request came up.
- Uses your stated origin, destination, and departure constraint to find schedule options.
- Reduces the chance of forgetting to check transit after agreeing to a meeting.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Bart to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal, or ask Notis in plain language to plan BART trips from Telegram messages.
- 3Use one instruction such as: When I message a trip's origin, destination, and desired departure time, find matching BART departures and reply in Telegram.
- 4Select the Telegram New Message Received trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one real trip request using station names or codes.
Questions about this workflow
What should I include in the Telegram message?
Include the starting station, destination station, and the time you want to leave. Ask Notis to clarify any detail it cannot confidently interpret.
Does this automation buy a ticket?
No. It retrieves BART schedule information and returns options; it does not purchase tickets.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Bart. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Bart actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get BART API Version
Stub action for bart api version retrieval.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get BART Available Schedules
Tool to retrieve a list of currently released bart schedules. use when you need schedule versioning info.
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Get Route Info
Tool to fetch detailed information about a specific bart route. use when you know the route number (1–12) or need all routes configuration. call after confirming the route id.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Get BART Stations
Stub action for bart stations retrieval.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Get GTFS-RT Trip Updates
Tool to fetch real-time trip updates in gtfs-realtime format. use when you need the latest live trip information as raw protobuf.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Download GTFS Static Schedule Feed
Tool to download the static gtfs feed (google transit.zip). use when needing the latest gtfs schedule data.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Get BART Schedule Arrive
Tool to retrieve schedule information based on a specified arrival time. use when planning trips arriving by a given time.
Get BART Schedule Depart
Tool to get schedule information based on a specified depart time. use when planning trips from an origin to a destination with time constraints after confirming station codes.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Bart, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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