Feed status · checked 2026-07-19
TransLink Gladstone (Buslink)
Based on the feed this agency publishes
Service mode Bus
First scorecard for this agency
Catalogued in Queensland, Australia.
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 9 hours ago; last changed 9 hours 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
182 of 182 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
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip.Likely your export tool
196 of 196 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible. Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
⏱ A default or per-trip field in your export.worth about +15 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
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.
Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip. · 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.
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 59 days.
- Published accessibility data
- Accessibility information is stated for 0% of stops and 0% 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 5 kinds of issue across 29 instances (0 error, 28 warning, 1 informational).
Service data covers the next 59 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.
1 accessibility depth signal
98 stop name(s) use abbreviations or symbols a screen reader may mispronounce, with no spoken form set ("Mercury St at Mars Cr", "Dixon Dr at Covill Court", "Hibiscus Ave near Jarrah Ct hail 'n' ride", and more).
Consider: Add tts_stop_name with the spoken form, e.g. 'Main Street and Second Avenue', for the affected stops.
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.
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| Route | Type | Line color |
|---|---|---|
| 500 Gladstone Loop | Bus | pink |
| 500 Gladstone Loop | Bus | pink |
| 501 Gladstone Loop | Bus | pink |
| 501 Gladstone Loop | Bus | pink |
| 502 Kin Kora - Clinton | Bus | pink |
| 502 Kin Kora - Clinton | Bus | pink |
| 503 Kin Kora - Kirkwood | Bus | pink |
| 503 Kin Kora - Kirkwood | Bus | pink |
| 504 Kin Kora - New Auckland | Bus | pink |
| 504 Kin Kora - New Auckland | Bus | pink |
| 505 Kin Kora - Glen Eden via Telina | Bus | pink |
| 505 Kin Kora - Glen Eden via Telina | Bus | pink |
| 506 Stockland Gladstone - Little Creek | Bus | pink |
| 506 Stockland Gladstone - Little Creek | Bus | pink |
| 510 Kin Kora - Boyne Is and Tannum Sands via Telina | Bus | pink |
| 510 Kin Kora - Boyne Is and Tannum Sands via Telina | Bus | pink |
This feed has 182 stops.
List every stop
- Lyons Street at Ward Close
- Off Street at Toolooa Shopping Centre
- Auckland Street at Short Street
- Scenery Street at Ormonde Street
- Ormonde Street at Scenery Street
- Flinders Street at Kent Street
- Rossella Street at Gladstone Hospital
- Rossella Street at Gladstone Hospital
- Dawson Road at Gladstone Central Shopping Centre
- Dawson Road at Gladstone Central Shopping Centre
- Boles Street at Gladstone State School
- Charles Street at Walters Avenue
- Breslin Street at West Gladstone State School
- Mellefont Street at Derribong Park
- Paterson Street at Norris Street
- Larsen Street at Mellefont Street
- Holland Street at Steed Street
- Philip Street at Gladstone Centre Plaza
- Franmaur Street at Marshall Avenue
- Mercury St at Mars Cr
- Dixon Drive at Watford Street
- Dixon Drive at Witney Street
- Dixon Dr at Covill Court
- Dalrymple Drive at John Dory Drive
- Dalrymple Drive at Toolooa Park
- Dalrymple Drive at John Dory Drive
- Witney Street at Caprice Street
- Witney Street at Pioneer Drive
- Hibiscus Ave near Jarrah Ct hail 'n' ride
- Sun Valley Road at Grevillea Crescent
- Sun Valley Road at Melia Court
- Sun Valley Road at Philip Street
- Aerodrome Road at Clinton Sports
- Aerodrome Rd at Gladstone Airport hail 'n' ride
- Harvey Road at Clinton State School
- Carinya Drive at Fitzroy Avenue
- Keppel Avenue at Carinya Drive
- Keppel Avenue at Hamilton Drive
- Keppel Avenue at Hayman Court
- Keppel Avenue at Rosslyn Close
- Harvey Road at Clinton State School
- J Hickey Avenue at Wodonga Street
- J Hickey Avenue at Resolute Street
- J Hickey Avenue at Barrine Close
- Apollo Dr near Moruya St hail 'n' ride
- Gretel Drive at Intrepid Street
- Gretel Dr near Aquarius St hail 'n' ride
- Wistari Street at Campbell Street
- Shaw Street at Butler Street
