Passenger Journeys by Week and Ticket Type for Transport Canberra Network

Transport Canberra provides a total number of passenger journeys by fiscal week on its network, broken down by the ticket type used. The data is published by the ACT Government Open Data portal under the author TCCS Data Capability. Preliminary data from the platform is noted as unverified as systems are being reconnected.

Use Cases

• Forecast weekly passenger demand based on the time-series nature of the data.
• Analyze fare revenue distribution based on the breakdown by ticket type.
• Model the impact of service changes on ridership based on weekly journey counts.
• Compare ridership patterns across different ticket types (e.g., concession vs. full fare).

Strengths

• Data is broken down by fiscal week and ticket type, providing two key analytical dimensions.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats: CSV, XML, and JSON.
• Sourced from the official Transport Canberra network via the ACT Government Open Data portal.

Limitations

• The data provider notes the data remains unverified as systems are being reconnected.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data (data_gov_au), author TCCS Data Capability.

Collection Method

Likely collected from ticketing systems on the Transport Canberra network (bus and light rail).

Time Range

Temporal coverage is implied to be by fiscal week, but specific date ranges are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-21 16:50:54.985394; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spatial coverage is the Transport Canberra network in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).