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Feed status · checked 2026-10-15

Dublin Coach

Based on the official feed source on file

Service mode Bus

53.9 / 100

unchanged since 2026-10-14

Cataloged in Ireland.

Feed expiredAccessibility gapsRealtime not yet published

Source feed: https://www.transportforireland.ie/transitData/Data/GTFS_Dublin_Coach.zip

A scheduled intercity coach operator (Dublin to the mid-west and south-west), published as one NTA per-operator file.

A data-quality and completeness lens to help an agency improve its GTFS feed. Not an official compliance determination from any transit program. New to this? How to read your scorecard. Interactive view of this scorecard. Rubric v1.4, validator 8.0.1.

Checked for changes 3 hours ago; last changed 88 days ago.

Measured 3 of 4 score categories from the official feed URL on file.

How we measured this

Confidence in this measurement: medium.

  • Realtime quality was not measured this run. It does not count against the grade.
  • The feed was downloaded from the official feed URL on file.

Confidence describes how much the pipeline could measure this run, not the feed itself. It never changes the grade.

About this feed

Dublin Coach’s published feed lists 4 bus routes, 215 scheduled trips and 75 stops. Its service dates run from 2026-05-20 through 2026-09-15. The published file has not changed since our first check on 2026-07-19.

Top things to fix

Fix 01

Re-export the feed with a calendar that reaches further out. Set feed_end_date in feed_info.txt past your next service change.Likely your export tool

Service data ended 30 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.

This one is about the feed as a whole, so there is no share of it to count.

⏱ Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.worth about +100 points in its category

Fix 02

Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.Likely your team

75 of 75 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there. Riders who use wheelchairs can't plan a trip when accessibility is marked 'unknown'; apps show no information at all.

Fixing this covers all 75 stops in the feed.

⏱ A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.worth about +25 points in its category

Fix 03

Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip.Likely your export tool

215 of 215 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.

Fixing this covers all 215 trips in the feed.

⏱ A default or per-trip field in your export.worth about +15 points in its category

Riders and need behind these fixes

  • Rider-trip figures come from the United States National Transit Database, which does not cover this feed's country.
  • The served-area need overlays cover the United States and Canada, so none of them applies to this feed.

These describe this feed only. They do not rank agencies, and they do not change the grade or the order of the fixes.

Finding handoff

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Finding
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How to make and check these changes

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  1. Fix 01 · Read the fix guide for scorecard_feed_expired

    Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.

    Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. See this feed's finding-clearance log.

  2. Fix 02 · Read the fix guide for scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown

    Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.

    Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. See this feed's finding-clearance log.

  3. Fix 03 · Read the fix guide for scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown

    Make the change. Make this change in whatever tool produces your feed, then re-export.

    Check the result. The next scorecard run checks this finding again. If a comparable check no longer reports it, the feed's clearance log records that result. This confirms feed state, not who made the change. See this feed's finding-clearance log.

Rider view: what this feed publishes

A quick read of rider-facing information in this feed.

Schedule visibility
The feed's last published service date was 30 days ago.
Published accessibility data
Accessibility information is stated for 0% of stops and 0% of trips. This measures published data, not whether stops or vehicles are physically usable.
Fare information
No fare information is published in the feed.
Realtime information
Realtime-feed availability and live-arrival coverage are not known from this scorecard.

Important: This does not rate service reliability. Riders should confirm current service alerts, fares, and accessibility accommodations with the transit operator before traveling.

Send your vendor a fix request

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Score by category

Correctness91.0 / 100

The MobilityData validator flagged 3 kinds of issue across 59 instances (0 error, 56 warning, 3 informational).

Freshness0.0 / 100

Service data ended 30 day(s) ago. Trip planners have likely already dropped this feed.

Rider experience45.0 / 100

0% of stops state wheelchair accessibility (0% marked accessible, 0% marked not accessible). This measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. Fare data is not published.

Accessibility0 / 100

0% of stops state accessibility (0% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.

1 accessibility depth signal

  • 4 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("St Conleth's Church", "St Corban's Cemetery", "St Conleth's Church", and more).

    Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.

Opportunities to strengthen the data, not deductions from the sub-score above. States what the second accessibility lens can check from the feed, not verified physical usability.

