diff --git a/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/gtfs/GtfsConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/gtfs/GtfsConverter.java
index d5c1cea..02a9c5a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/gtfs/GtfsConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/gtfs/GtfsConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.matsim.contrib.gtfs;
 
+import java.text.Normalizer;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ public void convert(){
 		activeTrips.stream().map(trip -> feed.routes.get(trip.route_id)).distinct().forEach(route -> {
 			TransitLine tl = ts.getFactory().createTransitLine(getReadableTransitLineId(route));
 			ts.addTransitLine(tl);
+			tl.getAttributes().putAttribute("gtfs_agency_id", String.valueOf(route.agency_id));
+			tl.getAttributes().putAttribute("gtfs_route_type", String.valueOf(route.route_type));
+			tl.getAttributes().putAttribute("gtfs_route_short_name", 
+					Normalizer.normalize(route.route_short_name, Normalizer.Form.NFD).replaceAll("[^\\p{ASCII}]", "")); // replaces non ascii symbols
 		});
 
 		this.convertTrips(activeTrips);
@@ -218,7 +223,11 @@ private Id<TransitLine> getReadableTransitLineId(Trip trip) {
 	}
 	
 	private Id<TransitLine> getReadableTransitLineId(Route route) {
-		return Id.create(route.route_short_name == null ? "XXX---" + route.route_id : route.route_short_name + "---" + route.route_id, TransitLine.class);
+		String asciiShortName = "XXX"; 
+		if (route.route_short_name != null && route.route_short_name.length() > 0) {
+			asciiShortName = Normalizer.normalize(route.route_short_name, Normalizer.Form.NFD).replaceAll("[^\\p{ASCII}]", "");
+		}
+		return Id.create(asciiShortName + "---" + route.route_id, TransitLine.class);
 	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/gtfs/GtfsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/gtfs/GtfsTest.java
index e104d3a..7334766 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/gtfs/GtfsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/gtfs/GtfsTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import org.matsim.pt.transitSchedule.api.TransitRouteStop;
 import org.matsim.pt.transitSchedule.api.TransitSchedule;
 import org.matsim.pt.transitSchedule.api.TransitScheduleReader;
+import org.matsim.pt.transitSchedule.api.TransitStopFacility;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 
@@ -44,15 +45,19 @@ private void compareTransitSchedules(MutableScenario sc1, MutableScenario sc2) {
 		TransitSchedule ts1 = sc1.getTransitSchedule();
 		TransitSchedule ts2 = sc2.getTransitSchedule();
 		Assert.assertEquals(ts1.getFacilities().size(), ts2.getFacilities().size());
-		for(Id stopId: ts1.getFacilities().keySet()){
+		for(Id<TransitStopFacility> stopId: ts1.getFacilities().keySet()){
 			Assert.assertEquals(ts1.getFacilities().get(stopId).getName(), ts2.getFacilities().get(stopId).getName());
 			Assert.assertEquals(ts1.getFacilities().get(stopId).getCoord(), ts2.getFacilities().get(stopId).getCoord());
 			Assert.assertEquals(ts1.getFacilities().get(stopId).getLinkId(), ts2.getFacilities().get(stopId).getLinkId());
 		}
 		Assert.assertEquals(ts1.getTransitLines().size(), ts2.getTransitLines().size());
-		for(Id lineId: ts1.getTransitLines().keySet()){
+		for(Id<TransitLine> lineId: ts1.getTransitLines().keySet()){
 			Assert.assertEquals(ts1.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getRoutes().size(), ts1.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getRoutes().size());
-			for(Id routeId: ts1.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getRoutes().keySet()){
+			Assert.assertEquals(ts1.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getAttributes().getAttribute("gtfs_agency_id"), ts2.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getAttributes().getAttribute("gtfs_agency_id"));
+			Assert.assertEquals(ts1.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getAttributes().getAttribute("gtfs_route_type"), ts2.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getAttributes().getAttribute("gtfs_route_type"));
+			Assert.assertEquals(ts1.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getAttributes().getAttribute("gtfs_route_short_name"), ts2.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getAttributes().getAttribute("gtfs_route_short_name"));
+			
+			for(Id<TransitRoute> routeId: ts1.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getRoutes().keySet()){
 				TransitRoute tr1 = ts1.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getRoutes().get(routeId);
 				TransitRoute tr2 = ts2.getTransitLines().get(lineId).getRoutes().get(routeId);
 				Assert.assertEquals(tr1.getStops().size(), tr2.getStops().size());
diff --git a/test/input/transitSchedule.xml b/test/input/transitSchedule.xml
index f0b2045..10284e1 100644
--- a/test/input/transitSchedule.xml
+++ b/test/input/transitSchedule.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE transitSchedule SYSTEM "http://www.matsim.org/files/dtd/transitSchedule_v1.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE transitSchedule SYSTEM "http://www.matsim.org/files/dtd/transitSchedule_v2.dtd">
 
 <transitSchedule>
 	<transitStops>
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 		<stopFacility id="TEST_STOP_2" x="-116.751677" y="36.915682" name="GTFS TEST STOP 2"/>
 	</transitStops>
 	<transitLine id="Test Route---TEST_ROUTE">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="gtfs_agency_id" class="java.lang.String" >Unitrans</attribute>
+			<attribute name="gtfs_route_short_name" class="java.lang.String" >Test Route</attribute>
+			<attribute name="gtfs_route_type" class="java.lang.String" >3</attribute>
+		</attributes>
+
 		<transitRoute id="Test Route---TEST_ROUTE_0">
 			<transportMode>bus</transportMode>
 			<routeProfile>
@@ -42,4 +48,4 @@
 			</departures>
 		</transitRoute>
 	</transitLine>
-</transitSchedule>
\ No newline at end of file
+</transitSchedule>