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bel-rail — Source Data Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 8.0.1 at 2026-07-17T11:36:10Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/bel-rail_d234257e.zip. No country code was provided.

Use this report alongside our documentation.

Summary

Agencies included

NMBS/SNCB
- website: http://www.belgiantrain.be/
- phone number:
- email: Not provided

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
nmbssncb: Publisher URL:
http://www.belgiantrain.be/: Feed Email:
N/A: Feed Language:
French: Feed Start Date:
2026-01-13: Feed End Date:
2026-12-12: Service Window:
2026-01-13 to 2026-12-12 (?) The range of service dates covered by the feed, based on trips with an associated service_id in calendar.txt and/or calendar_dates.txt

Files included

agency.txt
calendar.txt
calendar_dates.txt
feed_info.txt
routes.txt
stop_times.txt
stops.txt
transfers.txt
translations.txt
trips.txt

Counts

Agencies: 1
Blocks: 83350
Routes: 1755
Shapes: 0
Stops: 2885
Trips: 129024

GTFS Features included (?) GTFS features provide a standardized vocabulary to define and describe features that are officially adopted in GTFS.

TransfersFeed InformationTranslationsRoute ColorsHeadsignsBike AllowedLocation Types

Specification Compliance report

209720 notices reported (0 errors, 63364 warnings, 146356 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total

expired_calendar WARNING 15156

expired_calendar

Dataset should not contain date ranges for services that have already expired.

This warning takes into account the calendar_dates.txt file as well as the calendar.txt file.

You can see more about this notice here.

Only the first 50 of 15156 affected records are displayed below.

csvRowNumber (?) The row of the faulty record.	serviceId (?) The service id of the faulty record.
3	"gc:nmbssncb:000001"
4	"gc:nmbssncb:000002"
10	"gc:nmbssncb:000008"
11	"gc:nmbssncb:000009"
12	"gc:nmbssncb:000010"
13	"gc:nmbssncb:000011"
14	"gc:nmbssncb:000012"
15	"gc:nmbssncb:000013"
16	"gc:nmbssncb:000014"
17	"gc:nmbssncb:000015"
18	"gc:nmbssncb:000016"
19	"gc:nmbssncb:000017"
20	"gc:nmbssncb:000018"
21	"gc:nmbssncb:000019"
22	"gc:nmbssncb:000020"
23	"gc:nmbssncb:000021"
24	"gc:nmbssncb:000022"
25	"gc:nmbssncb:000023"
26	"gc:nmbssncb:000024"
27	"gc:nmbssncb:000025"
28	"gc:nmbssncb:000026"
29	"gc:nmbssncb:000027"
30	"gc:nmbssncb:000028"
32	"gc:nmbssncb:000030"
33	"gc:nmbssncb:000031"
34	"gc:nmbssncb:000032"
35	"gc:nmbssncb:000033"
36	"gc:nmbssncb:000034"
37	"gc:nmbssncb:000035"
38	"gc:nmbssncb:000036"
39	"gc:nmbssncb:000037"
40	"gc:nmbssncb:000038"
41	"gc:nmbssncb:000039"
42	"gc:nmbssncb:000040"
43	"gc:nmbssncb:000041"
44	"gc:nmbssncb:000042"
45	"gc:nmbssncb:000043"
46	"gc:nmbssncb:000044"
47	"gc:nmbssncb:000045"
48	"gc:nmbssncb:000046"
49	"gc:nmbssncb:000047"
50	"gc:nmbssncb:000048"
51	"gc:nmbssncb:000049"
52	"gc:nmbssncb:000050"
53	"gc:nmbssncb:000051"
54	"gc:nmbssncb:000052"
55	"gc:nmbssncb:000053"
56	"gc:nmbssncb:000054"
57	"gc:nmbssncb:000055"
58	"gc:nmbssncb:000056"

mixed_case_recommended_field WARNING 18

mixed_case_recommended_field

This field has customer-facing text and should use Mixed Case (should contain upper and lower case letters).

This field contains customer-facing text and should use Mixed Case (upper and lower case letters) to ensure good readability when displayed to riders. Avoid the use of abbreviations throughout the feed (e.g. St. for Street) unless a location is called by its abbreviated name (e.g. “JFK Airport”). Abbreviations may be problematic for accessibility by screen reader software and voice user interfaces.

