General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) is an open data format for public transit schedules and geographic information. Created by Google and TriMet, it enables transit agencies to publish interoperable data for applications, trip planners, and mobility analytics tools.

translink GTFS feed - Canada

Q: What is the difference between enhanced and source data?

Source data is the original GTFS feed obtained from the transit agency or official provider. The enhanced version has been processed to fix errors, remove inconsistencies, and ensure compliance with GTFS specifications. We recommend the enhanced version for production applications.

Q: Can I use this data in my application?

Data usage depends on the license specified by the original provider. Check the license information in the download section. Many GTFS feeds use open data licenses that allow free use with attribution. Always verify the license terms before integration.

Q: How do I validate a GTFS feed?

Each feed includes a validation report documenting errors and warnings. You can also use the MobilityData GTFS Validator for independent validation. Enhanced feeds have already been processed to resolve the most critical validation issues.

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About This Feed

translink is the GTFS feed TransLink-Canada publishes for Canada: 237 routes, 8,623 stops, 1 transit agencies. BusMaps checks and corrects it every week and serves the result through the API and as GTFS files.

Valid from June 8, 2026 to September 7, 2026.

Checked and corrected automatically. How we do it →

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One API for this feed

The API behind this page serves the same 237 routes and 8,623 stops: stops near a point, departures, trips, timetables, live vehicle positions and the GTFS files. The requests below use the coordinates of this feed.

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Stops around a point Free

Stops within a radius of a coordinate.
GET /v1/stopsInRadius?location=49.212,-122.9428&radius=1000
Next departures Free

Departures at the nearby stops, with real-time delays where the agency publishes them.
GET /v1/nextDepartures?location=49.212,-122.9428&radius=500&results=30
A-to-B trip planning Free

Itineraries between two points on this network.
GET /v1/routes?origin=49.212,-122.9428&destination=49.2797,-122.7798
Route timetables Pro

Directions, stop order and the schedule of one route.
GET /v1/line?routeId={routeId}
Live vehicle positions Pro

GTFS-RT positions inside the bounding box of the feed.
GET /v1/rawVehiclePositions?boundingBox=48.995,-123.437,49.483,-122.291
GTFS files Free

The corrected feed, the source feed, GeoJSON and the validation reports.
GET /v1/getGtfsFeedsDownloads?feedName=translink
AI agents (MCP) Free

Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client asks this network questions in plain language.
https://mcp.busmaps.com/mcp

Base URL https://capi.busmaps.com:8443. Send the key in the capi-key header. Route ids come from the responses above.

Per-feed pages: 237 routes, 8,623 stops, 1 agencies

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GTFS files of this feed

Two builds: the copy BusMaps corrected and validated, and the original from TransLink-Canada. The API returns either one for ?feedName=translink. Documentation →

Cleaned, corrected, and validated against GTFS specifications. View corrections.

ZIP GTFS Feed - Corrected & Enriched

14.66 MB

Available through API only This work is licensed under Custom_license. Content Hash: 93babb0ed7e41f56

ZIP Validation Report

0.01 MB

Available through API only

5Errors

4Warnings

0Info

Top Issues

block trips with overlapping stop times5

stop too far from shape3

feed expiration date30 days1

GeoJSON GeoJSON Data

0.25 MB

Available through API only

Unmodified GTFS data from official sources. May contain errors or inconsistencies.

ZIP GTFS Source Data

15.51 MB

Available through API only License: Custom_license Content Hash: 34386ed4ca883062

ZIP Validation Report

0.12 MB

Available through API only

11,302Errors

8,622Warnings

60,608Info

Top Issues

trip distance exceeds shape distance11,302

stop too far from shape using user distance5,140

equal shape distance diff coordinates distance below threshold1,865

Frequently Asked Questions

What is GTFS data?

GTFS, the General Transit Feed Specification, is the open format transit agencies use to publish schedules, stops and route shapes. Trip planners, routing engines and analytics tools read it directly.

What is the difference between enhanced and source data?

The source feed is what the agency published. The enhanced feed is the same data after BusMaps fixed the errors and inconsistencies and checked it against the GTFS specification. Use the enhanced feed in production.

Can I use this data in my application?

That depends on the licence the publisher set; you find it next to the files above. Most GTFS feeds allow free use with attribution. Check the licence before you integrate.

How do I validate a GTFS feed?

Every feed here ships with a validation report of errors and warnings. For an independent check, run the MobilityData GTFS Validator. The enhanced feed has the critical issues resolved.

All data comes from public sources. If a file was posted in error, carries a wrong licence or lacks attribution, contact us and we will fix it.

translink - GTFS transit data for Canada

About This Feed

One API for this feed

GTFS files of this feed

Enhanced & Validated Recommended

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