Realtime qualityNot yet measured

Not scored yet. Nothing here counts against the grade.

Routes and stops

Each route is drawn once, using the longest shape its trips follow; stops are the dots.

This feed has 75 stops.

Skip to route and stop data

The route and stop data is ready below. Load the map only when you want the geographic view. It uses additional data.

Basemap: OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes and stops: this agency's GTFS feed.

  • 300 (green)
  • 600 (green)
  • 726 (green)
  • 750 (green)
Routes in Dublin Coach's feed
RouteTypeLine color
300 Ennis/Killarney/Tralee - DublinBusgreen
600 Cork - Waterford - DublinBusgreen
726 Portlaoise - Dublin AirportBusgreen
750 Dundrum - Dublin AirportBusgreen
List every stop
  • Bachelors Walk
  • Burgh Quay
  • Red Cow Luas
  • Red Cow Luas
  • Red Cow Luas
  • Dublin Airport Zone 16
  • Wesley College
  • Wesley College
  • Dundrum Village
  • Dundrum Luas
  • The Curragh
  • Naas Odeon Cinema
  • Roseville
  • St Corban's Cemetery
  • Kildare Co Co
  • Southern Link Park
  • Toughers Ind Estate
  • St Conleth's Church
  • Riverbank Theatre
  • Newbridge
  • Edward Street
  • Moorefield Road
  • Kildare
  • Newbridge Retail
  • Riverbank Theatre
  • St Conleth's Church
  • Toughers Ind Estate
  • Southern Link Park
  • Fire Station
  • Naas Poplar Square
  • St Corban's Cemetery
  • Roseville
  • Naas Odeon Cinema
  • Monasterevin
  • Moorefield Crescent
  • Naas
  • Monasterevin
  • Kildare
  • Kildare Village
  • The Curragh
  • Junction 14 Mayfield Services
  • Ormonde Road
  • Ormonde Road
  • Kilkenny MacDonagh Station
  • Cappakeel
  • Cappakeel
  • Kilminchy
  • Ballybrittas
  • Ballybrittas
  • Portlaoise JFL Avenue
  • Portlaoise Hospital
  • Portlaoise JFL Avenue
  • Portlaoise Hospital
  • Kilminchy
  • Bunratty
  • Ennis Friars Walk
  • Cork Anderson's Quay
  • Killarney Mission Road
  • Tralee Prince's Street
  • Limerick Arthur's Quay
  • Annacotty Bridge
  • Annacotty
  • Newcastle West
  • Newcastle West
  • Abbeyfeale
  • Adare
  • UL Student Centre
  • Adare
  • Abbeyfeale
  • SETU Cork Road
  • SETU Cork Road
  • Waterford Bus Station
  • Waterford Bus Station
  • Dungarvan
  • Dungarvan

Over time

Overall score across the last 14 checks — unchanged since 2026-10-14.

2026-10-02: 53.92026-10-03: 53.92026-10-04: 53.92026-10-05: 53.92026-10-06: 53.92026-10-07: 53.92026-10-08: 53.92026-10-09: 53.92026-10-10: 53.92026-10-11: 53.92026-10-12: 53.92026-10-13: 53.92026-10-14: 53.92026-10-15: 53.9
Show the numbers
CheckScoreChange
2026-10-0253.9 first check
2026-10-0353.9 no change
2026-10-0453.9 no change
2026-10-0553.9 no change
2026-10-0653.9 no change
2026-10-0753.9 no change
2026-10-0853.9 no change
2026-10-0953.9 no change
2026-10-1053.9 no change
2026-10-1153.9 no change
2026-10-1253.9 no change
2026-10-1353.9 no change
2026-10-1453.9 no change
2026-10-1553.9 no change

What changed since your last check

  • Correctness no change
  • Freshness no change
  • Rider experience no change

Feed history

Every check on record for this feed, grouped by the published file, newest first. A new file means the published zip changed. Grades from earlier rubric versions are shown with their rubric and are not comparable with today’s grade or the trend above.

