WMATA Bus GTFS — wmata_gtfs • transittraj

This dataset is a portion of WMATA's bus GTFS, first published on Dec 14, 2025 and valid through June 13, 2026, accessed through TransitLand. The dataset is intended to be used alongside the archived GTFS-realtime feed provided in wmata_avl.

Usage

wmata_gtfs

Format

`wmata_gtfs`

A tidytransit object (list) with 8 files.

agency: The GTFS agency.txt file
routes: The GTFS routes.txt file
trips: The GTFS trips.txt file
stop_times: The GTFS stop_times.txt file
stops: The GTFS stops.txt file
shapes: The GTFS shapes.txt file
calendar: The GTFS calendar.txt file
calendar_dates: The GTFS calendar_dates.txt file

Source

https://www.transit.land/feeds/f-dqc-wmata~bus

Details

This dataset has been filtered to three routes, with two directions for each:

D40: Georgia Ave
C53: U St/Congress Heights
D96: Mass Ave toBethesda

Examples

# Print the tidytransit summary
summary(wmata_gtfs)
#> tidygtfs object
#> files        agency, routes, stop_times, trips, shapes, calendar, calendar_dates, stops
#> agency       WMATA
#> service      from 2025-12-14 to 2026-06-13
#> uses         stop_times (no frequencies)
#> # routes        3
#> # trips      4167
#> # stop_ids    347
#> # stop_names  253
#> # shapes       15

# Filter by route & direction
my_route <- "D96"
my_dir <- 0
d96_gtfs <- filter_by_route(gtfs = wmata_gtfs,
                            route_ids = my_route,
                            dir_id = my_dir)
summary(d96_gtfs)
#> tidygtfs object
#> files        agency, routes, stop_times, trips, shapes, calendar, calendar_dates, stops
#> agency       WMATA
#> service      from 2025-12-14 to 2026-06-13
#> uses         stop_times (no frequencies)
#> # routes       1
#> # trips      320
#> # stop_ids    71
#> # stop_names  70
#> # shapes       2

# Extract route alignments
d96_shapes <- get_shape_geometry(gtfs = d96_gtfs)
print(d96_shapes)
#> Simple feature collection with 2 features and 1 field
#> Geometry type: MULTILINESTRING
#> Dimension:     XY
#> Bounding box:  xmin: -77.10056 ymin: 38.89265 xmax: -77.04168 ymax: 38.98564
#> Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84
#> # A tibble: 2 × 2
#>   shape_id                                                              geometry
#>   <chr>                                                    <MULTILINESTRING [°]>
#> 1 D96:05   ((-77.04761 38.89588, -77.04774 38.89594, -77.04789 38.89601, -77.04…
#> 2 D96:06   ((-77.04344 38.90744, -77.04344 38.90725, -77.04354 38.90725, -77.04…

# Plot interactive Leaflet view
plot_interactive_gtfs(gtfs = wmata_gtfs,
                      color = "gtfs")