GTFS Schedule Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 7.1.0 at 2026-06-11T14:31:18Z,
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Summary

Agencies included

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Publisher URL:
https://www.metro.net
Feed Email:
N/A
Feed Language:
English
Feed Start Date:
2026-06-07
Feed End Date:
2026-12-12

Files included

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

Counts

  • Agencies: 1
  • Blocks: 2280
  • Routes: 114
  • Shapes: 694
  • Stops: 11892
  • Trips: 33614

Specification Compliance report

243 notices reported (0 errors, 233 warnings, 10 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total
missing_recommended_field WARNING 119

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 119 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.
"feed_info.txt" 2 "feed_version"
"fare_attributes.txt" 2 "agency_id"
"fare_attributes.txt" 3 "agency_id"
"fare_attributes.txt" 4 "agency_id"
"fare_attributes.txt" 5 "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"
mixed_case_recommended_field WARNING 108

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.

Only the first 50 of 108 affected records are displayed below.

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_desc" "WESTWOOD - EXPOSITION PARK VIA SUNSET-ALVARADO" 2
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA - SANTA MONICA VIA SANTA MONICA BL" 3
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "W HOLLYWOOD-DTWN LA -AVALON STA VIA MELROSE-AVALON" 5
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "CEDARS SINAI-DTLA-WASH/FAIRFAX VIA BEVERLY-ADAMS" 6
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA - WEST HOLLYWOOD VIA WEST 3RD ST" 7
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "WILSHIRE WESTERN STA-MONTEBELLO VIA 6TH - WHITTIER" 8
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA - SANTA MONICA VIA WILSHIRE BL" 9
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "CENTURY CITY-DTW LA-VIA OLYMPIC" 11
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "PICO RIMPAU - DTWN LA - LITTLE TOKYO STA VIA PICO" 12
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA - SANTA MONICA VIA VENICE BL" 13
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA- WLA VIA WASHINGTON BL & JEFFERSON BL" 14
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA-SBAY GALLERIA VIA KING BL-HAWTHORNE BL" 15
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "LINCOLN HEIGHTS-DTWN LA-HARBR FWY STA VIA BROADWAY" 16
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "WESTLAKE/MCARTHUR PK STA-DTWN LA-CSU DH VIA AVALON" 17
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA - CSU DOMIGUEZ HILLS VIA CENTRAL AV" 18
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA – WILLOWBROOK STA VIA COMPTON AV" 19
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA - ARTESIA STATION - VIA LONG BEACH BL" 20
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA - HAWAIIAN GARDENS VIA TELEGRAPH RD" 21
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "WILSHIRE CTR-DTWN LA-MONTEBELLO VIA 8TH-OLYMPIC" 22
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA - EL MONTE VIA CESAR CHAVEZ-GARVEY AVS" 23
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "MONTEBELLO - MONTEREY PARK VIA 1ST-GARVEY" 24
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA - EL MONTE VIA VALLEY BL" 25
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DOWNTOWN LA-ARCADIA VIA HUNTINGTON-MAIN-LAS TUNAS" 26
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "EAGLE ROCK- DWNTWN LA- HARBOR FWY STA VIA FIGUEROA" 27
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DTLA - NOHO STA VIA VINELAND-FOOTHILL-GLENDALE BL" 28
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DWNTWN LA- SYLMAR STA VIA GLENDALE - GLENOAKS BLS" 29
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "GLENDALE-GRAND STA VIA SAN FERNANDO-RAMPART-HOOVER" 30
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "DTWN LA - NOHO STA VIA SAN FERNANDO RD-MAGNOLIA BL" 31
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "LAX/METRO TC - S GATE VIA LA TIJERA-EXPOSITION" 32
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "W HOLLYWOOD - VERNON VIA LA CIENEGA BL" 33
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "MARINA DEL REY - PICO RIVERA VIA SLAUSON AV" 34
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "PLAYA VISTA- BELL GARDENS VIA JEFFERSON BL-GAGE AV" 35
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "LAX/METRO TC - NORWALK STA VIA FLORENCE AV" 36
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "PLAYA DEL REY - NORWALK VIA MANCHESTER - FIRESTONE" 37
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "LAX/METRO TC -DOWNEY VIA CENTURY BL-IMPERIAL HWY" 38
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "LAX/METRO TC- WHITTWOOD CTR VIA IMPERIAL HWY" 39
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "EL SEGUNDO - NORWALK STATION VIA ROSECRANS AV" 40
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "HARBOR FWY STA - DOWNEY VIA COMPTON - SOMERSET BLS" 41
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "COMPTON STA - CERRITOS TOWNE CENTER VIA ALONDRA BL" 42
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "MALIBU - SANTA MONICA" 43
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "CHATSWORTH STA - ENCINO VIA TOPANGA CYN-VENTURA BL" 44
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "CANOGA PARK - N HOLLYWOOD STA VIA ROSCOE BL" 45
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "VAN NUYS - BURBANK STA VIA OXNARD ST" 46
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "N. HOLLYWOOD STA- BURBANK STA VIA RIVERSIDE-OLIVE" 47
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "CHATSWORTH STA-SHERMAN OAKS VIA DEVONSHIRE-WOODMAN" 48
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "THOUSAND OAKS -AGOURA HILLS -CALABASAS -WARNER CTR" 49
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "WOODLAND HILLS - N HOLLYWOOD STA VIA SHERMAN WAY" 50
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "WEST HILLS - BURBANK VIA VICTORY BL" 51
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "WEST HILLS - BURBANK VIA VANOWEN ST" 52
"routes.txt" "route_desc" "CHATSWORTH STA -SUN VALLEY VIA NORDHOFF-OSBORNE ST" 53
route_short_name_too_long WARNING 6

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`.
"9-13201" 4 "Dodger Stadium Express"
"22-13201" 10 "South Bay Dodger Stadium Express"
"694-13201" 107 "Downtown Inglewood Station - Intuit Dome Express"
"695-13201" 108 "Hawthorne / Lennox Station - Intuit Dome Express"
"696-13201" 109 "LAX / Metro Transit Center - Intuit Dome Express"
"697-13196" 110 "LAX / Metro Transit Center - SoFi Stadium Express"
unknown_column INFO 10

unknown_column

A column name is unknown.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file. fieldName (?) The name of the unknown column. index (?) The index of the faulty column.
"fare_attributes.txt" "fare_note" 7
"fare_rules.txt" "route_id_base" 3
"feed_info.txt" "feed_id" 1
"feed_info.txt" "feed_license" 6
"stop_times.txt" "trip_id_event" 9
"stop_times.txt" "route_code" 10
"stop_times.txt" "destination_code" 11
"stop_times.txt" "bay_num" 13
"stops.txt" "tpis_name" 10
"trips.txt" "trip_id_event" 8