Public Transport Victoria

Public Transport Victoria (PTV) is the Victorian Government public transport authority in Australia, covering metropolitan and regional train, tram and bus services. It publishes the PTV Timetable API (Version 3, documented in Swagger), which provides scheduled timetable, route and stop data for all Victorian train, tram and bus services including Night Network, real-time data for metropolitan services where available, disruption information, stop facility information and myki ticket outlet data. Access requires a developer ID and key; the dataset is listed on DataVic under the Department of Transport. ptv.vic.gov.au now redirects to transport.vic.gov.au.

Public Transport Victoria publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Departures API, Directions API, Disruptions API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Company, Public Transport, Government, Transit, and Timetables.

The Public Transport Victoria catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Public Transport Victoria’s developer surface includes authentication, support, API reference, documentation, and 19 more developer resources.

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Composite quality — 36.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.9 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 6.0 / 17

Access Clarity 5.8 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.9 / 11

Contract Governance 2.2 / 10

Discoverability 5.5 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

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Contract Quality scores 41.9 — up to +14.5 composite points
Access Clarity scores 34.2 — up to +13.2 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 35.1 — up to +13.0 composite points

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APIs 11

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Public Transport Victoria Departures API

The Departures API from Public Transport Victoria — 2 operation(s) for departures.

Public Transport Victoria Directions API

The Directions API from Public Transport Victoria — 3 operation(s) for directions.

Public Transport Victoria Disruptions API

The Disruptions API from Public Transport Victoria — 6 operation(s) for disruptions.

Public Transport Victoria Fare Estimate API

The FareEstimate API from Public Transport Victoria — 1 operation(s) for fareestimate.

Public Transport Victoria Outlets API

The Outlets API from Public Transport Victoria — 2 operation(s) for outlets.

Public Transport Victoria Patterns API

The Patterns API from Public Transport Victoria — 1 operation(s) for patterns.

Public Transport Victoria Routes API

The Routes API from Public Transport Victoria — 2 operation(s) for routes.

Public Transport Victoria Route Types API

The RouteTypes API from Public Transport Victoria — 1 operation(s) for routetypes.

Public Transport Victoria Runs API

The Runs API from Public Transport Victoria — 4 operation(s) for runs.

Public Transport Victoria Search API

The Search API from Public Transport Victoria — 1 operation(s) for search.

Public Transport Victoria Stops API

The Stops API from Public Transport Victoria — 3 operation(s) for stops.

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Agent Skills 4

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

public-transport-victoria-check-disruptions

AGENT SKILL

public-transport-victoria-find-next-departures

AGENT SKILL

public-transport-victoria-plan-ticketing

AGENT SKILL

public-transport-victoria-trace-a-service-run

AGENT SKILL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Public Transport Victoria Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Public Transport Victoria Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Public Transport Victoria API Rules

11 rules · 9 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Public Transport Victoria Timetable Overlay

28 actions · update · public-transport-victoria-timetable-openapi.yml

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Public Transport Victoria Authentication

1 scheme

SECURITY

Public Transport Victoria Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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Public Transport Victoria Agentic Access

26 operations

26 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

APIReference

APIReference

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

Vocabulary

DataModel

Conventions

Lifecycle

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

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Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Deprecation