Good examples:
`Field Text`	`Dataset`
"Schwerin, Hauptbahnhof"	Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg
"Red Hook/Atlantic Basin"	NYC Ferry
"Campo Grande Norte"	Carris

Bad examples:
`Field Text`
"GALLERIA MALL"
"3427 GG 17"
"21 Clark Rd Est"

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) Name of the faulty file.	fieldName (?) Name of the faulty field.	fieldValue (?) Faulty value.	csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.
"agency.txt"	"agency_name"	"NMBS/SNCB"	2
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"LORRAINE TGV"	10
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"BRAINE-ALLIANCE"	578
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"ERQUELINNES-FRONTIERE"	588
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"ESPLECHIN-FRONTIERE"	589
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"KOLN-EHRENFELD"	610
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"KOLN SUD"	611
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"KOLN-EHRENFELD"	627
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"KOLN SUD"	633
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"MEER-GRENS"	641
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"QUEVY-FRONTIERE"	653
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"LORRAINE TGV"	733
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"BRAINE-ALLIANCE"	1049
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"MEER-GRENS"	1356
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"ERQUELINNES-FRONTIERE"	2193
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"QUEVY-FRONTIERE"	2431
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"ESPLECHIN-FRONTIERE"	2434
"trips.txt"	"trip_headsign"	"MEER-GRENS"	57275

route_color_contrast WARNING 12

route_color_contrast

Insufficient route color contrast.

A route's color and route_text_color should be contrasting.

You can see more about this notice here.

routeId (?) The id of the faulty record.	csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.	routeColor (?) The faulty record's HTML route color.	routeTextColor (?) The faulty record's HTML route text color.
"gr:nmbssncb:925"	1675	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:926"	1676	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:927"	1677	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:928"	1678	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:929"	1679	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:930"	1681	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:931"	1682	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:932"	1683	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:933"	1684	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:934"	1685	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:935"	1686	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:956"	1709	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"

service_has_no_active_day_of_the_week WARNING 48175

service_has_no_active_day_of_the_week

A service is not valid for any day of the week.

You can see more about this notice here.

Only the first 50 of 48175 affected records are displayed below.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number in calendar.txt where the error occurs.	serviceId (?) The service_id field value.
2	"gc:nmbssncb:000000"
3	"gc:nmbssncb:000001"
4	"gc:nmbssncb:000002"
5	"gc:nmbssncb:000003"
6	"gc:nmbssncb:000004"
7	"gc:nmbssncb:000005"
8	"gc:nmbssncb:000006"
9	"gc:nmbssncb:000007"
10	"gc:nmbssncb:000008"
11	"gc:nmbssncb:000009"
12	"gc:nmbssncb:000010"
13	"gc:nmbssncb:000011"
14	"gc:nmbssncb:000012"
15	"gc:nmbssncb:000013"
16	"gc:nmbssncb:000014"
17	"gc:nmbssncb:000015"
18	"gc:nmbssncb:000016"
19	"gc:nmbssncb:000017"
20	"gc:nmbssncb:000018"
21	"gc:nmbssncb:000019"
22	"gc:nmbssncb:000020"
23	"gc:nmbssncb:000021"
24	"gc:nmbssncb:000022"
25	"gc:nmbssncb:000023"
26	"gc:nmbssncb:000024"
27	"gc:nmbssncb:000025"
28	"gc:nmbssncb:000026"
29	"gc:nmbssncb:000027"
30	"gc:nmbssncb:000028"
31	"gc:nmbssncb:000029"
32	"gc:nmbssncb:000030"
33	"gc:nmbssncb:000031"
34	"gc:nmbssncb:000032"
35	"gc:nmbssncb:000033"
36	"gc:nmbssncb:000034"
37	"gc:nmbssncb:000035"
38	"gc:nmbssncb:000036"
39	"gc:nmbssncb:000037"
40	"gc:nmbssncb:000038"
41	"gc:nmbssncb:000039"
42	"gc:nmbssncb:000040"
43	"gc:nmbssncb:000041"
44	"gc:nmbssncb:000042"
45	"gc:nmbssncb:000043"
46	"gc:nmbssncb:000044"
47	"gc:nmbssncb:000045"
48	"gc:nmbssncb:000046"
49	"gc:nmbssncb:000047"
50	"gc:nmbssncb:000048"
51	"gc:nmbssncb:000049"

stop_without_stop_time WARNING 3

stop_without_stop_time

A stop in stops.txt is not referenced by any stop_times.stop_id.

