Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/pt_assistant/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/pt_assistant/validation/RouteChecker.java
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/pt_assistant/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/pt_assistant/validation/RouteChecker.java	(revision 33507)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/pt_assistant/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/pt_assistant/validation/RouteChecker.java	(revision 33508)
@@ -142,38 +142,42 @@
     protected boolean performFromToTagsTest() {
 
+        if (manager.getPTStopCount() == 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        boolean foundError = false;
+
         String from = relation.get("from");
+        if (from != null) {
+            from = from.toLowerCase();
+            PTStop stop = manager.getFirstStop();
+            OsmPrimitive primitive = checkPTStopName(stop, from);
+
+            if (primitive != null) {
+                Builder builder = TestError.builder(this.test, Severity.WARNING,
+                        PTAssistantValidatorTest.ERROR_CODE_FROM_TO_ROUTE_TAG);
+                builder.message(tr("PT: The name of the first stop does not match the \"from\" tag of the route relation"));
+                builder.primitives(primitive, relation);
+                TestError e = builder.build();
+                this.errors.add(e);
+                foundError = true;
+            }
+        }
+
         String to = relation.get("to");
-        if (from == null || to == null || manager.getPTStopCount() == 0) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        from = from.toLowerCase();
-        to = to.toLowerCase();
-
-        boolean foundError = false;
-        PTStop stop = manager.getFirstStop();
-        OsmPrimitive primitive = checkPTStopName(stop, from);
-
-        if (primitive != null) {
-            Builder builder = TestError.builder(this.test, Severity.WARNING,
-                    PTAssistantValidatorTest.ERROR_CODE_FROM_TO_ROUTE_TAG);
-            builder.message(tr("PT: The name of the first stop does not match the \"from\" tag of the route relation"));
-            builder.primitives(primitive, relation);
-            TestError e = builder.build();
-            this.errors.add(e);
-            foundError = true;
-        }
-
-        stop = manager.getLastStop();
-        primitive = checkPTStopName(stop, to);
-
-        if (primitive != null) {
-            Builder builder = TestError.builder(this.test, Severity.WARNING,
-                    PTAssistantValidatorTest.ERROR_CODE_FROM_TO_ROUTE_TAG);
-            builder.message(tr("PT: The name of the last stop does not match the \"to\" tag of the route relation"));
-            builder.primitives(primitive, relation);
-            TestError e = builder.build();
-            this.errors.add(e);
-            foundError = true;
+        if (to != null) {
+            to = to.toLowerCase();
+            PTStop stop = manager.getLastStop();
+            OsmPrimitive primitive = checkPTStopName(stop, to);
+
+            if (primitive != null) {
+                Builder builder = TestError.builder(this.test, Severity.WARNING,
+                        PTAssistantValidatorTest.ERROR_CODE_FROM_TO_ROUTE_TAG);
+                builder.message(tr("PT: The name of the last stop does not match the \"to\" tag of the route relation"));
+                builder.primitives(primitive, relation);
+                TestError e = builder.build();
+                this.errors.add(e);
+                foundError = true;
+            }
         }
 
@@ -226,12 +230,11 @@
     //it returns null if the names match
     private OsmPrimitive checkPTStopName(PTStop stop, String name) {
-        OsmPrimitive primitive = null;
         List<String> toCheck = new ArrayList<>();
-        if (stop.getPlatform() != null) {
-            primitive = stop.getPlatform();
+        OsmPrimitive primitive = stop.getPlatform();
+        if (primitive != null) {
             toCheck.addAll(getPrimitiveNameTags(primitive));
         }
-        if (toCheck.isEmpty() && stop.getStopPosition() != null) {
-            primitive = stop.getStopPosition();
+        primitive = stop.getStopPosition();
+        if (toCheck.isEmpty() && primitive != null) {
             toCheck.addAll(getPrimitiveNameTags(primitive));
         }
@@ -239,9 +242,10 @@
         for (String value : toCheck) {
             if (value.equals(name)) {
-                return primitive;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return null;
+                //if one of the names matches, return null
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return primitive;
     }