CheckedPublished fileService dates throughGrade at the time
2026-10-02 to 2026-10-15 (14 checks)c40881cacee72026-09-15Current rubric: see the trend above
2026-07-25 to 2026-10-01 (65 checks)c40881cacee72026-09-15F, 53.9 under rubric 1.3, an earlier scoring contract; not comparable with today’s grade
2026-07-19 to 2026-07-24 (4 checks)c40881cacee72026-09-15C, 76 under rubric 1.2, an earlier scoring contract; not comparable with today’s grade

Everything we checked

7 findings, ordered by severity.

Show every finding
  • Error1 instance

    Service data ended 30 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.

    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. (Usually one export setting; export on a schedule so it never lapses again.)

    Finding code: scorecard_feed_expired · Read the fix guide for scorecard_feed_expired · See GTFS Best Practices

  • Warning215 instances

    215 of 215 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.

    Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.

    Fix: Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip. (A default or per-trip field in your export.)

    Finding code: scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · Read the fix guide for scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · See GTFS Schedule reference

  • Warning75 instances

    75 of 75 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there.

    Riders who use wheelchairs can't plan a trip when accessibility is marked 'unknown'; apps show no information at all.

    Fix: Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops. (A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.)

    Finding code: scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown · Read the fix guide for scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown · See GTFS Schedule reference

  • Warning56 instances

    Some rider-facing names are in ALL CAPS or all lowercase.

    ALL-CAPS stop and headsign names are harder to read in apps and are read awkwardly by screen readers.

    Fix: Use mixed case for stop names and headsigns (e.g. 'Main St & 2nd Ave', not 'MAIN ST & 2ND AVE'). (Often a bulk fix in your scheduling software.)

    Finding code: mixed_case_recommended_field · Read the fix guide for mixed_case_recommended_field · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules

  • Warning1 instance

    The feed contains no fare information.

    Riders see 'fare unknown' in trip planners and can't budget their trip; visitors are most affected.

    Fix: Add fare_attributes.txt (or Fares v2 files) with your fare structure. If your service is fare-free, ask to have it marked fare-free instead. (A small file for most flat-fare systems.)

    Finding code: scorecard_no_fare_data · Read the fix guide for scorecard_no_fare_data · See GTFS Best Practices

  • Info2 instances

    Some service dates fall outside the date window set in feed_info.txt.

    feed_info.txt should span every day your service runs, so apps know when the data applies.

    Fix: Widen feed_start_date and feed_end_date to cover all service dates, or fix the dates that fall outside. (Two fields in feed_info.txt, or one export setting.)

    Finding code: service_window_outside_feed_period · Read the fix guide for service_window_outside_feed_period · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules

  • Info1 instance

    Feed valid beyond total service window (flagged by the MobilityData validator).

    See the linked rule for what this affects.

    Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'feed_valid_beyond_total_service_window' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)

    Finding code: feed_valid_beyond_total_service_window · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules

Conformance mark Not yet

Two requirements remain for this feed to earn the conformance mark. Service data expired 30 days ago. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.

Valid Met
Passes validation with no errors.
Current Not yet
Service data expired 30 days ago.
Accessible Not yet
States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.

In plain words: earn this mark when your feed passes validation, has not expired, and says whether nearly every stop and trip is wheelchair accessible.

A pass credential for a feed that is valid, current, and states wheelchair access on nearly every stop and trip. Accessibility here measures what the feed publishes, not whether a stop is physically usable. How the conformance mark works.

Below the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed's last day of service has passed, so Google and Apple Maps will stop showing your agency. Re-export with a calendar that covers at least the next four weeks.

How this agency maps to the standards

The scorecard is a data-quality lens, not a compliance determination. Its universal references describe good GTFS and useful rider information. Useful references here are GTFS Schedule Best Practices, GTFS-Realtime Best Practices, MobilityData grading scheme, Google Transit publication guidance. Read the full standards crosswalk.

Correctness 91 / 100
GTFS Schedule best practices, checked by the MobilityData validator. MobilityData grading covers stop locations, route names, and colors. Google Transit requires a feed to pass validation for publication.
Freshness 0 / 100
GTFS Schedule best practices call for a dataset that stays current. An expired calendar can remove service from Google Transit and other rider trip planners.
Rider experience 45 / 100
GTFS Best Practices for rider-facing fields. MobilityData grading covers stop names and headsigns.
Realtime quality Not yet published
GTFS-Realtime best practices: a stable URL, high uptime, and frequent updates.

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