GTFS Schedule Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 7.1.0 at 2026-05-22T17:48:26Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/the-woodlands-township_d4d2701a.zip. No country code was provided.

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Summary

Agencies included

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
The Woodlands Transit
Feed Email:
N/A
Feed Language:
English
Feed Start Date:
2025-08-01
Feed End Date:
2026-12-31

Files included

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

Counts

  • Agencies: 1
  • Blocks: 3
  • Routes: 33
  • Shapes: 33
  • Stops: 92
  • Trips: 64

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
mixed_case_recommended_field WARNING 27

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_short_name" "DT-SD/SR/RF" 2
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "DT-RF" 3
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "DT-SD" 4
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "DT-RF-DT_REV" 5
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "DT-SD-DT_REV" 6
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "GWP/DT-RF" 7
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "GWP/DT-SD" 8
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "RF-DT" 9
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "GWP/DT-SR" 10
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "EC-SD" 12
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "RF-DT/GWP" 13
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "RF-DT/TMC" 14
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "RF-TMC EX" 17
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "SD-DT" 18
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "SD-DT/GWP" 19
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "SD-DT/TMC" 20
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "SD-EC" 21
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "SR-DT" 22
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "SR-DT/GWP" 23
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "SR-DT/TMC" 24
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "TMC-RF EX" 26
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "TMC/DT-RF" 27
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "TMC/DT-SD" 28
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "DT-SD-TMC-DT_REV" 29
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "DT-SR" 30
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "TMC/DT-RF/SR/SD-GWP-DT_REV" 33
"routes.txt" "route_short_name" "TMC/DT-SR" 34
route_short_name_too_long WARNING 5

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`.
"Research Forest to Texas Medical Center TO SawdustExpress" 11 "RF-TMC-SD EX_Rev"
"Downtown to Sawdust to Texas Medical Centerto Downtown ReverseDowntown to Sawdust to Downtown ReverseDowntown to Sawdust to Downtown Reverse" 29 "DT-SD-TMC-DT_REV"
"Sawdust to Downtown To Greenway Plaza to Sterling Ridge Reverse" 31 "SD-DT-GWP-SR_Rev"
"Sterling Ridge to Downtown/Texas Medical Center Sterling Ridge" 32 "SR-DT/TMC-SR_Rev"
"Texas Medical Center/Downtown to Research Forest/Sterling Ridge/Sawdust Greenway Plaza Downtown Reverse" 33 "TMC/DT-RF/SR/SD-GWP-DT_REV"
stop_without_stop_time WARNING 13

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.
20 "T_22" "Temporary - Riva Row East"
21 "T_23" "Temporary - Timberloch and Waterway"
22 "T_24" "Temporary - The Woodlands Waterway Marriot (South Side)"
23 "T_25" "Temporary - Lake Robbins and Fountains Pl"
24 "T_26" "Temporary - Waterway Square & Woodloch Ct"
25 "T_27" "Temporary - Lake Front Circle"
26 "T_28" "Temporary - The Pavilion Event Center (Rear)"
27 "T_29" "Temporary - Six Pines and Mall Ring Rd"
28 "T_30" "Temporary - Lakeside Blvd Parking"
29 "T_31" "Temporary - Northshore Park"
71 "TWE_45" "Milam @ McKinney"
72 "TWE_47" "Milam @ Clay"
79 "TWE_44" "Milam @ Texas"
trip_distance_exceeds_shape_distance_below_threshold WARNING 9

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.
"RF-TMC EX_6" "o33z" 66593.26534139368 66572.45873383875 0.0
"RF-DT_12" "b6ce" 55134.79377404275 55117.567287087964 8.542728792684583
"RF-DT/GWP_4" "g2h5" 64735.64099981083 64715.41479419983 3.0911280283422564
"RF-DT/GWP_8" "g2h5" 64735.64099981083 64715.41479419983 3.0911280283422564
"RF-DT_13" "b6ce" 55134.79377404275 55117.567287087964 8.542728792684583
"RF-DT_9" "b6ce" 55134.79377404275 55117.567287087964 8.542728792684583
"RF-DT/GWP_10" "g2h5" 64735.64099981083 64715.41479419983 3.0911280283422564
"RF-DT_7" "b6ce" 55134.79377404275 55117.567287087964 8.542728792684583
"RF-DT_1" "b6ce" 55134.79377404275 55117.567287087964 8.542728792684583
unknown_column INFO 3

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.
"agency.txt" "agency_branding_url" 7
"feed_info.txt" "feed_id" 2
"routes.txt" "route_branding_url" 8