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.
Data Exchange Platform (DEP) will be decommissioned on 30 September 2025
05/08/2025
From 5 August, access to the following transport APIs is being moved from (DEP) to the Transport Victoria Open Data Portal:
· GTFS-R Trip Updates, Service Alerts and Vehicle Positions – Metro Trains and Buses
· GTFS-R Trip Updates, Service Alerts and Vehicle Positions – Yarra Trams
Please note:
· The Heavy Vehicle Networks dataset will be retired on 29 September as this information is now managed by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator.
· The Bluetooth Travel Time and Lane Use Management Signals APIs will start to be hosted on the Transport Victoria Open Data Portal in the next few weeks and we will confirm the transition date shortly. In the meantime, please keep accessing them via DEP until further notice.
To continue using these APIs, data users should create a Transport Victoria Open Data Portal account and generate a new API key as the current DEP accounts and API keys cannot be transferred. A two-month transition period is now in place until 29 September where APIs can be accessed through both DEP and the Transport Victoria Open Data Portal to give data users time to switch over to new ways of working. Training materials are on the Transport Victoria Open Data Portal ‘Help and Support’ page to help with creating an account and/or API key if needed.
Important note: DEP will be decommissioned on 30 September, and all the datasets on the platform will be no longer be accessible via the current API keys. Data users should make sure they have changed how they access APIs by 29 September 2025.
These changes are being made as the next step in streamlining and consolidating our multiple open data platforms and presences into one centralised hub - the Transport Victoria Open Data Portal.
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
