EDIT : The web site has been shut down by SNCF, now, you should use http://www.ter-sncf.mobi/ This is just a quick and *dirty* code to get faster informations on french trains departures. (It's often faster than www.gares-en-mouvement.com). It mimics the widget "prochains departs" that is not available for linux (and doesn't run with wine) To add your own train station, use this little script: wget -O- http://widget.canaltp.fr/Prochains_departs_15122009/dev/gare.php?txtrech=lyon 2>/dev/null ; echo And the 1st thing that the widget was doing is that: wget -O- http://widget.canaltp.fr/Prochains_departs_15122009/dev/param.php?numafficheur=0 2>/dev/null ; echo (but we don't care in our case) you will need php and php-curl packages. another source : http://horaires-ter-sncf.naholyr.fr http://horaires-ter-sncf.naholyr.fr/v3/prochainsdeparts.php http://horaires-ter-sncf.naholyr.fr/v3/train.php it uses ter-mobile.fr: ex: POST request : curl -d "idxGare=5912&codeUIC=87721332&idxNombre=8" http://www.termobile.fr/rechercherRPD.do