Method 7: Elevator / Elevator Incidents

Description: Returns elevator and escalator statuses as they appear on the Public Information Displays throughout the transit system.

Examples

url (REST) : http://api.wmata.com/Incidents.svc/ElevatorIncidents?StationCode=A01&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

url (JSON): http://api.wmata.com/Incidents.svc/json/ElevatorIncidents?StationCode=A01&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Response example (REST):

<ElevatorIncidentsResp xmlns="http://www.wmata.com" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <ElevatorIncidents>
    <ElevatorIncident>
      <DateOutOfServ>2010-07-27T00:00:00</DateOutOfServ>
      <DateUpdated>2010-07-28T00:26:27</DateUpdated>
      <DisplayOrder>9</DisplayOrder>
      <LocationDescription>Escalator between street and mezzanine</LocationDescription>
      <StationCode>A01</StationCode>
      <StationName>METRO CENTER, G and 13th St Entrance</StationName>
      <SymptomCode>3430</SymptomCode>
      <SymptomDescription>CALLBACK/REPAIR</SymptomDescription>
      <TimeOutOfService>1414</TimeOutOfService>
      <UnitName>A01W01</UnitName>
      <UnitStatus>C</UnitStatus>
      <UnitType>ESCALATOR</UnitType>
    </ElevatorIncident>
  </ElevatorIncidents>
</ElevatorIncidentsResp>

Description of response fields:

  • DisplayOrder - display priority
  • DateOutOfServ - Date when elevator/escalator was switched off.
  • DateUpdated - the time when the information was last received.
  • Location Description - Location of elevator/escalator.
  • StationCode - ID of the station affected by the escalator/elevator incident. Stations are referenced by codes. See Stations method to find station names.
  • StationName - Name of the station affected by the escalator/elevator incident.
  • SymptomCode - ID of the reason why elevator/escalator was switched off.
  • SymptomDescritpion - Information why elevator/escalator was switched off.
  • TimeOutOfService - minutes out of service to the moment of DateUpdated.
  • UnitName - ID of the affected elevator/escalator.
  • UnitStatus - can be "C" or "O". O = Out of service (has open issues). C = Operational (open issues were closed).
  • UnitType - "ESCALATOR" or "ELEVATOR"

version 17 as of 1 year ago by Wmata Admin

9 Comments

  1. Agile Media Ventures – 2 years ago

    What does the "C" and "O" in UnitStatus represent?

  2. Agile Media Ventures – 2 years ago

    It would be helpful for the response to include the rail station where the customer should ride to pick up a shuttle bus.

  3. Kevin Cole – 2 years ago

    "C" = closed, "O" = opened, perhaps?

    (Given that "elevator" and "escalator" get spelled out, I'm not sure what the incentive is to abbreviate UnitStatus to a single letter is...)

  4. Peter Shashkin – 2 years ago

    Its vise versa actually "C" - issues are <b>closed</b> "O" - has <b>open</b> issues (meaning not working right). We will update docs

  5. christophe – 2 years ago

    Because you have a service providing entrances for each station and an ID for each entrance, wouldn't it be possible to provide the entrance ID for an elevator incident.

  6. Peter Shashkin – 2 years ago

    we dont have this info available right now, but - considering that most (all?) stations have exactly one elevator how useful would it be to have an id for that elevator

  7. christophe – 2 years ago

    I agree for the elevators but you are also providing info for escalators too that's why I was asking about entrance info.
    Also, the API does not seem to be returning real data right now

  8. Jim Stone – 2 years ago

    Does an escalator outage indicate that the escalator is blocked off or merely stopped?

  9. Wmata Admin – 1 year ago

    Jim - Sorry for late response - this means it is not moving, or worse. You can not tell if it is blocked or not, unless you look into description fields, and its says it right there

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