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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 2026-07-24T19:43:11Z,
for the dataset file:///shared/bel-rail_6bcc0c33.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:
2025-12-20: Feed End Date:
2026-12-12: Service Window:
2025-12-20 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: 86279
Routes: 1801
Shapes: 0
Stops: 2895
Trips: 134809

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

226626 notices reported (0 errors, 68785 warnings, 157841 infos)

Notice Code Severity Total

expired_calendar WARNING 17159

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 17159 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"
31	"gc:nmbssncb:000029"
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"	"BRAINE-ALLIANCE"	577
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"ERQUELINNES-FRONTIERE"	588
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"ESPLECHIN-FRONTIERE"	589
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"KOLN-EHRENFELD"	609
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"KOLN SUD"	610
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"LORRAINE TGV"	619
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"MEER-GRENS"	627
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"QUEVY-FRONTIERE"	665
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"KOLN-EHRENFELD"	688
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"KOLN SUD"	694
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"LORRAINE TGV"	717
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"BRAINE-ALLIANCE"	1055
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"MEER-GRENS"	1321
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"ERQUELINNES-FRONTIERE"	2203
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"QUEVY-FRONTIERE"	2429
"stops.txt"	"stop_name"	"ESPLECHIN-FRONTIERE"	2432
"trips.txt"	"trip_headsign"	"MEER-GRENS"	74871

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:973"	59	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:1004"	62	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:974"	1754	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:975"	1755	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:976"	1756	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:977"	1757	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:978"	1779	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:979"	1780	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:980"	1782	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:981"	1783	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:982"	1784	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"
"gr:nmbssncb:983"	1785	"#FFCD00"	"#FFFFFF"

service_has_no_active_day_of_the_week WARNING 51593

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 51593 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.
22	"gs:nmbssncb:8882206_BUS"	"La Louvière-Sud"
24	"gs:nmbssncb:8895505_DSP 485"	"Grammont"
25	"gs:nmbssncb:8896800_3"	"Roulers"

big_gap_in_service INFO 65004

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 65004 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:000010"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000014"	"2026-01-27"	"2026-03-09"	40
"gc:nmbssncb:000017"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000018"	"2026-01-28"	"2026-03-11"	41
"gc:nmbssncb:000020"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-10"	38
"gc:nmbssncb:000022"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-11"	39
"gc:nmbssncb:000023"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000033"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000034"	"2026-01-27"	"2026-03-09"	40
"gc:nmbssncb:000037"	"2026-01-30"	"2026-03-09"	37
"gc:nmbssncb:000038"	"2026-01-29"	"2026-03-09"	38
"gc:nmbssncb:000039"	"2026-01-26"	"2026-03-09"	41
"gc:nmbssncb:000042"	"2026-01-29"	"2026-03-10"	39
"gc:nmbssncb:000043"	"2026-01-27"	"2026-03-10"	41
"gc:nmbssncb:000044"	"2026-01-28"	"2026-03-09"	39
"gc:nmbssncb:000059"	"2026-02-01"	"2026-03-14"	40
"gc:nmbssncb:000074"	"2026-02-22"	"2026-03-21"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000078"	"2026-02-02"	"2026-03-15"	40
"gc:nmbssncb:000085"	"2026-02-23"	"2026-03-22"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000096"	"2026-02-23"	"2026-03-28"	32
"gc:nmbssncb:000098"	"2026-02-22"	"2026-03-28"	33
"gc:nmbssncb:000102"	"2026-02-22"	"2026-03-28"	33
"gc:nmbssncb:000102"	"2026-03-28"	"2026-07-04"	97
"gc:nmbssncb:000103"	"2026-06-14"	"2026-08-22"	68
"gc:nmbssncb:000104"	"2026-01-25"	"2026-02-28"	33
"gc:nmbssncb:000104"	"2026-03-01"	"2026-03-28"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000109"	"2026-03-22"	"2026-04-06"	14
"gc:nmbssncb:000111"	"2026-04-26"	"2026-09-26"	152
"gc:nmbssncb:000114"	"2026-06-21"	"2026-09-05"	75
"gc:nmbssncb:000115"	"2026-09-20"	"2026-10-17"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000122"	"2026-03-21"	"2026-04-06"	15
"gc:nmbssncb:000127"	"2026-09-20"	"2026-10-24"	33
"gc:nmbssncb:000130"	"2026-03-15"	"2026-05-09"	54
"gc:nmbssncb:000142"	"2026-02-08"	"2026-10-17"	250
"gc:nmbssncb:000157"	"2026-01-25"	"2026-05-16"	110
"gc:nmbssncb:000158"	"2026-01-19"	"2026-04-27"	97
"gc:nmbssncb:000160"	"2026-03-15"	"2026-08-29"	166
"gc:nmbssncb:000170"	"2026-06-08"	"2026-11-16"	160
"gc:nmbssncb:000171"	"2026-08-09"	"2026-09-05"	26
"gc:nmbssncb:000171"	"2026-09-06"	"2026-09-26"	19
"gc:nmbssncb:000183"	"2026-06-07"	"2026-11-14"	159
"gc:nmbssncb:000199"	"2026-06-07"	"2026-11-14"	159
"gc:nmbssncb:000199"	"2026-11-15"	"2026-12-05"	19
"gc:nmbssncb:000201"	"2026-08-09"	"2026-09-26"	47
"gc:nmbssncb:000287"	"2026-03-12"	"2026-04-23"	41
"gc:nmbssncb:000287"	"2026-04-23"	"2026-06-04"	41
"gc:nmbssncb:000311"	"2026-03-08"	"2026-03-28"	19
"gc:nmbssncb:000312"	"2026-06-02"	"2026-07-29"	56
"gc:nmbssncb:000314"	"2026-08-27"	"2026-10-08"	41
"gc:nmbssncb:000323"	"2026-07-19"	"2026-08-29"	40

