I am developing an application that consumes SEPTA GTFS, and with other agencies I have been able to make use of the location_type and parent_station fields to represent multiple platforms that are considered to be part of the same station. By doing this, the feed can explicitly link a pair of inbound-outbound platforms, each of which accepts traffic only in one direction, as a single station. Right now, I would have to rely on the inbound and outbound platforms of 30th St. on the MFL to be spelled the same in stops.txt in order for my app to work correctly, but that's definitely a less reliable solution since the platform-to-station relationship can exist without each platform sharing the same name. Is it possible to begin publishing the feed with these fields?
I am developing an application that consumes SEPTA GTFS, and with other agencies I have been able to make use of the
location_typeandparent_stationfields to represent multiple platforms that are considered to be part of the same station. By doing this, the feed can explicitly link a pair of inbound-outbound platforms, each of which accepts traffic only in one direction, as a single station. Right now, I would have to rely on the inbound and outbound platforms of 30th St. on the MFL to be spelled the same in stops.txt in order for my app to work correctly, but that's definitely a less reliable solution since the platform-to-station relationship can exist without each platform sharing the same name. Is it possible to begin publishing the feed with these fields?