Translink

Translink is the public transport division of the Queensland Government's Department of Transport and Main Roads, with statewide responsibility for buses, trains, ferries and trams across South East Queensland, regional bus services, demand responsive transit, taxi regulation and long distance rail, coach and regional air services. Through its open data program Translink publishes GTFS schedule datasets and unauthenticated GTFS Realtime v2.0 (Protobuf) feeds of trip updates, vehicle positions and alerts at gtfsrt.api.translink.com.au, licensed CC BY 4.0. (Harvest source: australia-apidays-2026.)

Translink is listed with 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Public Transport, Transit, GTFS, and GTFS Realtime.

Translink’s developer surface includes documentation, support, product news, and 14 more developer resources.

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21.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0 · Show this score on your site →

2 APIs

Company Public Transport Transit GTFS GTFS Realtime Open Data Government Queensland Australia

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0

Composite quality — 21.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 2.4 / 17

Access Clarity 7.2 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11

Contract Governance 1.9 / 10

Discoverability 5.0 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 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):

Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document
MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
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)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 0.0 — up to +25.0 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 14.3 — up to +17.1 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 0.0 — up to +13.0 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

GTFS

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

APIs 2

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

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, ...

Translink GTFS Schedule Datasets

GTFS static schedule datasets (timetables, route paths, stopping patterns) for SEQ bus, train, ferry and tram services and Queensland regional bus services, published as downloa...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Translink Queensland Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Translink Queensland Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

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

Translink Queensland Authentication

0 schemes

SECURITY

Translink Queensland Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Conventions

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Conformance

Conformance

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Forum

Forum

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website

News

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Source (apis.yml)

aid: translink-queensland
name: Translink
description: 'Translink is the public transport division of the Queensland Government''s Department of Transport and Main
  Roads, with statewide responsibility for buses, trains, ferries and trams across South East Queensland, regional bus services,
  demand responsive transit, taxi regulation and long distance rail, coach and regional air services. Through its open data
  program Translink publishes GTFS schedule datasets and unauthenticated GTFS Realtime v2.0 (Protobuf) feeds of trip updates,
  vehicle positions and alerts at gtfsrt.api.translink.com.au, licensed CC BY 4.0. (Harvest source: australia-apidays-2026.)'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/translink-queensland/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
- Transit
- GTFS
- GTFS Realtime
- Open Data
- Government
- Queensland
- Australia
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
image: https://framework.transinfo.com.au/v2.5.2.19619/images/logos/MyTL-app-icon@180.png
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/translink-queensland-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/translink-queensland-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/translink-queensland-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/translink-queensland-conformance.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/translink-queensland-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/translink-queensland-hosts.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://translink.com.au/
- 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
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://translink.com.au/legal/privacy
- type: Support
  url: https://translink.com.au/contact-us
- type: Forum
  url: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/translink-australia-opendata
- type: News
  url: https://translink.com.au/news-and-media/releases
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/Translink_QLD
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/TransLinkQLD
- type: Instagram
  url: https://instagram.com/TransLinkQLD
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/translink-queensland-domain-security.yml
apis:
- 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
- aid: translink-queensland:gtfs-schedules
  name: Translink GTFS Schedule Datasets
  description: GTFS static schedule datasets (timetables, route paths, stopping patterns) for SEQ bus, train, ferry and tram
    services and Queensland regional bus services, published as downloadable resources on the Queensland Government open data
    portal (data.qld.gov.au).
  humanURL: https://translink.com.au/about-translink/open-data
  tags:
  - GTFS
  - Transit
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://translink.com.au/about-translink/open-data
  - type: Dataset
    url: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/general-transit-feed-specification-gtfs-translink
x-coverage:
  state: covered
  reason: identity-verified
  detail: Website translink.com.au verified (200, title "Translink"); who-we-are page names it a division of Queensland Department
    of Transport and Main Roads; open data page documents GTFS and GTFS-RT feeds.
  evidence:
  - url: https://translink.com.au/
    status: 200
  - url: https://translink.com.au/about-translink/who-we-are
    status: 200
  - url: https://translink.com.au/about-translink/open-data
    status: 200
  - url: https://gtfsrt.api.translink.com.au/api/realtime/SEQ/alerts
    status: 200
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-10-22'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 19
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=anthropic,contract=anthropic,surfaces=anthropic,docs=anthropic,regulatory=anthropic

Translink API — frequently asked questions

Does Translink have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 2 APIs from Translink, including Translink GTFS Realtime Feeds and Translink GTFS Schedule Datasets.

How do I authenticate with the Translink API?

Translink documents its authentication (0 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Translink Queensland Authentication.

How much does the Translink API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Translink, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing Plans on this page.

Is the Translink API ready for AI agents?

Translink has a Kin Score of 21.0 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 11.9 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-10-31.

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