Feed status · checked 2026-07-19
SWU Verkehr (Ulm/Neu-Ulm)
Based on the feed this agency publishes
Service mode Tram + Bus
First scorecard for this agency
Catalogued in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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 v1.2, validator 8.0.1.
Checked for changes 61 minutes ago; last changed 61 minutes ago.
Measured 3 of 4 score categories from the agency's own feed.
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 agency's own URL.
Confidence describes how much the pipeline could measure this run, not the feed itself. It never changes the grade.
Top things to fix
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
739 of 739 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.
⏱ A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.worth about +25 points in its category
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.
The feed contains no fare information. Riders see 'fare unknown' in trip planners and can't budget their trip; visitors are most affected.
⏱ A small file for most flat-fare systems.worth about +15 points in its category
Review the rule documentation for 'unsorted_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
Unsorted stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator). See the linked rule for what this affects.
⏱ Varies.worth about +1 points in its category
How to make and check these changes
Check the result on the published feed. Read the guide, make the change in your tool, and use the next comparable run to see whether the finding is still reported. Only an action or ticket record can attribute who made the change.
Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops. · Read the fix guide
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. Self-check a feed before you publish.
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. · Read the fix guide
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. Self-check a feed before you publish.
Review the rule documentation for 'unsorted_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed.
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. Self-check a feed before you publish.
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 is in 165 days.
- Published accessibility data
- Accessibility information is stated for 0% of stops and 100% 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
You may not control the GTFS export yourself. Copy this and send it to whoever runs your scheduling software export. It names each fix with the validator notice and a guide link.
Score by category
The MobilityData validator flagged 2 kinds of issue across 6230 instances (0 error, 0 warning, 6230 informational).
Service data covers the next 165 days.
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.
0% of stops state accessibility (0% marked accessible). Reflects what the feed states, not verified physical usability.
3 accessibility depth signals
14 route badge(s) pair a color and text color below the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast bar (6, 9, 15, 13, 1, and more).
Consider: Adjust route_color or route_text_color so each pair clears 4.5:1. Often switching the text between black and white is enough.
8 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("St.-Elisabeth-Kirche", "St.-Gallener-Straße", "St.-Jakob-Straße", and more).
Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.
This feed models stations or entrances but has no pathways.txt and levels.txt.
Consider: Add pathways.txt connecting entrances, platforms, and elevators, and levels.txt for each floor, so the step-free route is described.
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.
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.
Skip to route and stop dataBasemap: OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes and stops: this agency's GTFS feed.
- 1 (red)
- 2 (green)
- 4 (green)
- 5 (teal)
- 6 (orange)
- 7 (red)
- 8 (purple)
- 9 (pink)
- 10 (gray)
- 11 (teal)
- 12 (red)
- 13 (gray)
- 14 (teal)
- 15 (pink)
- E (white)
- N1 (red)
- N2 (purple)
- N3 (brown)
- N4 (teal)
- N7 (pink)
- N8 (orange)
| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Söflingen – Böfingen | Tram / light rail | red |
| 2 Kuhberg - Science Park II | Tram / light rail | green |
| 4 Wiblingen - Böfingen Süd | Bus | green |
| 5 Ludwigsfeld / Wiley - Wissenschaftsstadt | Bus | teal |
| 6 Donaustadion - Eselsberg Hasenkopf | Bus | orange |
| 7 Willy-Brandt-Platz – Jungingen | Bus | red |
| 8 Grimmelfingen - Universität Süd | Bus | purple |
| 9 Gleißelstetten - Roter Berg | Bus | pink |
| 10 Donautal – Blautal-Center | Bus | gray |
| 11 ZOB - Eggingen - ZOB | Bus | teal |
| 12 ZOB - Unterweiler / Dellmensingen | Bus | red |
| 13 Jungingen - Mähringen | Bus | gray |
| 14 Kuhberg – Wiblingen | Bus | teal |
| 15 Willy-Brandt-Platz – Science Park III | Bus | pink |
| E Einsatzbus | Bus | white |
| N1 ZOB - Einsingen | Bus | red |
| N2 ZOB - Wissenschaftsstadt | Bus | purple |
| N3 ZOB - Jungingen | Bus | brown |
| N4 ZOB - Böfingen | Bus | teal |
| N7 ZOB - Unterweiler | Bus | pink |
| N8 ZOB - Donaustetten | Bus | orange |
This feed has 739 stops.
