--- title: Regional urban bus patronage by operator, Queensland resource: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/ publisher: Department of Transport and Main Roads licence: CC BY 3.0 AU licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ version: 2023-11-20 rows: 18 fields: 15 source: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a315b220-1ced-4a2d-814d-de847d5df4c6/resource/08ee7c48-a6b3-4ac9-b5c2-da50c159c14f/download/summary-regionalbuspatronage.csv source_sha256: c424cc4a6527c0b5fccf08bde6cf66d53e93de777755a9ef45ebada611f647de language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Regional urban bus patronage by operator, Queensland Passenger trips on each regional urban bus service in Queensland outside the south-east, by contract area and operator, for each financial year from 2012/13 to 2022/23. Published by Department of Transport and Main Roads under CC BY 3.0 AU and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Transport and Main Roads has not endorsed this site. Also called: Regional Urban Bus Patronage by region and operator, Queensland regional bus passenger numbers, Cairns, Toowoomba and Townsville bus patronage. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/v/2023-11-20/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.csv (2.6 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.xlsx (11 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.json (9.1 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.geojson (10 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.parquet (11 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.sqlite (29 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.gpkg (57 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.geo.parquet (7.8 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.ndjson (8.1 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.arrow (8.7 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.csv.gz (1.5 KB) Pinned version 2023-11-20: `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/v/2023-11-20/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-regional-bus-patronage/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-regional-bus-patronage/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-regional-bus-patronage/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-regional-bus-patronage/aggregate?group=region&metric=sum.trips_2022_23 Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `region` | string | Region | | | `operator` | string | Operator | | | `latitude` | number | Latitude | | | `longitude` | number | Longitude | | | `trips_2012_13` | integer | 2012/13 | | | `trips_2013_14` | integer | 2013/14 | | | `trips_2014_15` | integer | 2014/15 | | | `trips_2015_16` | integer | 2015/16 | | | `trips_2016_17` | integer | 2016/17 | | | `trips_2017_18` | integer | 2017/18 | | | `trips_2018_19` | integer | 2018/19 | | | `trips_2019_20` | integer | 2019/20 | | | `trips_2020_21` | integer | 2020/21 | | | `trips_2021_22` | integer | 2021/22 | | | `trips_2022_23` | integer | 2022/23 | | Key: `region, operator`. ## Versions - 2023-11-20: 18 rows, 15 fields, sha256 c424cc4a6527. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/v/2023-11-20/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Annual patronage by regional train station, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-regional-train-station-patronage/) (Vic) - [Annual patronage by metropolitan train station, Melbourne](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-metro-train-station-patronage/) (Vic) ## Attribution and citation Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Government, Regional Bus Patronage, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qconnect-urban-bus-patronage, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Government, Regional Bus Patronage, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qconnect-urban-bus-patronage, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/v/2023-11-20/ Harvard: Department of Transport and Main Roads (2023) Regional urban bus patronage by operator, Queensland, version 2023-11-20 [data set], CC BY 3.0 AU, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/v/2023-11-20/ Markdown: Data: [Regional urban bus patronage by operator, Queensland](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qconnect-urban-bus-patronage), Department of Transport and Main Roads, [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/v/2023-11-20/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Regional urban bus patronage by operator as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/v/2023-11-20/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Regional urban bus patronage by operator in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/v/2023-11-20/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 18 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-regional-bus-patronage/v/2023-11-20/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Regional urban bus patronage by operator cover? The current version covers the years since 2012. Each release from Transport and Main Roads becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Regional urban bus patronage by operator updated? Transport and Main Roads releases it annually, last updated for 2022/23. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Regional urban bus patronage by operator commercially? Yes. CC BY 3.0 AU allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Regional urban bus patronage by operator? No. The publisher is Department of Transport and Main Roads, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qconnect-urban-bus-patronage. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Regional urban bus patronage by operator use? The publisher names no datum. The coordinates are decimal degrees for the town, read as WGS84 (EPSG:4326) and published as given. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? Each row is one regional bus contract area outside South East Queensland and its operator, with a point for the town and the number of passenger trips in each financial year from 2012/13 to 2022/23. ### Is there a breakdown by route? The publisher also gives one file per contract area with patronage by route. Those files are on the same portal page and are not part of this table. ### Why does a year look low for some areas? The publisher's notes record part-year figures and operator changes for some areas, such as a contract that ended or a ticketing problem. Read the Regional Bus Patronage Notes file on the portal page before comparing years. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/qld-regional-bus-patronage.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/qld-regional-bus-patronage.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.