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Why Additional Files?

You can better control timetable generation by adding some additional, non-standard .txt files to your GTFS.

Controlling timetable output​

By default, GTFS-to-HTML attempts to generate a timetable for each route and direction present in a GTFS file. However, greater control over which routes, directions and days of the week should be built into timetables is possible by adding timetables.txt, timetable_pages.txt and timetable_stop_order.txt files to an your GTFS.

  • timetables.txt - Specifies which HTML timetables should be built based on route_id, direction_id, days of the week and a date range. Often, this is the only additional file you'll need.
  • timetable_stop_order.txt - Specifies the stop order that should be used for timetables.
  • timetable_pages.txt - Specifies which HTML timetables should be grouped together into a single HTML page.

Adding notes to timetables​

Notes about a specific trip, stop, stoptime, route or timetable can be added to timetables by using timetable_notes.txt and timetable_notes_references.txt in your GTFS. These notes can include links and other formatting using Markdown syntax.

Additional info about a stop​

Additional information about a stop can be added using stop_attributes.txt in your GTFS.