Method 14: Bus Schedule by Stop

Description: Returns the bus schedule for a specific bus stop.

Examples

url (REST) : http://api.wmata.com/Bus.svc/StopSchedule?stopId=2000019&date=2010-12-01&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

 url (JSON): http://api.wmata.com/Bus.svc/json/JStopSchedule?stopId=2000019&date=2010-12-01&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Parameters:

stopID - identifier of stop. Required.

date can be empty (default is today).

Response example (REST):

<StopScheduleInfo xmlns="http://www.wmata.com" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <ScheduleArrivals>
    <StopScheduleArrival>
      <DirectionNum>1</DirectionNum>
      <EndTime>2011-01-21T05:17:00</EndTime>
      <RouteID>32</RouteID>
      <ScheduleTime>2011-01-21T04:22:28</ScheduleTime>
      <StartTime>2011-01-21T04:16:00</StartTime>
      <TripDirectionText>EAST</TripDirectionText>
      <TripHeadsign>SOUTHERN AVE STATION</TripHeadsign>
      <TripID>20163_21</TripID>
    </StopScheduleArrival>
    <StopScheduleArrival>
      <DirectionNum>1</DirectionNum>
      <EndTime>2011-01-21T05:26:00</EndTime>
      <RouteID>36</RouteID>
      <ScheduleTime>2011-01-21T04:35:28</ScheduleTime>
      <StartTime>2011-01-21T04:29:00</StartTime>
      <TripDirectionText>EAST</TripDirectionText>
      <TripHeadsign>NAYLOR RD STATION</TripHeadsign>
      <TripID>20169_21</TripID>
    </StopScheduleArrival>
    ...
  </ScheduleArrivals>
  <Stop>
    <Lat>38.94611602</Lat>
    <Lon>-77.07880776</Lon>
    <Name>WISCONSIN AVE NW + TENLEY CIRCLE NW</Name>
    <Routes xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
      <a:string>31</a:string>
      <a:string>32</a:string>
      <a:string>36</a:string>
      <a:string>D32</a:string>
      <a:string>H2</a:string>
      <a:string>H3</a:string>
      <a:string>H4</a:string>
      <a:string>N8</a:string>
    </Routes>
    <StopID>1002442</StopID>
  </Stop>
</StopScheduleInfo>

Description of response fields:

Response contains Stop description and Schedule for this stop.

Stop description contains:

• StopID - BusStop identifier
• Lat - latitude of the BusStop
• Lon - longitude of the BusStop
• Name - name of the BusStop
• Routes - all routes using this stop. Regardless of "date" parameter.

 StopScheduleArrival contains:

•            RouteID - identifier of the route.
•            TripID - identifier of the trip.
•            DirectionNum - trip direction on the route (0 or 1).
•            TripHeadsign - trip headsign.
•            TripDirectionText - name of the direction.
•            StartTime - start time of the trip.
•            EndTime - end time of the trip.
•            ScheduleTime - schedule time for the stop.