Such stops are not used by any trip and normally do not provide user value. This notice may indicate a typo in stop_times.txt.

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.	stopId (?) The id of the faulty stop.	stopName (?) The name of the faulty stop.
11	"gs:nmbssncb:8882206_BUS"	"La Louvière-Sud"
13	"gs:nmbssncb:8895505_DSP 485"	"Grammont"
14	"gs:nmbssncb:8896800_3"	"Roulers"

big_gap_in_service INFO 58026

big_gap_in_service

A service has a gap of more than 13 days between active service dates.

You can see more about this notice here.

Only the first 50 of 58026 affected records are displayed below.

serviceId (?) The service_id that has the gap.	gapStartDate (?) The first day of the gap.	gapEndDate (?) The last day of the gap.	gapDurationDays (?) The number of days in the gap.
"gc:nmbssncb:000009"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000013"	"2026-01-27"	"2026-03-09"	40
"gc:nmbssncb:000016"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000017"	"2026-01-28"	"2026-03-11"	41
"gc:nmbssncb:000019"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-10"	38
"gc:nmbssncb:000021"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-11"	39
"gc:nmbssncb:000022"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000032"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000033"	"2026-01-27"	"2026-03-09"	40
"gc:nmbssncb:000036"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000037"	"2026-01-29"	"2026-03-09"	38
"gc:nmbssncb:000038"	"2026-01-26"	"2026-03-09"	41
"gc:nmbssncb:000041"	"2026-01-29"	"2026-03-10"	39
"gc:nmbssncb:000042"	"2026-01-27"	"2026-03-10"	41
"gc:nmbssncb:000043"	"2026-01-28"	"2026-03-09"	39
"gc:nmbssncb:000057"	"2026-02-01"	"2026-03-14"	40
"gc:nmbssncb:000071"	"2026-02-22"	"2026-03-21"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000075"	"2026-02-02"	"2026-03-15"	40
"gc:nmbssncb:000081"	"2026-02-23"	"2026-03-22"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000092"	"2026-02-23"	"2026-03-28"	32
"gc:nmbssncb:000094"	"2026-02-22"	"2026-03-28"	33
"gc:nmbssncb:000098"	"2026-02-22"	"2026-03-28"	33
"gc:nmbssncb:000098"	"2026-03-28"	"2026-07-04"	97
"gc:nmbssncb:000099"	"2026-06-14"	"2026-08-22"	68
"gc:nmbssncb:000100"	"2026-01-25"	"2026-02-28"	33
"gc:nmbssncb:000100"	"2026-03-01"	"2026-03-28"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000104"	"2026-03-22"	"2026-04-06"	14
"gc:nmbssncb:000106"	"2026-04-26"	"2026-09-26"	152
"gc:nmbssncb:000109"	"2026-06-21"	"2026-09-05"	75
"gc:nmbssncb:000110"	"2026-09-20"	"2026-10-17"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000117"	"2026-03-21"	"2026-04-06"	15
"gc:nmbssncb:000126"	"2026-03-15"	"2026-05-09"	54
"gc:nmbssncb:000136"	"2026-02-08"	"2026-10-17"	250
"gc:nmbssncb:000151"	"2026-01-25"	"2026-05-16"	110
"gc:nmbssncb:000152"	"2026-01-19"	"2026-04-27"	97
"gc:nmbssncb:000154"	"2026-03-15"	"2026-08-29"	166
"gc:nmbssncb:000164"	"2026-06-08"	"2026-11-16"	160
"gc:nmbssncb:000165"	"2026-08-09"	"2026-09-05"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000165"	"2026-09-06"	"2026-09-26"	19
"gc:nmbssncb:000176"	"2026-06-07"	"2026-11-14"	159
"gc:nmbssncb:000192"	"2026-06-07"	"2026-11-14"	159
"gc:nmbssncb:000192"	"2026-11-15"	"2026-12-05"	19
"gc:nmbssncb:000194"	"2026-08-09"	"2026-09-26"	47
"gc:nmbssncb:000239"	"2026-04-06"	"2026-05-01"	24
"gc:nmbssncb:000239"	"2026-05-03"	"2026-05-23"	19
"gc:nmbssncb:000239"	"2026-05-25"	"2026-09-26"	123
"gc:nmbssncb:000240"	"2026-02-08"	"2026-03-14"	33
"gc:nmbssncb:000240"	"2026-03-15"	"2026-04-25"	40
"gc:nmbssncb:000240"	"2026-04-26"	"2026-07-25"	89
"gc:nmbssncb:000240"	"2026-08-09"	"2026-09-05"	26

unknown_column INFO 1

unknown_column

A column name is unknown.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file.	fieldName (?) The name of the unknown column.	index (?) The index of the faulty column.
"feed_info.txt"	"feed_id"	1

unsorted_stop_times INFO 88329

unsorted_stop_times

Stop times are not sorted by trip_id and stop_sequence.

