PTV Timetable and Geographic Information - GTFS

[ozbob]

https://www.data.vic.gov.au/data/dataset/ptv-timetable-and-geographic-information-2015-gtfs

PTV Timetable and Geographic Information - GTFS

This dataset provides static timetable data and geographic information in the The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) format. It contains scheduled information for all metropolitan and regional trains, all metropolitan and regional bus (including coach) and all metropolitan tram services in Victoria.

The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) defines a common format for public transport schedules and associated geographic information. The GTFS provides scheduled information for all metropolitan and regional train, tram and bus services in Victoria.

GTFS Reference

https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/reference

PTV GTFS Release Notes

http://data.ptv.vic.gov.au/downloads/PTVGTFSReleaseNotes.docx

http://data.ptv.vic.gov.au/downloads/PTVGTFSReleaseNotes.pdf

[ozbob]

Melbourne Age --> Better late than never: Melbourne's public transport good to go on Google

[ozbob]

PTV Digital products

>> http://ptv.vic.gov.au/about-ptv/ptv-data-and-reports/digital-products/

[bcasey]

I found this today

http://ptv.vic.gov.au/news-and-events/news/ptv-releases-real-time-bus-information-to-the-public/

Looks like they are also running a developer 'hackathon' event called VicTripathon, similar to the Brisbane Open Data Awards and the hackathon event that Sydney held a couple years ago.

http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/victripathon-tickets-16746364828

https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/34su8v/announcing_tripathon_a_tech_jam_and_incubator_for/

Not sure how detailed the real-time data will be, but from reading the comments in that reddit thread, it may just be stop predictions (as opposed to also having vehicle positions like the Brisbane GTFS-RT feed), which kind of limits the applications you can make from it.

[verbatim9]

http://m.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/victorian-government-google-pointing-fingers-over-public-transport-fail-20151021-gkexuj.html

Melbourne still has not got public transport directions on Google Maps, with Public Transport Victoria and search giant Google stuck in an embarrassing impasse with plenty of finger-pointing going on.