GTFS Schedule Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 7.1.0 at 2026-02-12T15:54:28Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/regionofwaterloo_53c53db4.zip. No country code was provided.

Use this report alongside our documentation.

Summary

Agencies included

  • Grand River Transit

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
N/A
Publisher URL:
N/A
Feed Email:
N/A
Feed Language:
N/A

Files included

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

Counts

  • Agencies: 1
  • Blocks: 529
  • Routes: 53
  • Shapes: 182
  • Stops: 2377
  • Trips: 11531

Specification Compliance report

86 notices reported (0 errors, 57 warnings, 29 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total
missing_recommended_field WARNING 54

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.

Only the first 50 of 54 affected records are displayed below.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file. csvRowNumber (?) The row of the faulty record. fieldName (?) The name of the missing field.
"fare_attributes.txt" 2 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 2 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 3 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 4 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 5 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 6 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 7 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 8 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 9 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 10 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 11 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 12 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 13 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 14 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 15 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 16 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 17 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 18 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 19 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 20 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 21 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 22 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 23 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 24 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 25 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 26 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 27 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 28 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 29 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 30 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 31 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 32 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 33 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 34 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 35 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 36 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 37 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 38 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 39 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 40 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 41 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 42 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 43 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 44 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 45 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 46 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 47 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 48 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 49 "agency_id"
"routes.txt" 50 "agency_id"
missing_recommended_file WARNING 1

missing_recommended_file

A recommended file is missing.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file.
"feed_info.txt"
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.
"routes.txt" "route_long_name" "ION light rail" 25
"routes.txt" "route_long_name" "ION bus" 26
platform_without_parent_station INFO 29

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.
53 "1078" "University Of Waterloo Station"
175 "1223" "University Of Waterloo Station"
203 "1260" "University Of Waterloo Station"
204 "1262" "University Of Waterloo Station"
205 "1264" "University Of Waterloo Station"
2291 "6001" "Conestoga Station"
2292 "6002" "Northfield Station"
2293 "6003" "Research & Technology Station"
2294 "6004" "University Of Waterloo Station"
2295 "6005" "Laurier-Waterloo Park Station"
2297 "6007" "Allen Station"
2299 "6009" "Central Station"
2302 "6012" "Kitchener Market Station"
2303 "6013" "Borden Station"
2304 "6014" "Mill Station"
2305 "6015" "Block Line Station"
2306 "6016" "Fairway Station"
2320 "6108" "Fairway Station"
2321 "6109" "Block Line Station"
2322 "6110" "Mill Station"
2323 "6111" "Borden Station"
2324 "6112" "Kitchener Market Station"
2327 "6115" "Central Station"
2329 "6117" "Allen Station"
2331 "6119" "Laurier-Waterloo Park Station"
2332 "6120" "University Of Waterloo Station"
2333 "6121" "Research & Technology Station"
2334 "6122" "Northfield Station"
2335 "6123" "Conestoga Station"