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viarail — Source Data Validation Report

This report was generated by the Canonical GTFS Schedule validator, version 7.1.0 at 2026-03-27T15:45:48Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/viarail_4049eb47.zip. No country code was provided.

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Summary

Agencies included

VIA Rail
- website: https://www.viarail.ca
- phone number: 1 888 VIA-RAIL
- email: Not provided

Feed Info

Publisher Name:
VIA Rail Canada inc.: Publisher URL:
https://www.viarail.ca/: Feed Email:
dev@viarail.ca: Feed Language:
English: Feed Start Date:
2026-03-18: Feed End Date:
2026-07-18: Service Window:
2024-01-01 to 2030-12-31 (?) 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
frequencies.txt
routes.txt
shapes.txt
stop_times.txt
stops.txt
ticketing_deep_links.txt
ticketing_identifiers.txt
trips.txt

Counts

Agencies: 1
Blocks: 0
Routes: 19
Shapes: 83
Stops: 388
Trips: 83

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

ShapesFrequenciesFeed InformationRoute ColorsHeadsignsStops Wheelchair AccessibilityLocation Types

Specification Compliance report

9 notices reported (0 errors, 4 warnings, 5 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total

missing_recommended_field WARNING 1

missing_recommended_field

A recommended field is missing.

The given field has no value in some input row, even though values are recommended.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the faulty file.	csvRowNumber (?) The row of the faulty record.	fieldName (?) The name of the missing field.
"feed_info.txt"	2	"feed_version"

missing_timepoint_value WARNING 3

missing_timepoint_value

stop_times.timepoint value is missing for a record.

When at least one of stop_times.arrival_time or stop_times.departure_time are provided, stop_times.timepoint should be defined

You can see more about this notice here.

csvRowNumber (?) The row number of the faulty record.	tripId (?) The faulty record's `stop_times.trip_id`.	stopSequence (?) The faulty record's `stop_times.stop_sequence`.
1306	"554"	1
1307	"554"	2
1308	"554"	3

unknown_column INFO 3

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.
"agency.txt"	"ticketing_deep_link_id"	8
"trips.txt"	"ticketing_trip_id"	8
"stop_times.txt"	"ticketing_type"	11

unknown_file INFO 2

unknown_file

A file is unknown.

You can see more about this notice here.

filename (?) The name of the unknown file.
"ticketing_identifiers.txt"
"ticketing_deep_links.txt"