Commuter rail stop_names in GTFS

[Developer at MBTA]

Hello all,

It has come to our attention that the names of commuter rail stops in our GTFS feed are not treated consistently when the name contains a slash. For example, the Anderson/Woburn stop has a stop_name value of "Anderson/ Woburn" (with a space after the slash but not before), while the Littleton/Rte 495 stop has a stop_name of "Littleton / Rte 495" (with spaces before and after the slash).

In the interests of consistency, as well as improving formatting, in the upcoming GTFS file we will not use any spaces before or after a slash in a stop_name value. The changed stop_names are listed at the bottom of this post.

Please note: stop_id values will NOT be changed, so as to protect any hard-coded references to specific stops. Only stop_names will change.

The following are the stop_names that will change:

Anderson/ Woburn -> Anderson/Woburn

Brandeis/ Roberts -> Brandeis/Roberts

Forge Park / 495 -> Forge Park/495

Four Corners / Geneva -> Four Corners/Geneva

Hamilton/ Wenham -> Hamilton/Wenham

Holbrook/ Randolph -> Holbrook/Randolph

Littleton / Rte 495 -> Littleton/Rte 495

Middleborough/ Lakeville -> Middleborough/Lakeville

River Works / GE Employees Only -> River Works/GE Employees Only

Weymouth Landing/ East Braintree -> Weymouth Landing/East Braintree

Please let us know if you see any problems with this.

Developer@MBTA