Home Assistant Realtime GTFS

This project contains a new sensor that provides real-time departure data for local transit systems that provide gtfs feeds.

Installation (HACS) - Recommended

0. Have HACS installed, this will allow you to easily update
1. Add https://github.com/zacs/ha-gtfs-rt as a custom repository as Type: Integration
2. Click install under "GTFS-Realtime", restart your instance.

Installation (Manual)

1. Download this repository as a ZIP (green button, top right) and unzip the archive
2. Copy /custom_components/gtfs_rt to your <config_dir>/custom_components/ directory
   • You will need to create the custom_components folder if it does not exist
   • On Hassio the final location will be /config/custom_components/gtfs_rt
   • On Hassbian the final location will be /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/gtfs_rt

Configuration

Add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example entry for Austin TX

sensor:
  - platform: gtfs_rt
    trip_update_url: 'https://data.texas.gov/download/rmk2-acnw/application%2foctet-stream'
    vehicle_position_url: 'https://data.texas.gov/download/eiei-9rpf/application%2Foctet-stream'
    departures:
    - name: Downtown to airport
      route: 100
      stopid: 514

# Example entry for Seattle WA

- platform: gtfs_rt
  trip_update_url: 'http://api.pugetsound.onebusaway.org/api/gtfs_realtime/trip-updates-for-agency/1.pb?key=TEST'
  departures:
  - name: "48 to Uni"
    route: 100228
    stopid: 36800

# Example entry for Montreal

- platform: gtfs_rt
  trip_update_url: 'https://api.stm.info/pub/od/gtfs-rt/ic/v2/tripUpdates'
  vehicle_position_url: 'https://api.stm.info/pub/od/gtfs-rt/ic/v2/vehiclePositions'
  apikey: <api key>
  departures:
  - name: "Bus 178"
    route: 168
    stopid: 56698 

# Example entry for NYC

- platform: gtfs_rt
    trip_update_url: 'https://api-endpoint.mta.info/Dataservice/mtagtfsfeeds/nyct%2Fgtfs-bdfm'
    x_api_key: <api key>
    departures:
      - name: "Brooklyn F"
        route: 'F'
        stopid: 'F16S'

Configuration variables:

• trip_update_url (Required): Provides bus route etas. See the Finding Feeds section at the bottom of the page for more details on how to find these
• vehicle_position_url (Optional): Provides live bus position tracking on the home assistant map
• headers(Optional): Expects a dictionary. If provided, the dictionary will be sent as headers. (e.g. {"Authorization": "mykey"})
• departures (Required): A list of routes and departure locations to watch
• route (Optional): The name of the gtfs route
• stopid (Optional): The stopid for the location you want etas for

Screenshot

Finding Feeds

Transit Feeds is a fairly good source for realtime gtfs feeds. Search for your city, and then look for a feed that is tagged with 'GTFS-RealTime'. There should be an 'official url' in the side bar that you can use. Routes and stops can be found by clicking on the regular gtfs feed, and finding the id for the stop you are interested in. Please feel free to message me or open an issue if you find other good sources.

Reporting an Issue

1. Setup your logger to print debug messages for this component using:

   logger:
   default: info
   logs:
   custom_components.gtfs_rt: debug

2. Restart HA
3. Verify you're still having the issue
4. File an issue in this Github Repository containing your HA log (Developer section > Info > Load Full Home Assistant Log)
   • You can paste your log file at pastebin https://pastebin.com/ and submit a link.
   • Please include details about your setup (Pi, NUC, etc, docker?, HASSOS?)
   • The log file can also be found at /<config_dir>/home-assistant.log