Transport & ShippingDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

Hong Kong Transport Department public transport GTFS (headway data)

Hong Kong: public transport routes, stops and headway-based schedules across modes, as GTFS

Freeauth: noneCustom✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree GTFS download.
Sign-up?: None neededCall it straight away
Commercial use?: Read the termsProvider's own terms, not a standard licence

The fine print

License note: DATA.GOV.HK Terms and Conditions allow commercial and non-commercial use free of charge on conditions, including identifying the source and giving proper attribution to the Government, the Relevant Organisations and DATA.GOV.HK. Same basis as hong-kong-observatory-open-data-api. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Required: give proper attribution to the Government, the Transport Department and DATA.GOV.HK.

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// Overview

Hong Kong Transport Department public transport GTFS (headway data)

Hong Kong's Transport Department publishes a static GTFS feed on DATA.GOV.HK covering franchised buses, green minibuses, ferries, trams and rail (routes, stops and headway-based schedules), in English and Chinese.

Coverage

Hong Kong: public transport routes, stops and headway-based schedules across modes, as GTFS.

Good for

#transport-shipping#public-transport#hong-kong#gtfs#timetables#government

Verdict

An official Hong Kong multimodal GTFS feed, alongside hk-kmb-bus-eta-api. The dataset is confirmed in DATA.GOV.HK's own catalogue API (package hk-td-tis_11-pt-headway-en, Transport Department, with the GTFS resources). Licence: Custom: the DATA.GOV.HK Terms and Conditions say "You are allowed to browse, download, distribute, reproduce, hyperlink to, and print the Data for both commercial and non-commercial purposes on a free-of-charge basis on condition that:-" and, among the conditions, "you shall also give proper attribution to the Government, the Relevant Organisations and DATA.GOV.HK." The terms contain no ban on automated access. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free GTFS download.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	Custom (see note)
License note	DATA.GOV.HK Terms and Conditions allow commercial and non-commercial use free of charge on conditions, including identifying the source and giving proper attribution to the Government, the Relevant Organisations and DATA.GOV.HK. Same basis as hong-kong-observatory-open-data-api. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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Quick facts

Provider: static.data.gov.hk
Type: Dataset
Category: Transport & Shipping
Domain: Transport & Shipping
Auth: none
Free tier: Free GTFS download.
Rate limit: Not stated.
License: Custom (see note)
License note: DATA.GOV.HK Terms and Conditions allow commercial and non-commercial use free of charge on conditions, including identifying the source and giving proper attribution to the Government, the Relevant Organisations and DATA.GOV.HK. Same basis as hong-kong-observatory-open-data-api. Signal Lab links only.
Verified: Nov 13, 2026

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Fetch https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/catalog.json, find slug "hk-td-pt-headway-gtfs", and write a Python loader that pulls data from Hong Kong Transport Department public transport GTFS (headway data) into a pandas DataFrame.  Respect rate limits and follow provider terms.

// Full record · catalog.json

name: Hong Kong Transport Department public transport GTFS (headway data)
slug: hk-td-pt-headway-gtfs
category: Transport & Shipping
domain: Transport & Shipping
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/hk-td-pt-headway-gtfs
providerUrl: https://static.data.gov.hk/td/pt-headway-en/gtfs.zip
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free GTFS download.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://static.data.gov.hk/td/pt-headway-en/gtfs.zip
coverage: Hong Kong: public transport routes, stops and headway-based schedules across modes, as GTFS.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://static.data.gov.hk/td/pt-headway-en/gtfs.zip
https://data.gov.hk/en-data/api/3/action/package_search?q=gtfs
https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-td-tis_11-pt-headway-en
https://data.gov.hk/en/terms-and-conditions
tasks: transport-shipping
public-transport
hong-kong
gtfs
timetables
government
license: Custom
licenseUrl: https://data.gov.hk/en/terms-and-conditions
licenseNote: DATA.GOV.HK Terms and Conditions allow commercial and non-commercial use free of charge on conditions, including identifying the source and giving proper attribution to the Government, the Relevant Organisations and DATA.GOV.HK. Same basis as hong-kong-observatory-open-data-api. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Required: give proper attribution to the Government, the Transport Department and DATA.GOV.HK.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "hk-td-pt-headway-gtfs"
    }
  }
}

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Hong Kong Transport Department public transport GTFS (headway data)

Coverage

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Verdict

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// Full record · catalog.json

// The same record over MCP

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