Public Rides Data

Melbourne transit, by the numbers

Frequent service reaches 32% of stops, and the typical midday wait is about 22 minutes. The weak spot is weekends, which give back 26% of weekday service. Service runs nearly around the clock.

Score 52/100 · sampled Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · how it's graded

Frequent service
32%
of 20,589 stops, every 15 min or better
Median headway
22 min
typical midday wait
Service span
23 hrs
first to last departure
Weekend change
-26%
Saturday vs weekday midday

Every stop, by frequency

20,589 stops on a weekday midday. Bigger dot, more service.

  • Very frequent ≤7 min 1,146
  • Frequent 8–15 min 5,352
  • Moderate 16–30 min 7,529
  • Infrequent 31–60 min 5,576
  • Sparse >60 min 986
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Metro Trains Melbourne + Yarra Trams + PTV Bus Network GTFS metro-trains (unversioned) · yarra-trams (unversioned) · ptv-bus (unversioned) · skybus (unversioned) · sampled 2026-08-26 weekday midday · generated 2026-08-23 · methodology · raw JSON