GTFS Schedule Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 7.1.0 at 2025-12-05T17:34:39Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/connect-niagara.zip. No country code was provided.

Use this report alongside our documentation.

Summary

Agencies included

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
Connect Niagara
Feed Email:
N/A
Feed Language:
English
Feed Start Date:
N/A
Feed End Date:
N/A

Files included

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

Counts

  • Agencies: 1
  • Blocks: 0
  • Routes: 4
  • Shapes: 18
  • Stops: 67
  • Trips: 31

Specification Compliance report

58 notices reported (0 errors, 55 warnings, 3 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total
missing_feed_contact_email_and_url WARNING 1

missing_feed_contact_email_and_url

Best Practices for feed_info.txt suggest providing at least one of feed_contact_email and feed_contact_url.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the validated record.
2
missing_recommended_field WARNING 3

missing_recommended_field

A recommended field is missing.

The given field has no value in some input row, even though values are recommended.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file. csvRowNumber (?) The row of the faulty record. fieldName (?) The name of the missing field.
"feed_info.txt" 2 "feed_start_date"
"feed_info.txt" 2 "feed_end_date"
"feed_info.txt" 2 "feed_version"
mixed_case_recommended_field WARNING 2

mixed_case_recommended_field

This field has customer-facing text and should use Mixed Case (should contain upper and lower case letters).

This field contains customer-facing text and should use Mixed Case (upper and lower case letters) to ensure good readability when displayed to riders. Avoid the use of abbreviations throughout the feed (e.g. St. for Street) unless a location is called by its abbreviated name (e.g. “JFK Airport”). Abbreviations may be problematic for accessibility by screen reader software and voice user interfaces.

Good examples:
Field Text Dataset
"Schwerin, Hauptbahnhof" Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg
"Red Hook/Atlantic Basin" NYC Ferry
"Campo Grande Norte" Carris
Bad examples:
Field Text
"GALLERIA MALL"
"3427 GG 17"
"21 Clark Rd Est"

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) Name of the faulty file. fieldName (?) Name of the faulty field. fieldValue (?) Faulty value. csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "BOCES RT 31" 4
"stops.txt" "stop_name" "BOCES RT 31" 31
route_color_contrast WARNING 1

route_color_contrast

Insufficient route color contrast.

A route's color and route_text_color should be contrasting.

You can see more about this notice here.

routeId (?) The id of the faulty record. csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record. routeColor (?) The faulty record's HTML route color. routeTextColor (?) The faulty record's HTML route text color.
"d8xa" 3 "#C6E6A3" "#FFFFFF"
stop_without_stop_time WARNING 46

stop_without_stop_time

A stop in stops.txt is not referenced by any stop_times.stop_id.

Such stops are not used by any trip and normally do not provide user value. This notice may indicate a typo in stop_times.txt.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record. stopId (?) The id of the faulty stop. stopName (?) The name of the faulty stop.
3 "at8a" "DeGraff Hospital Tremont"
4 "i0iq" "BOCES RT 31"
5 "c4wb" "Tremont & Oliver"
6 "rn9o" "Lancelot & Walmore"
7 "eety" "Niagara & Ward Rd"
8 "mxkf" "Townline & Lower Mountain Rd"
9 "jz4d" "Ward & Niagara"
10 "4498" "Niagara Falls Blvd & Witmer"
11 "8f85" "Ward & Homeyer"
12 "bmha" "Homeyer & Ward"
13 "qxd0" "DeGraff Hospital Tremont"
14 "wx6p" "Plaza & Lancelot"
15 "ey08" "Summit Park Mall"
16 "ug0u" "Portage Rd Transportation Center"
20 "78um" "Dale Assoc. Ontario"
21 "bjq9" "Walmart Shimer"
22 "ai98" "Tops Transit"
23 "rua7" "Glendale & Strauss"
24 "1qrs" "Reger & Transit"
25 "hn1n" "Dorwood Trailer Pk & New Rd"
27 "ondd" "Locust Metro Shelter"
28 "tqlq" "Transit & Robinson"
30 "a8oz" "Dysinger & Bowmiller"
31 "24pj" "BOCES RT 31"
32 "dk40" "Bowmiller & Akron"
33 "moqm" "Corinthia & Gabriel"
34 "8ccp" "Akron & High"
36 "57g4" "Ferry Ave"
37 "k36j" "The Woodlands Transit"
38 "oz1b" "Professional Parkway Davison"
39 "idsr" "Military & Whitmer"
40 "r3of" "Whitmer & Hyde Park Blvd"
41 "y513" "Portage & Niagara"
42 "eib5" "Niagara & Packard"
44 "4wel" "Howard Dr & Brentwood Dr"
45 "bsnf" "Lower River & Riverwalk Dr"
46 "4kjf" "Raymond Dr & Creek Rd"
47 "hl93" "Opportunities Unlimited Fashion Outlets"
49 "12fi" "Gasport Post Office"
51 "ixox" "Middleport Country Estates"
52 "t5df" "Mt. View Campus"
54 "v2zc" "UCP Tuscarora Rd"
55 "i394" "Wildwood Acres Tuscarora Rd"
57 "98o4" "Opportunities Unlimited Heath"
58 "30jp" "Opportunities Unlimited Heath"
59 "9854" "Eastern Niagara Hospital"
trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold WARNING 2

trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold

The distance between the last shape point and last stop point is greater than 0 but less than the 11.1m threshold.

You can see more about this notice here.

tripId (?) The faulty record's trip id. shapeId (?) The faulty record's shape id. maxTripDistanceTraveled (?) The faulty record's trip max distance traveled. maxShapeDistanceTraveled (?) The faulty record's shape max distance traveled. geoDistanceToShape (?) The distance in meters between the shape and the stop.
"acfa60fe-768e-49f0-8228-c58706c35161" "w1wz" 76474.6180171598 76450.72404895074 0.737915166248189
"c03cdffc-ec06-4c60-83ce-aba4cc86b676" "w1wz" 76474.6180171598 76450.72404895074 0.737915166248189
unknown_column INFO 3

unknown_column

A column name is unknown.

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filename (?) The name of the faulty file. fieldName (?) The name of the unknown column. index (?) The index of the faulty column.
"agency.txt" "agency_branding_url" 7
"feed_info.txt" "feed_id" 2
"routes.txt" "route_branding_url" 8