List every stop
- Stadtwerke
- Eselsberg Hasenkopf
- Botanischer Garten
- Kemptener Straße
- Adenauerbrücke
- Auf der Gölde
- Am Hetzenbäumle
- Auf der Laue
- Albstraße
- Allgäuer Straße
- Amtsgericht
- Arena
- Albecker Steige
- Barbaralinde
- Beim B'scheid
- Beimerstetter Straße
- Blautal-Center
- Bleicher Hag
- Blücherstraße
- Ostpreußenweg
- Boschstraße
- Botanischer Garten
- Bradleystraße
- Breite Ost
- Beim Türmle
- Burgunderweg
- Clarissenstraße
- Congress Centrum
- Daimlerstraße
- Danziger Straße
- Beim Brückle
- Hirsch Dellmensingen
- Kirche Dellmensingen
- Lange Straße
- Alfred-Delp-Weg
- Schule Dellmensingen
- Ulmer Straße 7
- Ulmer Straße
- Am Hohen Rain
- Illerkirchberger Straße
- Am Kraftwerk
- Donaubad
- Donaucenter
- Donauhalle
- Donau-Iller-Werkstätten
- Donauklinik
- Dornierstraße
- Donaustadion
- Donautal
- Wasserturm
- Bahnübergang Einsingen
- Allewind
- Ernst-Abbe-Straße
- Eselsbergsteige
- Edisoncenter
- Ensostraße
- Egertweg
- Ehinger Tor
- Hohe Steige
- Ehrensteiner Feld
- Eichberg
- Eichenplatz
- Eichberg Nord
- Eiselauer Weg
- Eisenbahnstraße
- Kirche Einsingen
- Lachhaustraße
- Ensingerstraße
- Panoramastraße
- Rathaus Eggingen
- Erenlauh
- Ringinger Straße
- Escheugraben
- Eselsberg Hasenkopf
- Eugen-Bolz-Straße
- Waldstraße
- Fünf-Bäume-Weg
- Fünf-Bäume-Weg Mitte
- Friedhof Wiblingen
- Fichtenstraße
- Fischerhauser Weg
- Fachoberschule
- Franzenhauserweg
- Franz-Wiedemeier-Straße
- Frauensteige
- Gartenstraße
- Gehrnstraße
- Halde
- Hoher Berg
- Gewerbeschulen Königstraße
- Gleißelstetten
- Graf-Arco-Straße
- Riedlenstraße
- Grimmelfinger Weg
- Gänsturm
- Grethe-Weiser-Straße
- Wollgrasweg
- Zollbrücke
- Häberlinweg
- Hafengasse
- Hafnerweg
- Hans-Lorenser-Straße
- Harthauser Straße
- Kirche Harthausen
- Hasenweg
- Haslacher Weg
- Haßlerstraße
- Hauptbahnhof
- Haus der Begegnung
- Herdbruckerstraße
- Heuweg
- Technische Hochschule
- Hörvelsinger Weg
- Hochschule Neu-Ulm
- Hans-Reyhing-Weg
- Im Lehrer Feld Nord
- Im Lehrer Feld Süd
- Im Lehrer Feld West
- Illerbrücke
- Auf dem Hart
- Jägerstraße
- Jakobsruhe
- SWU Albstraße
- Edith-Stein-Ring
- Margarete-Steiff-Straße
- Junginger Straße
- Justizgebäude
- Katholische Kirche
- Kapelle
- Kasernstraße
- Kastbrücke
- Kelternweg
- Keplerstraße
- Kemptener Straße
- Kloster Wiblingen
- Kliniken Wissenschaftsstadt
- Königstraße
- Kuhberg Schulzentrum
- Ludwig-Beck-Straße
- Lehrer Tal
- Leonberger Weg
- Lindenhöhe
- Lise-Meitner-Straße
- Industriestraße
- Lichternsee
- Liststraße
- Mariusweg
- Loherstraße
- Rührweg
- Lupferbrücke
- Magirusstraße
- Maienweg Nord
- Maienweg
- Alte Straße
- Maybachstraße
- Manfred-Börner-Straße
- Mecklenburgweg
- Meininger Allee
- Memminger Straße
- Kliniken Michelsberg
- Martin-Luther-Kirche
- Rathaus Mähringen
- Ulmer Steige
- Multscherschule
- Neuer Friedhof
- Nicolaus-Otto-Straße
- Oberer Wirt
- Örlinger Straße
- Oberfeld
- Oberer Kuhberg
- Ostermahdweg
- Ostplatz
- Oberer Roter Berg
- Ottiliengasse
- Petrusplatz
- Rathaus Jungingen
- Rathaus Neu-Ulm
- Rathausstraße
- Rathaus Ulm
- Reichenberger Straße
- Riedstraße
- Riedwiesenweg
- Römerplatz
- Rosengasse
- Am Roten Berg
- Reutlinger Straße
- Ruländerweg
- Saarlandstraße
- Safranberg
- Saulgauer Straße
- Schwarzenbergstraße
- Schönstatt-Kapelle
- Schongauer Weg
- Schützenstraße
- Science Park III
- Science Park II
- S-Bahnhalt Ulm-Donautal
- Sedanstraße
- St.-Elisabeth-Kirche
- Schillerhöhe
- Siemensstraße
- Söflingen
- Sonnenfeld
- Sonnenstraße
- S-Bahnhalt Ulm-Ost
- Sportpark Nord
- S-Bahnhalt Ulm-Söflingen
