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Overview - General Transit Feed Specification

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The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) is an Open Standard used to distribute relevant information about transit systems to riders. It allows public transit agencies to publish their transit data in a format that can be consumed by a wide variety of software applications. GTFS consists of two main parts: GTFS Schedule and GTFS Realtime. GTFS Schedule is a feed specification that defines a common format for static public transportation information. It is composed of a collection of simple files, mostly text files (.txt) that are contained in a single ZIP file. Each file describes a particular aspect of transit information such as stops, routes, trips, etc. At its most basic form, a GTFS Schedule dataset is composed of 7 files: agency.txt, routes.txt, trips.txt, stops.txt, stop_times.txt, calendar.txt and calendar_dates.txt. Along with this basic set of files, additional (optional) files can also be grouped to provide information of other service elements, such as fares, translati

The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) is an Open Standard used to distribute relevant information about transit systems to riders. It allows public transit agencies to publish their transit data in a format that can be consumed by a wide variety of software applications. GTFS consists of two main parts: GTFS Schedule and GTFS Realtime. GTFS Schedule¶ GTFS Schedule is a feed specification that defines a common format for static public transportation information. It is composed of a collection of simple files, mostly text files (.txt) that are contained in a single ZIP file. Each…

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