Melbourne Visitor Shuttle Bus Stop Locations and Descriptions

Melbourne Visitor Shuttle service route with 13 stops at significant points of interest, operated from March 2006 until its discontinuation on 31 August 2017. The dataset contains stop descriptions and geographic locations maintained by the City of Melbourne.

Use Cases

• Map the 13 shuttle stop locations to analyze proximity to tourist attractions and plan walking routes.
• Use stop descriptions to categorize points of interest for historical or tourism research on Melbourne's visitor infrastructure.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of stops to assess service accessibility for tourists across the city.

Strengths

• Contains data for the complete 13-stop route of the Melbourne Visitor Shuttle service.
• Provides geographic location data for spatial analysis and mapping.
• Data is provided in multiple formats (SHP, JSON, CSV, GEOJSON) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally limited, covering a service discontinued in 2017, which may not reflect current conditions.
• No sample data or column schema is provided, making initial data exploration and validation difficult.
• The dataset scope is small, containing information for only 13 specific bus stops.

Provenance

Source

City of Melbourne Open Data

Time Range

March 2006 to 31 August 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-20, though the underlying service ended in 2017.

Geography

City of Melbourne, Australia