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Call-prep brief · checked 2026-08-01

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Rail

Grade C · 79.5 / 100

Down 0.4 points since 2026-07-31 (C to C).

For this call: lead with the grade and the three fixes below, then confirm the feed is current and the NTD details line up. Each fix is framed as a next step, not a failure.

What changed since the last check

  • Correctness no change
  • Freshness down 1.6
  • Rider experience no change
  • Realtime quality down 0.4

Top three things to fix

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

    Service data runs out in 28 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.

  2. Ask your AVL vendor to check vehicle-to-trip assignments for the flagged trips.

    37 of 88 sampled vehicle positions were far from their assigned route (worst: 34183 m). A transit vehicle shown off its route usually means a wrong trip assignment; riders watch their transit vehicle drive the wrong path.

    Effort: A vendor support ticket with the trip ids attached.

  3. 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 transit vehicle route through the wrong path or point riders to the wrong boarding location.

    Effort: A few minutes per flagged stop.

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 runs out in 28 day(s).
Next action
Re-export with a validity window that reaches at least 60 days out.
Recheck
Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
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Ready to send to the agency

Hi Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Rail team, Service data runs out in 28 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 GTFS readiness: Needs attention

This feed is close to NTD-ready. Service data runs out in 28 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 28 days; renew before you certify.
agency_id provided Ready
agency.txt provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk each value on the P-50 form.

agency_id equals NTD ID (optional): Not checked yet. This feed provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk it on the P-50 form. The value does not need to equal the five-digit NTD ID; we do not have that ID on file, so the optional equality comparison is not checked yet.

Key facts

Feed URL
https://www3.septa.org/developer/google_rail.zip
Last checked
2026-08-01
Service window
28 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-08-29.
Feed version
v202607261
Location
Pennsylvania

Part of the Pennsylvania portfolio: see where this agency sits among the state's feeds 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.