missing_trip_edge 40 errors

Missing trip edge arrival_time or departure_time.

First and last stop of a trip must define both arrival_time and departure_time fields. Per stop_times.txt, “If there are not separate times for arrival and departure at a stop, enter the same value for arrival_time and departure_time.”

Relevant files

• stop_times.txt

leading_or_trailing_whitespaces 4 errors

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.

missing_recommended_file 1 error

A recommended file is missing.

route_long_name_contains_short_name 10 errors

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"

Relevant files

• routes.txt

unknown_column 5 errors

A column name is unknown.

Relevant links

• Original Python validator implementation