GTFS Schedule Validation Report

decreasing_or_equal_stop_time_distance

Decreasing or equal shape_dist_traveled in stop_times.txt.

When sorted by stop_times.stop_sequence, two consecutive entries in stop_times.txt should have increasing distance, based on the field shape_dist_traveled. If the values are equal, this is considered as an error.

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tripId (?) The id of the faulty trip.	stopId (?) The id of the faulty stop.	csvRowNumber (?) The row number from `stop_times.txt`.	shapeDistTraveled (?) Actual distance traveled along the shape from the first shape point to the faulty record.	stopSequence (?) The faulty record's `stop_times.stop_sequence`.	prevCsvRowNumber (?) The row number from `stop_times.txt` of the previous stop time.	prevShapeDistTraveled (?) Actual distance traveled along the shape from the first shape point to the previous stop time.	prevStopSequence (?) The previous record's `stop_times.stop_sequence`.
"2033"	"7083555"	538	3268.256562993644	10	537	8120.819800150208	9
"2032"	"7083555"	525	3268.256562993644	10	524	8120.819800150208	9
"2031"	"7083555"	512	3268.256562993644	10	511	8120.819800150208	9
"2030"	"7083555"	499	3268.256562993644	10	498	8120.819800150208	9
"2029"	"7083555"	486	3268.256562993644	10	485	8120.819800150208	9
"2028"	"7083555"	473	3268.256562993644	10	472	8120.819800150208	9
"2027"	"7083555"	460	3268.256562993644	10	459	8120.819800150208	9
"2026"	"7083555"	447	3268.256562993644	10	446	8120.819800150208	9
"2025"	"7083555"	434	3268.256562993644	10	433	8120.819800150208	9
"2024"	"7083555"	421	3268.256562993644	10	420	8120.819800150208	9
"2012"	"7083555"	265	3268.256562993644	10	264	8120.819800150208	9
"2011"	"7083555"	252	3268.256562993644	10	251	8120.819800150208	9
"2023"	"7083555"	408	3268.256562993644	10	407	8120.819800150208	9
"2022"	"7083555"	395	3268.256562993644	10	394	8120.819800150208	9
"2021"	"7083555"	382	3268.256562993644	10	381	8120.819800150208	9
"2020"	"7083555"	369	3268.256562993644	10	368	8120.819800150208	9
"2019"	"7083555"	356	3268.256562993644	10	355	8120.819800150208	9
"2018"	"7083555"	343	3268.256562993644	10	342	8120.819800150208	9
"2017"	"7083555"	330	3268.256562993644	10	329	8120.819800150208	9
"2016"	"7083555"	317	3268.256562993644	10	316	8120.819800150208	9
"2015"	"7083555"	304	3268.256562993644	10	303	8120.819800150208	9
"2014"	"7083555"	291	3268.256562993644	10	290	8120.819800150208	9
"2013"	"7083555"	278	3268.256562993644	10	277	8120.819800150208	9

leading_or_trailing_whitespaces

The value in CSV file has leading or trailing whitespaces.

This notice is emitted for values protected with double quotes since whitespaces for non-protected values are trimmed automatically by CSV parser.

The validator strips whitespaces from protected values. We do not see any use case when such a whitespace may be needed. On the other hand, some real-world feeds use trailing whitespaces for some values and omit them for the others. This is causing the largest problem when a primary key and a foreign key differ just by a whitespace: it is clear that they are intended to be the same, that is why we always strip whitespaces.

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filename (?) The name of the faulty file.	csvRowNumber (?) The row of the faulty record.	fieldName (?) Faulty record's field name.	fieldValue (?) Faulty value.
"stops.txt"	18	"stop_name"	"#21 Kenilworth at Witherwood Ct. "
"stops.txt"	22	"stop_name"	"#64 York Rd. Plaza "
"stops.txt"	30	"stop_name"	"#29 Loch Raven Blvd at Glen Keith Blvd. "
"stops.txt"	47	"stop_name"	"#326 Loch Raven and Taylor Ave "
"routes.txt"	6	"route_long_name"	"Kenilworth Ave/401 "

missing_feed_info_date

One of feed_start_date or feed_end_date is specified, but not both.

