Data from: The multilayer temporal network of public transport in Great Britain

Despite the widespread availability of information concerning public transport coming from different sources, it is extremely hard to have a complete picture, in particular at a national scale. Here, we integrate timetable data obtained from the United Kingdom open-data program together with timetables of domestic flights, and obtain a comprehensive snapshot of the temporal characteristics of the whole UK public transport system for a week in October 2010. In order to focus on multi-modal aspects of the system, we use a coarse graining procedure and define explicitly the coupling between different transport modes such as connections at airports, ferry docks, rail, metro, coach and bus stations. The resulting weighted, directed, temporal and multilayer network is provided in simple, commonly used formats, ensuring easy access and the possibility of a straightforward use of old or specifically developed methods on this new and extensive dataset.尽管当前已有多源公共交通相关信息，但想要掌握完整的交通图景却极为困难，在国家尺度下尤其如此。本研究整合了英国开放数据项目（United Kingdom open-data program）获取的时刻表数据与国内航班时刻表，得到了2010年10月某一周内英国全国公共交通系统时间特性的全面快照。为聚焦该系统的多模态特性，我们采用粗粒度处理流程，并明确定义了不同交通模式间的耦合关系，例如机场、渡轮码头、铁路、地铁、长途客车与公交站点间的接驳换乘。最终得到的加权、有向、时序多层网络以通用简易格式发布，确保该全新且规模庞大的数据集易于获取，同时可直接沿用已有或专门开发的分析方法进行处理。