Reach your meeting on time with an arrival-based BART plan
Share the appointment time in Telegram and get schedule options for arriving by then.
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 Arrive
Tool to retrieve schedule information based on a specified arrival time. use when planning trips arriving by a given time.
Why this helps
A calendar commitment is easy to accept before checking how much travel time it needs.
- Starts with the time you need to arrive, rather than making you work backward manually.
- Keeps the route request next to the meeting conversation.
- Makes travel constraints visible before you commit to an appointment.
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 tell Notis what meeting details should trigger a BART arrival lookup.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction asking Notis to find BART trips from the stated origin that arrive before the meeting time.
- 4Choose Telegram New Message Received as the trigger and select a run-report channel.
- 5Test by sending one upcoming meeting location and start time.
Questions about this workflow
Can it plan for a specific meeting start time?
Yes. Include the time you need to arrive and the origin; Notis can use Bart's arrival schedule action to find options.
What if the destination station is unclear?
Ask the automation to request clarification in Telegram before looking up a schedule.
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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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