Method 3: Rail Station Info

Description: Returns descriptive information about a single station.

Examples

url (REST) : http://api.wmata.com/Rail.svc/StationInfo?StationCode=A10&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY - returns the description of station A10

url (JSON): http://api.wmata.com/Rail.svc/json/JStationInfo?StationCode=A10&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Response example (REST):

<Station xmlns="http://www.wmata.com" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <Code>C01</Code>
      <Lat>38.8983144732</Lat>
      <LineCode1>BL</LineCode1>
      <LineCode2>OR</LineCode2>
      <LineCode3 i:nil="true"/>
      <LineCode4 i:nil="true"/>
      <Lon>-77.0280779971</Lon>
      <Name>Metro Center</Name>
      <StationTogether1>A01</StationTogether1>
      <StationTogether2/>
</Station>

Description of response fields:

• Code - The code associated with a specific station.
• Name - The name of the station.
• Lat - The latitude of the station.
• Lon - The longitude of the station.
• LineCode1 - The code that indicates which line the station is associated with. Can be RD, BL, YL, OR, GR
• LineCode2 - If a station serves two lines this field will indicate the code of the second line.
• LineCode3 - Unused.
• LineCode4 - Unused.
• StationTogether1 - Due to the presence of multi-level track platforms, the Metro Center, L'Enfant Plaza, Gallery Pl / Chinatown and Fort Totten locations have two station codes associated with them. In the case of any of these stations, StationTogether1 will return the alternative code for the station.
• StationTogether2 - Unused.