- Cockatoo Drive at Goshawk Street
- Shaw St at Butler St
- Beak Street at Nothling Street
- Emmadale Drive at Ashbrook Court
- Tudman Street at Force Street
- Tudman Street at Berringar Lane
- Park Street at Grayson Street
- Flinders Street at Kent Street
- Roseberry Street at Oaka Lane
- Goondoon Street at William Street
- Goondoon Street at Valley Shop Centre
- Boles St near Breslin St
- Goondoon Street at Apex Park
- Auckland St near Tank St
- Barney Street at Friend Street
- Barney Street at Friend Street
- Bell Street at Pershouse Street
- Bell Street at Yarralla Sports Club
- Off Street at Toolooa Shopping Centre
- Ann Street at Derby Street
- Ann Street at Marten Street
- Elizabeth Street at Margaret Street
- Sigg Street at Leonard Street
- Toolooa High School (Philip St)
- Derby St at Coon St hail 'n' ride
- Lyons Street at Ward Close
- Malpas Street at Mcleod Street
- Boyne Island State Primary School (Malpas St)
- Wyndham Avenue at Centenary Drive
- Wyndham Ave at Lighthouse Dr
- Katandra St at Bellemere Ct
- Latrobe St at Bevington St
- Tannum Sands State High School
- Tannum Sands State School (Waratah Cr)
- Hampton Dr near Cremorne Dr
- Booth Ave at Salmon St
- Malpas Street at Boyne Island State School
- Emmadale Dr near Willespie Pl hail 'n' ride
- Sun Valley Rd near Pacific Way hail 'n' ride
- Sun Valley Rd near Myrtle Ct hail 'n' ride
- Hampton Dr near Langdon St hail 'n' ride
- Wyndham Ave near Davina St hail 'n' ride
- Alkina Cr near Cooran Ct hail 'n' ride
- Allunga Dr near Barreenong St hail 'n' ride
- Wyndham Ave near Davina St hail 'n' ride
- Hampton Dr near Francis St hail 'n' ride
- Booth Ave near Salmon St hail 'n' ride
- Hampton Dr near Tannum Sands Rd hail 'n' ride
- Gladstone Central State School
- Gladstone South State Primary School
- Chanel College
- Auckland St at Gladstone Central State School
- Park Street at Rossella Park School
- Sun Valley Rd at Kin Kora State School
- Derby St near Coon St hail 'n' ride
- Dixon Dr near Watford St hail 'n' ride
- Wyndham Ave near Centenary Dr hail 'n' ride
- Emmadale Dr near Willespie Pl hail 'n' ride
- Dixon Drive at Kirkwood Drive
- McLeod St near Stella St hail 'n' ride
- McLeod St near Stella St hail 'n' ride
- Kakadu Way at Carnarvon Parade
- Franmaur St near Douglas Ave hail 'n' ride
- Hibiscus Ave near Jarrah Ct hail 'n' ride
- Witney St near Caprice St hail 'n' ride
- Riverstone Rise Bvd hail 'n' ride
- Little Creek Boulevard at Kirkwood Road
- Sharyn Dr near Llana Ct hail 'n' ride
- Lord St near Central Lane hail 'n' ride
- Lord St at Goondoon St
- Charles St near Walters Ave hail 'n' ride
- Auckland St near Roseberry Stree hail 'n' ride
- J Hickey Avenue at Bangalow Close
- Emmadale Drive at Namadgi Terrace
- Beak Street at Luscombe Drive
- Flinders St at Kent St
- Phillip Street at Gladstone Centre Plaza
- Philip St near Archer St hail 'n' ride
- Philip Street at Archer Street
- 8 Nicholas St hail 'n' ride
- Allunga Ent near Glen Eden Dr hail 'n' ride
- Glen Eden Dr near Cavella Dr hail 'n' ride
- Allunga Ent near Glen Eden Dr hail 'n' ride
- 41 Beak St hail 'n' ride
- Philip St near Reef St
- Philip St near Reef St
- Penda Ave near Willow St hail 'n' ride
- Aerodrome Rd at Clinton Sports hail 'n' ride
- Penda Ave near Willow St hail 'n' ride
- 68 Emmadale Dr hail 'n' ride
- Young St near Willunga Pl hail 'n' ride
- Young St near Willunga Pl hail 'n' ride
- Gladstone State School (Boles St)
- Dalrymple Dr near Gladstone Benaraby Rd HnR
- Sun Valley Rd near Acacia Ct hail 'n' ride
- Sun Valley Rd near Waratah St hail 'n' ride
- Dixon Dr near Uniting Pl hail 'n' ride
- Dalrymple Dr at Toolooa Park hail 'n' ride
- Darlymple Dr near Javelin St hail 'n' ride
- Dalrymple Dr near Gladstone Benaraby Rd HnR
- Elizabeth St near Marten St hail 'n' ride
- Ann St near Marten St hail 'n' ride
- Wistari St near Campbell St hail 'n' ride
- 32 Victoria Ave hail 'n' ride
- 27 Victoria Ave hail 'n' ride
- Booth Ave near John St hail 'n' ride
- Booth Ave near Darragh St hail 'n' ride
- 93 Malpas St hail 'n' ride
- Malpas St near Curtis Ave hail 'n' ride
- Hebertson St near Vallis St hail 'n' ride
- Ann St near Derby St hail 'n' ride
- Dixon Dr near Centaurus Cl hail 'n' ride
- J Hickey Ave near Freedom St hail 'n' ride
- Aramac Dr at Ben Lexon Park hail 'n' ride
- Wistari St near Potter St hail 'n' ride
