Canberra Light Rail Vehicle Updates Historical Archive

A historical archive of the Trip Update section from the GTFS Realtime feed for the ACT Capital Metro light rail service. The data was provided by TCCS and last updated in March 2026. It contains vehicle position and schedule adherence information.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical vehicle schedule adherence patterns using Trip Update data.
• Model light rail service reliability by processing GTFS Realtime feed information.
• Visualize historical vehicle movement and delays from the archived transit feed.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative GTFS Realtime specification for public transit.
• Archived by the ACT Government Open Data portal, ensuring official provenance.
• Last updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The specific row count, column names, and data size are unknown, limiting initial assessment.
• Data is provided in multiple formats (XML, CSV, RDF, JSON) which may require format-specific parsing.
• As a historical archive, the update frequency for new data may be irregular or static.

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

Historical archive; specific temporal coverage is not detailed.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10.

Geography

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.