GTFS Schedule Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 7.1.0 at 2025-12-05T16:43:01Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/boston-mbta.zip. No country code was provided.

Use this report alongside our documentation.

Summary

Agencies included

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
Busmaps.com
Publisher URL:
https://busmaps.com
Feed Email:
alex@busmaps.com
Feed Language:
English
Feed Start Date:
2025-11-24
Feed End Date:
2025-12-13

Files included

  1. agency.txt
  2. calendar.txt
  3. calendar_dates.txt
  4. feed_info.txt
  5. routes.txt
  6. shapes.txt
  7. stop_times.txt
  8. stops.txt
  9. transfers.txt
  10. trips.txt

Counts

  • Agencies: 1
  • Blocks: 4425
  • Routes: 185
  • Shapes: 719
  • Stops: 8957
  • Trips: 78112

Specification Compliance report

38 notices reported (21 errors, 15 warnings, 2 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total
block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times ERROR 21

block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times

Trips with the same block id have overlapping stop times.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumberA (?) The row number from `trips.txt` of the first faulty trip. tripIdA (?) The id of first faulty trip. serviceIdA (?) The service id of the first faulty trip. csvRowNumberB (?) The row number from `trips.txt` of the second faulty trip. tripIdB (?) The id of the other faulty trip. serviceIdB (?) The service id of the other faulty trip. blockId (?) The `trips.block_id` of the overlapping trip. intersection (?) The overlapping period.
42188 "1521-71944554" "1521-FallSunday" 45177 "1521-71954704" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S742-76" "20251207"
45170 "1521-71954644" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw6-Saturday-02" 42719 "1521-71943234" "1521-Boat-F4-Saturday-Fall-25" "S742-68" "20251206"
40522 "1521-71949969" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" 40270 "1521-71944121" "1521-FallSunday" "S741-72" "20251207"
40270 "1521-71944121" "1521-FallSunday" 41581 "1521-71949967" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-72" "20251207"
41581 "1521-71949967" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" 41326 "1521-71944124" "1521-FallSunday" "S741-72" "20251207"
40238 "1521-71944058" "1521-FallSunday" 45181 "1521-71954715" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-70" "20251207"
40238 "1521-71944058" "1521-FallSunday" 40488 "1521-71949869" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-70" "20251207"
40488 "1521-71949869" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" 41293 "1521-71944055" "1521-FallSunday" "S741-70" "20251207"
41293 "1521-71944055" "1521-FallSunday" 41543 "1521-71949866" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-70" "20251207"
41536 "1521-71947742" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw6-Saturday-02" 40129 "1521-71942436" "1521-Boat-F4-Saturday-Fall-25" "S741-61" "20251206"
41560 "1521-71949917" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" 40281 "1521-71944146" "1521-FallSunday" "S741-65" "20251207"
41334 "1521-71944133" "1521-FallSunday" 40559 "1521-71950056" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-65" "20251207"
41334 "1521-71944133" "1521-FallSunday" 41618 "1521-71950063" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-65" "20251207"
40204 "1521-71943989" "1521-FallSunday" 40495 "1521-71949894" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-64" "20251207"
40495 "1521-71949894" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" 41259 "1521-71943990" "1521-FallSunday" "S741-64" "20251207"
41259 "1521-71943990" "1521-FallSunday" 41550 "1521-71949883" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-64" "20251207"
41085 "1521-71942231" "1521-Boat-F4-Saturday-Fall-25" 44770 "1521-71948762" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw6-Saturday-02" "S741-62" "20251206"
40252 "1521-71944083" "1521-FallSunday" 44775 "1521-71954677" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-68" "20251207"
41552 "1521-71949891" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" 40245 "1521-71944073" "1521-FallSunday" "S741-66" "20251207"
41303 "1521-71944079" "1521-FallSunday" 40529 "1521-71949990" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-66" "20251207"
41303 "1521-71944079" "1521-FallSunday" 41593 "1521-71949994" "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sw7-Sunday-02" "S741-66" "20251207"
expired_calendar WARNING 9

expired_calendar

Dataset should not contain date ranges for services that have already expired.

This warning takes into account the calendar_dates.txt file as well as the calendar.txt file.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row of the faulty record. serviceId (?) The service id of the faulty record.
2 "1521-Boat-EastBoston-Weekday-Fall-25"
3 "1521-Boat-F1-HolidayEve-Fall-25"
9 "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sp1-Weekday-02"
10 "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sp6-Saturday-02"
11 "1521-BUS42025-hbs45sp7-Sunday-02"
19 "1521-FALL-2025-SOUTHSS-Weekend-5"
20 "1521-FALL-2025-SOUTHWKD-Weekday-60PM"
27 "1521-LRV42025-hlb45011-Weekday-01"
31 "1521-merged_1265e4cd4bceb5e9e8fe"
feed_expiration_date30_days WARNING 1

feed_expiration_date30_days

Dataset should cover at least the next 30 days of service.

At any time, the GTFS dataset should cover at least the next 30 days of service, and ideally for as long as the operator is confident that the schedule will continue to be operated.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record. currentDate (?) Current date (YYYYMMDD format). feedEndDate (?) Feed end date (YYYYMMDD format). suggestedExpirationDate (?) Suggested expiration date (YYYYMMDD format).
2 "20251205" "20251213" "20260104"
route_short_name_too_long WARNING 5

route_short_name_too_long

Short name of a route is too long (more than 12 characters).

You can see more about this notice here.

routeId (?) The id of the faulty record. csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record. routeShortName (?) The faulty record's `route_short_name`.
"1521-Shuttle-BackBayForestHills" 182 "Orange Line Shuttle"
"1521-Shuttle-FoxboroWalpole" 183 "Franklin Line Shuttle"
"1521-Shuttle-HydeParkReadville" 184 "Providence/Stoughton Line Shuttle"
"1521-Shuttle-BabcockStreetBackBayViaCopley" 185 "Green Line B Shuttle"
"1521-Shuttle-KenmoreBackBayViaCopley" 186 "Green Line B Shuttle"
platform_without_parent_station INFO 2

platform_without_parent_station

A platform has no parent_station field set.

This is different from location_without_parent_station since it is less severe.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) Row number of the faulty record. stopId (?) The id of the faulty record. stopName (?) The stop name of the faulty record.
6745 "1521-BOAT-LONG" "Long Wharf (North)"
6748 "1521-BOAT-ROWES" "Rowes Wharf"