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GTFS

The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) defines an open standard format for exchanging public transportation schedule, geographic and fare information.

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Quick overview

  • Purpose: Exchanging public transportation schedule, geographic and fare information.
  • Data type: vector
  • Type of format: Transit schedule format
  • Multi-file format: Yes (ZIP)
  • File type: binary
  • File extension(s): .zip (agency.txt, routes.txt, trips.txt, stop_times.txt, stops.txt, calendar.txt)
  • Originally developed by: started out as a side project of Google employee Chris Harrelson (2006)
  • Technical description/specification: General Transit Feed Specification Reference
  • License: CC BY 3.0
  • Regulated by: Google
  • Status: de facto standard
  • Sample file(s): gtfs.org/examples/
  • Consumable by:
    • ArcMap
    • ArcGIS Pro
    • GeoEvent
    • ...

Introduction

It is a file format extended from CSV (vector data types) as a format for public transportation schedules and associated geographic information. It has become a de facto standard.

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