Deprecation

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Newsroom

Newsroom

Website

Website

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: public-transport-victoria
name: Public Transport Victoria
description: Public Transport Victoria (PTV) is the Victorian Government public transport authority in Australia, covering
  metropolitan and regional train, tram and bus services. It publishes the PTV Timetable API (Version 3, documented in Swagger),
  which provides scheduled timetable, route and stop data for all Victorian train, tram and bus services including Night Network,
  real-time data for metropolitan services where available, disruption information, stop facility information and myki ticket
  outlet data. Access requires a developer ID and key; the dataset is listed on DataVic under the Department of Transport.
  ptv.vic.gov.au now redirects to transport.vic.gov.au.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/public-transport-victoria/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:australia-apidays-2026
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-10-22 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-10-22'
modified: '2026-10-22'
tags:
- Company
- Public Transport
- Government
- Transit
- Timetables
- Australia
- Open Data
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/public-transport-victoria-agentic-access.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/public-transport-victoria-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/public-transport-victoria-vocabulary.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/public-transport-victoria-data-model.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/public-transport-victoria-conventions.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/public-transport-victoria-authentication.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/public-transport-victoria-lifecycle.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/public-transport-victoria-lifecycle.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/public-transport-victoria-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/public-transport-victoria-conformance.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/public-transport-victoria-timetable-overlay.yaml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/public-transport-victoria-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/public-transport-victoria-vendors.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.developer.vic.gov.au/terms
- type: Support
  url: https://www.developer.vic.gov.au/help
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.developer.vic.gov.au/privacy
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://transport.vic.gov.au/news-and-resources/news
- type: Login
  url: https://www.developer.vic.gov.au/sign-in
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/public-transport-victoria-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://ptv.vic.gov.au/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
- type: Documentation
  url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
apis:
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-departures-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Departures API
  description: The Departures API from Public Transport Victoria — 2 operation(s) for departures.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - Departures
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-departures-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-directions-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Directions API
  description: The Directions API from Public Transport Victoria — 3 operation(s) for directions.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - Directions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-directions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-disruptions-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Disruptions API
  description: The Disruptions API from Public Transport Victoria — 6 operation(s) for disruptions.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - Disruptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-disruptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-fareestimate-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Fare Estimate API
  description: The FareEstimate API from Public Transport Victoria — 1 operation(s) for fareestimate.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - FareEstimate
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-fareestimate-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-outlets-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Outlets API
  description: The Outlets API from Public Transport Victoria — 2 operation(s) for outlets.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - Outlets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-outlets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-patterns-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Patterns API
  description: The Patterns API from Public Transport Victoria — 1 operation(s) for patterns.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - Patterns
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-patterns-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-routes-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Routes API
  description: The Routes API from Public Transport Victoria — 2 operation(s) for routes.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - Routes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-routes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-routetypes-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Route Types API
  description: The RouteTypes API from Public Transport Victoria — 1 operation(s) for routetypes.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - RouteTypes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-routetypes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-runs-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Runs API
  description: The Runs API from Public Transport Victoria — 4 operation(s) for runs.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - Runs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-runs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-search-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Search API
  description: The Search API from Public Transport Victoria — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
- aid: public-transport-victoria:public-transport-victoria-stops-api
  name: Public Transport Victoria Stops API
  description: The Stops API from Public Transport Victoria — 3 operation(s) for stops.
  humanURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
  baseURL: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au
  tags:
  - Stops
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/public-transport-victoria-stops-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
x-coverage:
  state: blocked
  reason: bot-challenge
  detail: ptv.vic.gov.au 301-redirects (via www.ptv.vic.gov.au/home) to transport.vic.gov.au, which answers HTTP 403 to a
    browser UA (preflight front_door bot-challenge). The cross-domain redirect is a rebrand/identity decision left unchanged.
    API identity taken from the DataVic dataset listing and the documented Swagger UI host. No image found.
  evidence:
  - url: https://ptv.vic.gov.au/
    status: 301
  - url: https://transport.vic.gov.au/
    status: 403
  - url: https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ptv-timetable-api
    status: 200
  - url: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/swagger/ui/index
    status: 200
  - url: https://timetableapi.ptv.vic.gov.au/
    status: 403
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-10-22'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 28
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=anthropic,contract=anthropic,surfaces=anthropic,docs=anthropic,regulatory=anthropic

Public Transport Victoria API — frequently asked questions

Does Public Transport Victoria have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 11 APIs from Public Transport Victoria, including Public Transport Victoria Departures API, Public Transport Victoria Directions API and Public Transport Victoria Disruptions API, and 8 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Public Transport Victoria API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 11 OpenAPI specifications for Public Transport Victoria, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Public Transport Victoria API?

Public Transport Victoria uses bearer-token authentication (1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Public Transport Victoria Authentication.

Is the Public Transport Victoria API ready for AI agents?

Public Transport Victoria has a Kin Score of 36.1 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 28.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-10-31.

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