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

• Copy file sensor/gtfs_realtime.py to your ha_config_dir/custom-components/sensor directory.
• Configure with config below.
• Restart Home-Assistant.

Usage

To use this component in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry

sensor:
  - platform: gtfs_realtime
    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

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
• api_key (Optional): If provided, this key will be sent with API requests in an "Authorization" header.
• 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.