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 92836

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 92836 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"	395606	395654
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8821402:8872009:49:1908:20260130:2"	395655	395703
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8821402:8872009:49:1908:20260130:3"	395563	395783
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8821006:8822715:10:1153:20260618"	1253816	1253825
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:G71::8895505:8892007:12:1056:20260306"	2044082	2044093
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8872009:8819406:20:1813:20261211:3"	1868422	1868441
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8872009:8819406:20:1813:20261211:4"	1868442	1868461
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8892007:8833001:11:1839:20261106"	1103549	1103559
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8891405:8831765:16:1218:20260809:1"	978158	978173
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8872009:8819406:20:1813:20261211:1"	1868382	1868401
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8891405:8831765:16:1218:20260809:2"	978174	978189
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8872009:8819406:20:1813:20261211:2"	1868402	1868421
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8891553:8822004:28:1827:20261211:1"	1443020	1443047
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8891553:8822004:28:1827:20261211:2"	1443048	1443075
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8814209:8833001:20:1520:20260525"	1843244	1843263
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:100::8400530:8814001:24:2017:20260329"	1881490	1881513
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8811601:8872009:12:2321:20260227"	85772	85783
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:G70::8892908:8893708:15:2147:20261004"	2033139	2033153
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:070::8872009:8822004:26:613:20261106"	1562916	1562972
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8841608:8881000:13:2121:20260814:1"	577797	577809
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8831005:8821006:25:2011:20260118"	415397	415421
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8841608:8881000:13:2121:20260814:2"	577810	577822
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:A72::8821006:8832409:13:1822:20261212"	1934386	1934398
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8872009:8821006:13:1320:20260517"	761044	761056
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:075::8814308:8822004:15:1241:20260628"	1679984	1679998
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8884004:8841673:19:1343:20260614:1"	868519	868537
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8884004:8841673:19:1343:20260614:2"	868538	868556
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8814001:8821006:17:2503:20260705:1"	1243885	1243901
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8865300:8863008:15:1408:20260310:1"	1392552	1392566
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8865300:8863008:15:1408:20260310:2"	1392567	1392581
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:C71::8871308:8872009:13:1208:20260113"	1998173	1998185
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8814001:8821006:17:2503:20260705:2"	1243902	1243918
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:078::8811304:8895208:18:1905:20260315"	1703114	1703131
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8814001:8821006:17:2503:20260705:3"	1243919	1243935
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8814001:8821006:17:2503:20260705:4"	1243936	1243952
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8895505:8881505:18:1052:20260614"	1455543	1455560
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:070::8821121:8814209:32:1356:20260411"	1557295	1557326
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8872009:8821006:13:1320:20260525"	761057	761069
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8833001:8831765:11:2420:20260424:1"	1306510	1306520
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8821006:8872009:14:928:20261101"	330166	330179
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8833001:8831765:11:2420:20260424:2"	1306521	1306531
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:046::8833001:8831765:11:2420:20260424:3"	1306532	1306542
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:097::8819406:8872009:28:2322:20260123"	1856431	1856458
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:071::8833001:8883006:24:840:20260329:1"	1598884	1598907
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:071::8833001:8883006:24:840:20260329:2"	1598908	1598931
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:079::8833001:8814209:20:1827:20261106"	1756578	1756597
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8814001:8200100:16:1049:20260624:1"	90456	90471
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8814001:8200100:16:1049:20260624:2"	90472	90487
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:007::8863008:8896008:43:1852:20260423:2"	706878	706944
"gt:nmbssncb:88____:071::8833001:8883006:24:1040:20260508:1"	1586020	1586043