Metra

What changed since the last check

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

Top three things to fix

1. Add feed_start_date and feed_end_date to feed_info.txt and include calendar end dates in your export.

   Neither feed_info.txt nor the calendars state when service ends. Nobody can tell when this feed will go stale.

   Effort: Likely a one-time export setting.

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

   241 of 241 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.

   Effort: A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.

3. Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip (most small-agency fleets are 100% accessible, so this is often a single default).

   4352 of 4352 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.

   Effort: Often one default setting in your export.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 5 observed fixes).

NTD certification readiness: Not ready

Resolve this before you certify on the D-10. No service end date could be read, so currency is unknown.

Published Ready

Published at a public URL.

Valid Ready

Passes validation with no errors.

Current Not ready

No service end date could be read, so currency is unknown.

agency_id and NTD ID: Not aligned. Your feed's agency_id is METRA; your National Transit Database ID is 50118. A feed that serves several agencies (a shared regional feed) can legitimately carry more than one agency_id, so a difference here is a heads-up, not an error. Optionally set the agency_id for your service to 50118 in agency.txt (and the matching agency_id in routes.txt) so the feed lines up with your NTD record. It is a convenience, not a required feed change: FTA also links agency_id to your NTD ID on your P-50 form.

Key facts

Feed URL

https://schedules.metrarail.com/gtfs/schedule.zip

Last checked

2026-06-27

Service window

Expiry date not stated in the feed.

State

Illinois