Mobility Database — GTFS & GTFS-RT Feed Finder

The single best starting point for building on transit data: a filterable index of thousands of GTFS, GTFS-RT and GBFS feeds worldwide, each with a direct download URL. Turns the raw Mobility Database catalog into a query-by-country/city/provider/type API. Keyless.

Perfect for trip planners, transit data pipelines, coverage research, and feed-discovery for any city.

What you get

One row per transit feed:

• Identity — mdbSourceId, dataType (gtfs / gtfs-rt / gbfs), entityType (for GTFS-RT: vp/tu/sa), provider, name, isOfficial
• Location — country (ISO alpha-2), subdivision, municipality
• Feed URLs — downloadUrl (direct), latestUrl (stable "latest"), authType, apiKeyParam
• Metadata — license, feedContactEmail, staticReference, status, features
• boundingBox — minLatitude, maxLatitude, minLongitude, maxLongitude, extractedOn

Use a feed's downloadUrl / latestUrl to fetch the actual GTFS zip.

Filters

Field	Type	Default	Description
country	string	—	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, e.g. AT, DE, ES, RO
city	string	—	Substring match on municipality or subdivision
provider	string	—	Substring match on provider or feed name
dataType	string	all	gtfs, gtfs-rt or gbfs
includeInactive	boolean	false	Include feeds flagged inactive/deprecated
maxResults	integer	500	Cap on feeds returned

Example input

{ "country": "AT", "dataType": "gtfs", "maxResults": 200 }

Everything around Barcelona:

{ "city": "Barcelona", "maxResults": 100 }

Example output (one feed)

{
  "mdbSourceId": "mdb-1874",
  "dataType": "gtfs",
  "entityType": null,
  "provider": "Wiener Linien",
  "name": "Vienna GTFS",
  "country": "AT",
  "subdivision": "Vienna",
  "municipality": "Vienna",
  "isOfficial": "true",
  "downloadUrl": "https://www.wienerlinien.at/ogd_realtime/doku/ogd/gtfs/gtfs.zip",
  "latestUrl": "https://files.mobilitydatabase.org/mdb-1874/mdb-1874-latest.zip",
  "authType": "0",
  "apiKeyParam": null,
  "license": "https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/...",
  "feedContactEmail": null,
  "staticReference": null,
  "status": "active",
  "features": "",
  "boundingBox": {
    "minLatitude": 48.09,
    "maxLatitude": 48.32,
    "minLongitude": 16.18,
    "maxLongitude": 16.58,
    "extractedOn": "2026-05-30T12:00:00Z"
  }
}

Why this actor

• Discovery layer for transit data — find the right feed by country, city, provider or type, then fetch its zip.
• Direct + stable URLs — both the provider's downloadUrl and a MobilityData-hosted latestUrl.
• Bounding boxes — geographic filtering and map coverage out of the box.
• Keyless & reliable — parses the official catalog CSV with retry/backoff.

Notes

• Source: the Mobility Database catalog CSV (hosted by MobilityData). No API key required.
• Inactive/deprecated feeds are excluded by default — set includeInactive to see them.
• Independent tool; not affiliated with MobilityData.

Pricing

Pay per result — $2.00 per 1,000 results (one result = one transit feed). No subscription or platform fees.

Related actors

• Transitland Scraper — routes, stops and operators across transit networks.
• TfL London Scraper — Transport for London data.
• Berlin VBB Scraper — Berlin/Brandenburg transit.