Translink

Translink GTFS Realtime Feeds

Unauthenticated GTFS Realtime v2.0 feeds, encoded in Protobuf, of trip updates, vehicle positions and service alerts for South East Queensland (whole network and per mode: bus, rail, tram, ferry) and Cairns. Translink states its implementation is based on the gtfs-realtime.proto definition at gtfs.org, and that the feeds must be used with its GTFS schedules. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Documentation
https://translink.com.au/about-translink/open-data

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Protobuf
https://artifacts.apis.io/translink-queensland/grpc/translink-queensland-gtfs-realtime.proto
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TermsOfService
https://translink.com.au/about-translink/open-data/terms-and-conditions
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APIsJSON
https://artifacts.apis.io/translink-queensland/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: translink-queensland:gtfs-realtime
name: Translink GTFS Realtime Feeds
description: 'Unauthenticated GTFS Realtime v2.0 feeds, encoded in Protobuf, of trip updates, vehicle
  positions and service alerts for South East Queensland (whole network and per mode: bus, rail, tram,
  ferry) and Cairns. Translink states its implementation is based on the gtfs-realtime.proto definition
  at gtfs.org, and that the feeds must be used with its GTFS schedules. Licensed CC BY 4.0.'
humanURL: https://translink.com.au/about-translink/open-data
baseURL: https://gtfsrt.api.translink.com.au/api/realtime
tags:
- GTFS Realtime
- Protobuf
- Transit
- Open Data
properties:
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/translink-queensland-gtfs-realtime.proto
  name: gtfs-realtime.proto
  description: Verbatim copy of the GTFS Realtime protobuf definition (GTFS Specifications Authors, github.com/google/transit).
    Translink does not author it; its open data page states "Our implementation of GTFS-RT v2 is based
    on this gtfs-realtime.proto" and links https://gtfs.org/documentation/realtime/proto/.
- type: Documentation
  url: https://translink.com.au/about-translink/open-data
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://translink.com.au/about-translink/open-data/terms-and-conditions