get_bank_holidays: Get Bank Holiday Calendar

In ITSLeeds/UK2GTFS: Converts UK transport timetable datasets to GTFS format

Get Bank Holiday Calendar

Description

Downloads and formats the bank holiday calendar for use with TransXchange data.

Usage

get_bank_holidays(
  url_ew = "https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays/england-and-wales.ics",
  url_scot = "https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays/scotland.ics"
)

Arguments

url_ew	url to ics file for England and Wales
url_scot	url to ics file for Scotland

Details

TransXchange records bank holidays by name (e.g. Christmas Day), some UK bank holidays move around, so this function downloads the official bank holiday calendar. The official feed only covers a short period of time so this may not be suitable for converting files from the past / future.

Value

data frame

ITSLeeds/UK2GTFS documentation built on Feb. 14, 2025, 11:20 a.m.