diff --git a/src/gtfs/mod.rs b/src/gtfs/mod.rs
index 1d14b94..953059a 100644
--- a/src/gtfs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/gtfs/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mod arrival;
 mod loader;
 mod utils;
 mod refresher;
+mod realtime;
 pub mod structs;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Local, Timelike};
 use log::{debug, trace};
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ use gtfs_structures::{Exception, RawTrip};
 use crate::gtfs::{loader::load_gtfs, structs::{Arrival, Gtfs, Preferences, Error}};
 
 
-impl Gtfs {
+impl Gtfs<'_> {
 
     pub fn get_next_arrivals_for(&self, target_datetime: &DateTime<Local>) -> Option<Vec<Arrival<'_>>> {
         let naive_target = target_datetime.naive_local();
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ impl Gtfs {
         let mut zip_reader = zip::ZipArchive::new(zip_file)?;
 
         let mut gtfs: Gtfs = Gtfs {
+            preferences: prefs,
             agencies: Vec::new(),
             calendar: HashMap::new(),
             calendar_dates: HashMap::new(),
diff --git a/src/gtfs/realtime.rs b/src/gtfs/realtime.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a24992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gtfs/realtime.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/***
+ * Implementation of GTFS-R polling 
+  */
+
+use std::{str::FromStr, time::Duration};
+
+use reqwest::{blocking::Client, header::{HeaderName, HeaderValue}};
+
+use crate::gtfs::structs::{Arrival, Error, Gtfs};
+
+impl Gtfs<'_> {
+    fn realtime_update (&self, arrivals: Vec<Arrival<'_>>) -> Result<bool, Error>{
+
+        // Poll GTFS-R API
+        let client = Client::builder()
+            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
+            .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5))
+            .build()?;
+        
+        let mut response = client
+            .get(self.preferences.realtime_url)
+            .header("x-api-key", self.preferences.realtime_api_key)
+            .send()?;
+
+        // Parse response
+        let response = json::rdr 
+
+        // Match deltas to existing arrivals
+
+        // Update the arrival times       
+
+    }
+
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gtfs/structs.rs b/src/gtfs/structs.rs
index 75bcdef..42187f5 100644
--- a/src/gtfs/structs.rs
+++ b/src/gtfs/structs.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ impl Preferences {
 
 // The main GTFS struct. This is similar to (but not exactly) gtfs-structures::Gtfs because we don't need everything
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Gtfs {
+pub struct Gtfs<'a> {
+    /// A copy of the preferences struct
+    pub(crate) preferences: &'a Preferences,
+
     /// All agencies. They can not be read by `agency_id`, as it is not a required field
     pub(crate) agencies: Vec<Agency>,
     /// All Calendar by `service_id`