- Steinerne Brücke
- Steinbeisstraße
- Steubenstraße
- St.-Gallener-Straße
- Steinhövelstraße
- St.-Jakob-Straße
- Staufenring
- Stadtwerke
- Sulzbachweg
- Söflinger Weinberge
- Theater
- Theodor-Heuss-Platz
- Thüringenweg
- Torstraße
- Traminerweg
- Sportzentrum TSG
- Tannenplatz Zentrum
- Universität Süd
- Universität West
- Hartstraße
- Rathaus Unterweiler
- Veltlinerweg
- Virchowstraße
- Washingtonallee
- Willy-Brandt-Platz
- Wengenholz
- Wendeschleife Mähringen
- Wilhelmsburgkaserne
- Wiley Club
- Wohnpark Friedrichsau
- Wiley Süd
- ZOB
- ZUP
- ZOB
- ZOB
- ZOB
- ZOB
- ZOB
- ZOB
- ZOB
- ZOB
- Steinerne Brücke
- Steinerne Brücke
- and 489 more (see the full list on the map or in the GeoJSON)
Over time
This is the first scorecard for this agency. A trend and a "what changed" summary appear here once it has been checked more than once.
Everything we checked
5 findings, ordered by severity.
Show every finding
- Warning739 instances
739 of 739 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.)
Validator rule: scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- 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.)
Validator rule: scorecard_no_fare_data · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Best Practices (opens GTFS Best Practices on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
This feed models stations or entrances but has no pathways.txt.
Trip planners can't guide riders through the station, and there is no step-free route information for wheelchair users.
Fix: Add pathways.txt connecting entrances, platforms, and any elevators, with a level for each. (Worth it for multi-level or large stations; flat stops don't need it.)
Validator rule: scorecard_station_no_pathways · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Info5507 instances
Unsorted stop times (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'unsorted_stop_times' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Validator rule: unsorted_stop_times · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Info723 instances
Some trip headsigns name a stop along the way, not the final destination.
The sign should tell riders where the transit vehicle ends up, so a midpoint name can send them the wrong way.
Fix: Set trip_headsign to the trip's last stop or its overall destination. (Usually a bulk edit in your scheduling software.)
Validator rule: trip_headsign_matches_intermediate_stop · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
Conformance mark Not yet
This feed is close to the conformance mark. States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 100% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.
- Valid Met
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Met
- Service data covers the next 165 days.
- Accessible Not yet
- States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 100% 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.
Clears the Google and Apple Maps four-week coverage bar. This feed has 165 days of service ahead, clearing the four-week (28-day) window Maps asks for. No validator errors either, so riders keep seeing this agency in their trip planners; warnings lower the grade here but do not remove a feed from Maps.
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 98 / 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 100 / 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 60 / 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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