Rail

What changed since the last check

• Correctness no change
• Freshness down 1.6
• Rider experience no change
• Realtime quality no change

Top three things to fix

1. Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out.

   Service data runs out in 16 day(s). When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice.

   Effort: One export setting.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 61 observed fixes).

2. Check the flagged stops' coordinates and the route shape in your scheduling software; re-snap whichever is misplaced.

   Some stops sit far from the route line they belong to. Trip planners may draw the bus route through the wrong streets or point riders to the wrong corner.

   Effort: A few minutes per flagged stop.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 2 weeks (based on 6 observed fixes).

3. Check with your AVL vendor that every vehicle assignment flows into TripUpdates, including school-day and tripper runs.

   1 of 7 trips scheduled during the sampling window had no live predictions. Riders on those trips get schedule data dressed up as realtime. Caltrans expects every operating trip in TripUpdates.

   Effort: A vendor data-mapping question.

   Agencies here usually clear this within about 1 week (based on 84 observed fixes).

Ready to send to the agency

Hi Rail team, Service data runs out in 16 day(s). When the calendar runs out, trip planners stop showing this agency. Fixing it now is calmer than after riders notice. The fix is usually one export setting: Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out. 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/southeastern-pennsylvania-transportation-authority-septa-503/

Copy this note from the full scorecard.

NTD certification readiness: Needs attention

This feed is close to NTD-ready. Service data runs out in 22 days; renew before you certify.

Published Ready

Published at a public URL.

Valid Ready

Passes validation with no errors.

Current Needs attention

Service data runs out in 22 days; renew before you certify.

agency_id and NTD ID: Not checked yet. Setting your GTFS agency_id to your five-digit NTD ID is an optional way to line a feed up with its National Transit Database record. FTA links the two on your P-50 form, so it is not a required feed change. We don't have your NTD ID on file, so this is not checked yet.

Key facts

Feed URL

https://www3.septa.org/developer/google_rail.zip

Last checked

2026-07-09

Service window

16 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-08-01.

Feed version

v202606282

State

Pennsylvania