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Call-prep brief · checked 2026-09-13

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Rail

Grade B · 81.6 / 100

Down 0.2 points since 2026-09-12 (B to B).

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 up 0.6

Top three things to fix

  1. Remove past service periods the next time you export the feed.

    Some service calendars in the feed have already ended. Expired calendars are dead weight and can hide real schedule problems from your staff and vendors.

    Effort: One setting in most export tools.

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

    36 of 99 sampled vehicle positions were far from their assigned route (worst: 32170 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
Some service calendars in the feed have already ended.
Next action
Remove past service periods the next time you export the 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

NTD GTFS readiness: Ready

Published at a public URL, valid, current, and identified with agency_id: the four feed checks for RY2026 all hold here. Only your own D-10 and P-50 filings make that official; this is a heads-up, not a determination.

Published Ready
Published at a public URL.
Valid Ready
Passes validation with no errors.
Current Ready
Service data covers the next 34 days.
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
2026-09-13
Service window
34 days of service data remain. Last service date 2026-10-17.
Feed version
v202609061
Location
Pennsylvania

Part of the Pennsylvania 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.