Canberra Light Rail Trip Updates Historical Archive

ACT Capital Metro light rail service provides a historical archive of real-time trip updates from its Google Transit Feed Service - Realtime (GTFSR). The dataset, published by TCCS for the ACT Government, contains information on trip statuses and schedules, with data last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical trip delay patterns using the real-time GTFSR Trip Update messages
• Model passenger wait times by processing scheduled versus actual arrival data from the feed
• Assess service reliability trends for the Canberra light rail network from the archived GTFSR records

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official ACT Government Open Data portal, ensuring authoritative origin
• Multiple file formats (RDF, JSON, CSV, XML) are available, increasing accessibility for different tools
• The dataset is actively maintained, with a recorded update in March 2026

Limitations

• The specific row count, column names, and data volume are unknown, limiting preliminary analysis
• As a historical archive, the data may contain gaps or inconsistencies typical of real-time feed captures
• Understanding the data requires consulting the technical data dictionary for GTFSR metadata

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data (TCCS)

Collection Method

Archived from the Google Transit Feed Service - Realtime (GTFSR) for the Capital Metro light rail.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT)