Department of Transport API Release Notes

This page contains release notes for features and updates to the Department of Transport APIs. We recommend that API developers periodically check this list for any new announcements.

Transport Victoria Open Data Portal now available

21/11/2024 

The Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) has launched a new open data portal to create a one-stop-shop for transport open data - the Transport Victoria Open Data Portal.

The new portal was launched on 19 November 2024 to start consolidating DTP’s multiple open data platforms into one centralised hub. It has been designed to provide:

  • easy access to a wide range of accurate and consistent static and real-time public transport and road data on one platform

  • transport open datasets in the global standards and formats widely used by the open data community.

  • ability to download and use all transport open datasets for free.

The following APIs are also listed in the new portal:

  • Disruptions – Road

  • Freeway travel time

  • GTFS-R Trip Updates, Service Alerts and Vehicle Positions – Metro Trains and Buses and Yarra Trams

Please note: the APIs are listed in the new portal but data users will need to continue accessing them through this platform until further notice.

More APIs from this platform will be moved into the new portal throughout 2025 and it will be closed once they have been moved across.  Further details about when each APIs will be moved to the new portal will be provided as they are confirmed.

For more information about the new open data portal, please visit the Transport Victoria website.

Unplanned Disruption – Road – v2

26/08/2024

The Victorian Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) has transitioned the 'Unplanned Disruption - Road - v1' API into a new version: ‘Unplanned Disruption – Road – v2’.

This data feed is openly available to developers for integration into third-party apps that can provide users with information on unplanned disruptions on Victorian roads.

GTFS-R Trip Updates, Service Alerts and Vehicle Positions - Yarra Tram Service

26/09/2023

As of today, the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) has published the GTFS-Real Time datasets for Yarra Tram services. These data feeds are openly available to developers for integration into third-party apps in order to provide simpler and more convenient access to real time information on their phones and personal devices.

GTFS-Real Time APIs for Trams:

  • GTFS-Realtime Tram Trip Update

  • GTFS-Realtime Tram Service Alerts

  • GTFS-Realtime Tram Vehicle Position

GTFS-R Trip Updates, Service Alerts and Vehicle Positions

09/03/2022

Following the Metro Trains GTFS-R real-time data releases in December for trip updates and vehicle positions, the Department of Transport has published the service alerts today.

Service alerts allow you to provide updates whenever there is disruption on the network. Delays are delivered via Trip Updates, whereas cancellations are published via Service Alerts. For initial release of Service Alerts, only cancellations will be published.

Planned Disruptions - Road API

15/12/2021

As of today, the Department of Transport has published the Planned Disruptions - Road API. This dataset contains the locations and details of planned disruptions in near real-time on roads managed by the Victorian DOT. The data includes (where available) the location of the disruption, road name, type of works being undertaken, which travel direction it affects, what time of the day works will be undertaken, how many lanes may be affected, how long the delay may be and other supporting information. In accordance with the Road Management Act, the Department of Transport is the coordinating road authority for all the arterial roads and freeways that are not privately owned in Victoria. For any works on, or that may affect, the road network, the Department of Transport must manage the disruption in order to protect the community and help people continue on their journey - The Data Exchange Team

Emergency Road Closures And Traffic Alerts

03/08/2020

As of today, we published the Emergency Road Closures And Traffic Alerts(ERC) API, which will allow you to query the all unplanned road closures and traffic alerts recorded by DOT, in real-time. The records represent a closure affecting either to the point on road or the length of road. - The Data Exchange Team

Lane Use Management Signals

30/04/2019

As of today, we published the Lane Use Management Signals (LUMS) API, which will allow you to query the near real-time electronic speed signs along the Victorian Freeway Network. The Data Exchange Team