---
id: "gtfs_location_type"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["transport"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 75
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/gtfs_location_type"
---

# GTFS stop location type (`gtfs_location_type`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Value of the location_type field of a GTFS stops.txt file, which tells what kind of place a row describes: 0 or empty for a stop or platform, 1 for a station, 2 for a station entrance or exit, 3 for a generic node inside a station and 4 for a boarding area. The values only mean this in a GTFS feed, so the field name is the evidence.

- Parent datatype: `category`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Transportation (transport)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[0-4]$
```

## Examples

- `0` — Stop or platform
- `1` — Station
- `2` — Entrance or exit
- `4` — Boarding area
- `5` (invalid example) — Not defined by GTFS

## Sources

- doc: <https://gtfs.org/documentation/schedule/reference/>
- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTFS>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/gtfs_location_type.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/transport/gtfs_location_type.yaml>