--- title: "GTFS Realtime" description: "GTFS Realtime is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 105 installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated October 24, 2026." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/bcpearce-homeassistant-gtfs-realtime" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/bcpearce-homeassistant-gtfs-realtime.md" last-updated: "2026-10-22" version: "1.4" --- # GTFS Realtime > GTFS Realtime is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 105 installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated October 24, 2026. GTFS Realtime is an integration that adds public transit arrivals and service alerts to Home Assistant. It reads realtime and static GTFS feeds from a transit provider, and the static schedule data is merged in to supply details such as destination headsigns and route IDs. Sensors for a chosen stop report the first, second, third and later arrivals in order of shortest time, and a binary sensor and a button for clearing schedule data are also provided. Some providers are preconfigured, an API key can be sent as a request header, and route icons can be loaded from a custom URL. A Generate Arrival Board action builds a tile dashboard for a stop, and experimental vehicle position data can appear on map cards. It is added through the Home Assistant interface and relies on the provider's cloud feeds. Automatic summary of the README and code of bcpearce/homeassistant-gtfs-realtime. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact) [Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=bcpearce&repository=homeassistant-gtfs-realtime&category=integration) On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=bcpearce&repository=homeassistant-gtfs-realtime&category=integration) ## Supports - **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor. - **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS. - **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months. ## Setting it up Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services. ### Select a GTFS Provider - **GTFS Provider** ### Select Route and Stop IDs to create sensor and binary sensor entities. - **Arrival Limit** - **GTFS Provider Name** - **Route ID**: Route ID for a GTFS entity to receive service alerts. - **Stop ID**: Stop ID for a GTFS entity to receive arrival data and service alerts ### Select GTFS Realtime and Static Feed URLs. - **Authorization header (if required)**: Must be in the form '\[Authorization Type\]: \[authorization string\]'. For example, this could be 'X-Api-Key: \[the api key\]' or 'Authorization: apikey \[the api key\]'. Not all auth types are supported. - **GTFS Static Feeds (file or URL)**: GTFS static feed zip file. Include the URL(s) for static schedule data. Note this is required to merge trip and stop info with realtime data. - **Route Icons format URL**: URL to a route-icons provider containing an svg image file for a given route. The string can contain up to 3 str.format() compatible formatters for \[route\_id\], \[route\_color\], and \[route\_text\_color\] respectively. If your provider gives these colors as HTML hex, you may need to add an html-escaped '\#' preceeding the input. - **Feed URL**: Feed URLs for realtime GTFS Data ### Reconfigure GTFS parameters. - **Arrival Limit** - **GTFS Provider Name** - **Route ID**: Route ID for a GTFS entity to receive service alerts. - **Stop ID**: Stop ID for a GTFS entity to receive arrival data and service alerts - **Feed URL**: Feed URLs for realtime GTFS Data Texts from the code of [bcpearce/homeassistant-gtfs-realtime](https://github.com/bcpearce/homeassistant-gtfs-realtime). ## Entities - **Buttons**: Clear All Schedule Data ## Actions - **Generate Arrival Board**: Generate an arrival board for a stop Fields: Stop ID, Show entity picture, Show Unknown Arrivals ## Troubleshooting - **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report. ## From the README > Add public transit arrivals and alerts to your Home Assistant Dashboards and Automations. From the README of [bcpearce/homeassistant-gtfs-realtime](https://github.com/bcpearce/homeassistant-gtfs-realtime#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened. ## At a glance - Kind: Marketplace integration - Category: [Vehicles and transport](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/vehicles-and-transport.md), Public transport - Number: 105 installs sharing analytics; 37 GitHub stars - Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud - Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months - Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older) - Latest version: 0.4.10, last updated October 24, 2026 - Domain: `gtfs_realtime` - Source: - Issues: - Screenshot: https://vulpo.app/integrations-img/9568d01f4a2d29a1.webp (from bcpearce/homeassistant-gtfs-realtime's README) In Vulpo: Button card, Chart card, Apple Watch Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation. 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