Montreal Bus Real-Time Positioning and Occupancy Data

Real-time bus timetables and positioning data from the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM). The dataset includes bus occupancy rate information from version 2 of the GTFS-Realtime API. Access requires registration on the STM Developers Portal.

Use Cases

• Model real-time bus arrival predictions using positioning and timetable data.
• Analyze passenger load patterns across the network using occupancy rate data.
• Develop applications for trip planning by integrating real-time positioning with scheduled trip data.

Strengths

• Provides real-time data feeds including bus occupancy rates.
• Managed and updated by the official transit authority, Société de Transport de Montréal.

Limitations

• Specific data volume, row count, and column structure are unknown from the input.
• Requires API registration and integration, not a simple static file download.

Provenance

Source

Société de Transport de Montréal (STM)

Collection Method

Real-time data feeds via GTFS-Realtime API.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated in near real-time via API; metadata last updated March 2026.

Geography

Montreal, Québec, Canada