The Data Engine

Products

Our own products, all in public transport in Gauteng.

Moving Gauteng, Socioloza and the operations tools.

Two green and white Metrobus buses in mixed traffic beside the red Rea Vaya busway and a BRT station, seen from a footbridge
Metrobus beside the Rea Vaya busway at the University of Johannesburg, 2015.

Moving Gauteng

Website, since 2013

A public transport guide for Gauteng, covering buses, trains and BRT in one place.

  • Trip planner across all networks, including walking between them
  • Station and stop pages with upcoming departures
  • Route pages with maps and timetables
  • Fare guide per operator
  • Service alerts and community reports
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The Moving Gauteng home page: a map of stops in the Johannesburg CBD above a trip planner and the list of transit networks
movinggauteng.co.za, September 2026.

Socioloza

Android app, iOS in progress

A commuter app for trains and buses in Gauteng.

  • Departures near you, from live feeds where they exist and from timetables where they don't
  • Rider reports on delays, crowding and disruptions
  • Journey planner
  • Saved commutes and service alert notifications
  • Free; an account is only needed to contribute

Published on Google Play by The Data Engine (Pty) Ltd. Privacy policy and account deletion.

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Socioloza bus screen
Socioloza home screen listing departures near Midrand Station

Operations tools

For bus and rail operators

Scheduling software we use to maintain our own data, built for operators to run on theirs.

  • Schedule editor with timetable import from spreadsheets
  • Run-cutting with an optimiser that follows bargaining-council working rules
  • Rotating rosters
  • GTFS and GTFS-realtime export
  • Vehicle tracking against the schedule
  • Fare tables, including distance and zone fares
  • A field app for surveying stops and routes
Contact us
A day of duties on one bus route Four duties laid out against the hours of the day, each a run of driving blocks separated by breaks, with reliefs at the depot and at Park Station. Route 24: Killarney to Park Station, weekday 04:0008:0012:0016:0020:0024:00 Duty 2401 08:35 relief, Park Station Duty 2402 split duty, 45 min break Duty 2403 ends at depot Duty 2404
A run-cut from the schedule editor, redrawn. Blocks are driving; gaps are breaks and reliefs.

Networks covered

Every scheduled bus, rail and BRT service in Gauteng. We map the routes, register the stops and maintain the timetables ourselves.

  • A Re YengBus, Tshwane
  • GautrainRail and bus
  • HarambeeBus, Ekurhuleni
  • Joburg MetrobusBus, Johannesburg
  • Metrorail GautengRail
  • Rea VayaBRT, Johannesburg
  • Tshwane Bus ServicesBus, Tshwane