Even though feed_info.start_date and feed_info.end_date are optional, if one field is provided the second one should also be provided.

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csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.	fieldName (?) Either `feed_end_date` or `feed_start_date`.
2	"feed_end_date"

missing_recommended_field

A recommended field is missing.

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

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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_end_date"

route_color_contrast

Insufficient route color contrast.

A route's color and route_text_color should be contrasting.

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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.
"1823"	2	"#EDB323"	"#F7F7F7"

route_long_name_contains_short_name

Long name should not contain short name for a single route.

In routes.txt, route_long_name should not contain the value for route_short_name, because when both are provided, they are often combined by transit applications. Note that only one of the two fields is required. If there is no short name used for a route, use route_long_name only.

Good examples:

route_short_name/route_long_name	Dataset
"N"/"Judah"	Muni San Fransisco
"6"/"ML King Jr Blvd"	Trimet Portland Streetcar
"55"/"Boulevard Saint Laurent"	STM Montreal
"1"/"Rangiora/Cashmere"	Metro Christchurch

Bad examples:

route_short_name/route_long_name
"604"/"604"
"14"/"Route 14"
"2"/"Route 2: Bellows Falls In-Town"

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routeId (?) The id of the faulty record.	csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.	routeShortName (?) The faulty record's `route_short_name`.	routeLongName (?) The faulty record's `route_long_name`.
"1823"	2	"Gold Route"	"Gold Route"
"1844"	3	"Goucher - Loch Raven"	"Goucher - Loch Raven"
"4313"	4	"Lake Ave"	"Lake Ave"
"6120"	6	"Kenilworth Ave/401"	"Kenilworth Ave/401"

route_short_name_too_long

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

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routeId (?) The id of the faulty record.	csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.	routeShortName (?) The faulty record's `route_short_name`.
"1844"	3	"Goucher - Loch Raven"
"5781"	5	"West Village to Core Campus"
"6120"	6	"Kenilworth Ave/401"

same_name_and_description_for_route

Same name and description for route.

The GTFS spec defines routes.txt route_desc as:

Description of a route that provides useful, quality information. Do not simply duplicate the name of the route.

See the GTFS and GTFS Best Practices links below for more examples of how to populate the route_short_name, route_long_name, and route_desc fields.

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csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.	routeId (?) The id of the faulty record.	routeDesc (?) The `routes.routes_desc` of the faulty record.	specifiedField (?) Either `route_short_name` or `route_long_name`.
2	"1823"	"Gold Route"	"route_short_name"
4	"4313"	"Lake Ave"	"route_short_name"
5	"5781"	"West Village to Core Campus"	"route_short_name"

stop_too_far_from_shape_using_user_distance

Stop time too far from shape.

A stop time entry that is a large distance away from the location of the shape in shapes.txt as defined by shape_dist_traveled values.

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tripCsvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record from `trips.txt`.	shapeId (?) The id of the shape that is referred to.	tripId (?) The id of the trip that is referred to.	stopTimeCsvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record from `stop_times.txt`.	stopId (?) The id of the stop that is referred to.	stopName (?) The name of the stop that is referred to.	match (?) Latitude and longitude pair of the location.	geoDistanceToShape (?) Distance from stop to shape.
26	"21906"	"2011"	252	"7083555"	"#32 W. Chesapeake MTA"	[39.40791899999999,-76.611574]	1011.8955698421594
26	"21906"	"2011"	253	"4923437"	"#33 101 W. Pennsylvania"	[39.40791899999999,-76.611574]	897.4224041144541

unknown_file

A file is unknown.

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filename (?) The name of the unknown file.
"calendar_attributes.txt"
"realtime_routes.txt"
"directions.txt"