'stop_times.txt' entries for a given trip are not sorted by stop_sequence, or are not contiguous in the file.

You can see more about this notice here.

Only the first 50 of 88329 affected records are displayed below.

tripId (?) The faulty record's trip_id.	startCsvRowNumber (?) CSV row number of the first stop_times entry for this trip.	endCsvRowNumber (?) CSV row number of the last stop_times entry for this trip.
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8821402:8872009:49:1908:20260130:1"	368308	368356
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8821402:8872009:49:1908:20260130:2"	368357	368405
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8821402:8872009:49:1908:20260130:3"	368406	368576
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8821006:8822715:10:1153:20260618"	1171935	1171944
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:G71::8895505:8892007:12:1056:20260306"	1928456	1928467
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8872009:8819406:20:1813:20261211:3"	1759723	1759742
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8872009:8819406:20:1813:20261211:4"	1759743	1759762
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8892007:8833001:11:1839:20261106"	1029233	1029243
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8891405:8831765:16:1218:20260809:1"	911089	911104
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8872009:8819406:20:1813:20261211:1"	1759683	1759702
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8891405:8831765:16:1218:20260809:2"	911105	911120
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8872009:8819406:20:1813:20261211:2"	1759703	1759722
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8891553:8822004:28:1827:20261211:1"	1352240	1352267
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8891553:8822004:28:1827:20261211:2"	1352268	1352295
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8814209:8833001:20:1520:20260525"	1736145	1736164
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:100::8400530:8814001:24:2017:20260329"	1772165	1772188
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8811601:8872009:12:2321:20260227"	77637	77648
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8819406:8811007:4:658:20260823"	177807	177966
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:G70::8892908:8893708:15:2147:20261004"	1918140	1918154
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:070::8872009:8822004:26:613:20261106"	1466363	1466388
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8841608:8881000:13:2121:20260814:1"	539643	539655
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8831005:8821006:25:2011:20260118"	387491	387515
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8841608:8881000:13:2121:20260814:2"	539656	539668
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:A72::8821006:8832409:13:1822:20261212"	1823142	1823154
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8872009:8821006:13:1320:20260517"	709057	709069
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:075::8814308:8822004:15:1241:20260628"	1577927	1577941
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8884004:8841673:19:1343:20260614:1"	811060	811078
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8884004:8841673:19:1343:20260614:2"	811079	811097
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8814001:8821006:17:2503:20260705:1"	1162808	1162824
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8865300:8863008:15:1408:20260310:1"	1304908	1304922
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8865300:8863008:15:1408:20260310:2"	1304923	1304937
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:C71::8871308:8872009:13:1208:20260113"	1884057	1884069
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8814001:8821006:17:2503:20260705:2"	1162825	1162841
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:078::8811304:8895208:18:1905:20260315"	1600943	1600960
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8814001:8821006:17:2503:20260705:3"	1162842	1162858
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8814001:8821006:17:2503:20260705:4"	1162859	1162875
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8895505:8881505:18:1052:20260614"	1363677	1363694
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:070::8821121:8814209:32:1356:20260411"	1460867	1460898
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8872009:8821006:13:1320:20260525"	709070	709082
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8833001:8831765:11:2420:20260424:1"	1222967	1222977
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8821006:8872009:14:928:20261101"	308082	308095
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8833001:8831765:11:2420:20260424:2"	1222978	1222988
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8833001:8831765:11:2420:20260424:3"	1222989	1222999
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8819406:8872009:28:2322:20260123"	1748477	1748504
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:071::8833001:8883006:24:840:20260329:1"	1501116	1501139
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:071::8833001:8883006:24:840:20260329:2"	1501140	1501163
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:079::8833001:8814209:20:1827:20261106"	1651887	1651906
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8814001:8200100:16:1049:20260624:1"	81818	81833
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8814001:8200100:16:1049:20260624:2"	81834	81849
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8863008:8896008:43:1852:20260423:2"	658280	658322