Call-prep brief · checked 2026-09-13
Cardiff Bus (Bws Caerdydd)
Grade F · 24.8 / 100
Unchanged since 2026-09-12.
For this call: lead with the grade and the three fixes below, then confirm the feed is current and the rider information is complete. Each fix is framed as a next step, not a failure.
What changed since the last check
- Correctness no change
- Freshness no change
- Rider experience no change
Top three things to fix
Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out. Set feed_end_date in feed_info.txt past your next service change.
Service data ended 0 day(s) ago. When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the buses are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist.
Effort: Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.
Review the rule documentation for 'block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
Block trips with overlapping stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator). See the linked rule for what this affects.
Effort: Varies.
Review the rule documentation for 'point_near_origin' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
Point near origin (flagged by the MobilityData validator). See the linked rule for what this affects.
Effort: Varies.
Finding handoff
Move one finding to a recheck
Select one finding. Copy the request, make the change in the feed-producing tool, then compare the next complete run.
- Feed evidence
- Service data ended 0 day(s) ago.
- Next action
- Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out. Set feed_end_date in feed_info.txt past your next service change.
- Recheck
- Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
Copy handoff text
- Feed evidence
- Block trips with overlapping stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
- Next action
- Review the rule documentation for 'block_trips_with_overlapping_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
- Recheck
- Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
Copy handoff text
- Feed evidence
- Point near origin (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
- Next action
- Review the rule documentation for 'point_near_origin' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
- Recheck
- Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
Copy handoff text
Ready to send to the agency
Hi Cardiff Bus (Bws Caerdydd) team, Service data ended 0 day(s) ago. When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency even though the buses are still running. Riders are told the service does not exist. The fix is usually one export setting: Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out. Set feed_end_date in feed_info.txt past your next service change. This came from your GTFS data quality scorecard, which checks the feed you publish and lists the fixes in plain language: https://gtfsscorecard.org/agency/cardiff-bus/
Key facts
- Feed URL
- https://data.discoverpassenger.com/operator/ccts/dataset/current/download/gtfs
- Last checked
- 2026-09-13
- Service window
- Feed has expired. Last service date 2026-09-13.
- Location
- Cardiff [Caerdydd GB-CRD], United Kingdom
Part of the United Kingdom portfolio: see where this agency sits among the other feeds in that group before the call.
A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.3, validator 8.0.1.