Validate a static GTFS Schedule feed with MobilityData's Canonical GTFS Validator
domain: github.com/MobilityData · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Get the validator from github.com/MobilityData/gtfs-validator (available as web app, desktop app, CLI jar, or Docker image)
Run it against a local zip or a feed URL to get a full validation report checking file integrity, field types/ranges, and cross-file reference errors
Review the HTML report's categorized rule violations described in the project's RULES.md
Use the hosted web validator at gtfs-validator.mobilitydata.org for one-off checks without installing anything
Wire the CLI/Docker form into CI so every feed publish is validated automatically before going live
Known gotchas
The validator enforces the current canonical GTFS spec; older feeds built against superseded guidance may trigger new errors after a validator upgrade even though the feed itself didn't change
Passing validation confirms spec conformance, not real-world correctness (e.g., a shape that doesn't match the actual road/track can still validate)
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