- Gladstone State High School
- Glen Eden Dr at Edenvale Nursing Home HnR
- Anderson St near Streeter St hail 'n' ride
- Sharyn Dr near Kerry Ct hail 'n' ride
- Penda Ave at Kaleentha Park hail 'n' ride
- 98 Penda Ave hail 'n' ride
- Cockatoo Drive at Goshawk Street HnR
- Emmadale Dr near Yaldara Ct hail 'n' ride
- Opp 25 Dean St hail 'n' ride
- Glen Eden Dr near Cavella Dr hail 'n' ride
- 40 Malpas St hail 'n' ride
- 11 Victoria Ave hail 'n' ride
- Short st near Off Ln hail 'n' ride
- Short st near Off Ln hail 'n' ride
- Barney St near Palmer St hail 'n' ride
- Elizabeth St near Emerson Ct hail 'n' ride
- Darlymple Dr near Javelin St hail 'n' ride
- Barney St near Palmer St hail 'n' ride
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
9 findings, ordered by severity.
Show every finding
- Warning196 instances
196 of 196 trips don't say whether the vehicle is wheelchair accessible.
Even with accessible stops, riders need to know the bus itself can take them.
Fix: Set wheelchair_accessible on every trip. If every vehicle is accessible, this may be one default; otherwise use the value for each trip. (A default or per-trip field in your export.)
Validator rule: scorecard_wheelchair_accessible_unknown · Read the fix guide · See GTFS Schedule reference (opens the GTFS Schedule reference on an external site)
- Warning182 instances
182 of 182 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)
- Warning18 instances
Some files leave out fields that GTFS asks for but does not require.
Recommended fields like agency_phone or stop descriptions make the feed more useful to riders and trip planners.
Fix: Review the flagged fields and fill in the ones your riders would use. (A field at a time; not urgent.)
Validator rule: missing_recommended_field · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning8 instances
Two or more routes share the same name.
Riders can't tell the routes apart in apps.
Fix: Give each route a distinct short or long name. (One field per route.)
Validator rule: duplicate_route_name · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
feed_info.txt lists no contact email and no contact URL.
Without a contact, apps like Google Maps can't reach you when they find a problem in the feed.
Fix: Add feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url to feed_info.txt. (One field, set once in export settings.)
Validator rule: missing_feed_contact_email_and_url · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Warning1 instance
Many of the feed's trips don't run at all in the next 7 days.
It usually means old service periods are still in the export, making the feed bigger and harder to check.
Fix: Trim past service periods the next time you export. (One setting in most export tools.)
Validator rule: trip_coverage_not_active_for_next7_days · Read the fix guide · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules 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)
- Info1 instance
Future calendar (flagged by the MobilityData validator).
See the linked rule for what this affects.
Fix: Review the rule documentation for 'future_calendar' at https://gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/rules.html and check the flagged rows in your feed. (Varies.)
Validator rule: future_calendar · See MobilityData GTFS Validator rules (opens the validator rules on an external site)
- Info1 instance
feed_info.txt has no technical contact (feed_contact_email or feed_contact_url).
Trip-planning apps and regional data coordinators have nobody to email when they spot a problem with your feed, so problems linger.
Fix: Add feed_contact_email to feed_info.txt. (One field.)
Validator rule: scorecard_no_feed_contact · Read the fix guide · 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 0% of trips; the mark needs 90% of each.
- Valid Met
- Passes validation with no errors.
- Current Met
- Service data covers the next 59 days.
- Accessible Not yet
- States wheelchair access on 0% of stops and 0% 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 59 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 80 / 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 98 / 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 38 / 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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