Transport Timetables 45% open

What data is expected?

Timetables of major government operated (or commissioned) national-level public transport services (specifically bus and train). The focus here is on national level services (not those which operate only at a municipal or city level and which are not controlled or regulated by the national government). A 'yes' in any question will refer to both types of transport. However, if there is no national level service operated or regulated by the government for a given type of transport (for instance busses), then this type is ignored in this data category.

What data is available

•   Does the data exist? Yes
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes published by KiwiRail, Intercity, Naked Bus, etc.)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
•   Available in bulk? No
•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

There are a lot of long-distance (national-level) coach services offered by private companies (Intercity, Naked Bus, for example). The NZ Transport Agency is the regulator for land transport and provides licenses for operating long-distance buses (http://www.nzta.govt.nz/commercial/passenger/types.html). Currently they don't provide any timetable data on long-distance transport, though. The long-distance bus companies provide timetables on their website, these are not unified in one database, though. Also, it is currently difficult to know, which long-distance coach services with regular timetables exist as there is no registry of all available services.

The national rail network is limited and there are no published data sets, just timetables. Data is provided in non-machine readable format - just HTML.

Metlink data covers Wellington region and is available in GTFS format at http://www.metlink.org.nz/customer-services/general-transit-feed-specification/

Auckland Transport data covers Auckland region and is available in GTFS format from https://at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/more-services/google-transit-feed/