Rail Station Information
Rail line and station information, including locations, fares, times, and parking.
JSON - Station Timings
Description
Returns opening and scheduled first/last train times based on a given StationCode. Omit the StationCode to return timing information for all stations.
Note that for stations with multiple platforms (e.g.: Metro Center, L'Enfant Plaza, etc.), a distinct call is required for each StationCode to retrieve the full set of train times at such stations.
Response Elements
Element | Description |
---|---|
StationTimes | Array containing station timing information (StationTime). |
Code | Station code for this station. Use this value in other rail-related APIs to retrieve data about a station. |
StationName | Full name of the station. |
*Day Elements | Container elements containing timing information based on day of the week. |
OpeningTime | Station opening time. Format is HH:mm. |
FirstTrains | Structure containing first train information. |
LastTrains | Structure containing last train information. |
Time | First train leaves the station at this time. Format is HH:mm. |
DestinationStation | Station code for the train's destination. Use this value in other rail-related APIs to retrieve data about a station. |
Time | Last train leaves the station at this time. Format is HH:mm. Note that when the time is AM, it signifies the next day. For example, a value of 02:30 under a Saturday element means the last train leaves on Sunday at 2:30 AM. |
DestinationStation | Station code for the train's destination. Use this value in other rail-related APIs to retrieve data about a station. |
Request URL
Request parameters
(optional)
string
Station code. Use the Station List method to return a list of all station codes.
Request headers
Request body
Response 200
Default response code.
{
"StationTimes": [
{
"Code": "E10",
"StationName": "Greenbelt",
"Monday": {
"OpeningTime": "04:50",
"FirstTrains": [
{
"Time": "05:00",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
],
"LastTrains": [
{
"Time": "23:30",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
]
},
"Tuesday": {
"OpeningTime": "04:50",
"FirstTrains": [
{
"Time": "05:00",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
],
"LastTrains": [
{
"Time": "23:30",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
]
},
"Wednesday": {
"OpeningTime": "04:50",
"FirstTrains": [
{
"Time": "05:00",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
],
"LastTrains": [
{
"Time": "23:30",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
]
},
"Thursday": {
"OpeningTime": "04:50",
"FirstTrains": [
{
"Time": "05:00",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
],
"LastTrains": [
{
"Time": "23:30",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
]
},
"Friday": {
"OpeningTime": "04:50",
"FirstTrains": [
{
"Time": "05:00",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
],
"LastTrains": [
{
"Time": "02:30",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
]
},
"Saturday": {
"OpeningTime": "06:50",
"FirstTrains": [
{
"Time": "07:00",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
],
"LastTrains": [
{
"Time": "02:30",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
]
},
"Sunday": {
"OpeningTime": "06:50",
"FirstTrains": [
{
"Time": "07:00",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
],
"LastTrains": [
{
"Time": "23:30",
"DestinationStation": "F11"
}
]
}
}
]
}
Code samples
@ECHO OFF
curl -v -X GET "https://api.wmata.com/Rail.svc/json/jStationTimes?StationCode=E10"
-H "api_key: {subscription key}"
--data-ascii "{body}"
using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;
namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
static class Program
{
static void Main()
{
MakeRequest();
Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
Console.ReadLine();
}
static async void MakeRequest()
{
var client = new HttpClient();
var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
// Request headers
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("api_key", "{subscription key}");
// Request parameters
queryString["StationCode"] = "E10";
var uri = "https://api.wmata.com/Rail.svc/json/jStationTimes?" + queryString;
var response = await client.GetAsync(uri);
}
}
}
// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
public class JavaSample
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();
try
{
URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://api.wmata.com/Rail.svc/json/jStationTimes");
builder.setParameter("StationCode", "E10");
URI uri = builder.build();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet(uri);
request.setHeader("api_key", "{subscription key}");
// Request body
StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
request.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
if (entity != null)
{
System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JSSample</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
var params = {
"api_key": "{subscription key}",
// Request parameters
"StationCode": "E10",
};
$.ajax({
url: "https://api.wmata.com/Rail.svc/json/jStationTimes?" + $.param(params),
type: "GET",
})
.done(function(data) {
alert("success");
})
.fail(function() {
alert("error");
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
NSString* path = @"https://api.wmata.com/Rail.svc/json/jStationTimes";
NSArray* array = @[
// Request parameters
@"entities=true",
@"StationCode=E10",
];
NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];
NSLog(@"%@", path);
NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
[_request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
// Request headers
[_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"api_key"];
// Request body
[_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
NSURLResponse *response = nil;
NSError *error = nil;
NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];
if (nil != error)
{
NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
}
else
{
NSError* error = nil;
NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
if (nil != _connectionData)
{
json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
}
if (error || !json)
{
NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
}
NSLog(@"%@", json);
_connectionData = nil;
}
[pool drain];
return 0;
}
<?php
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new Http_Request2('https://api.wmata.com/Rail.svc/json/jStationTimes');
$url = $request->getUrl();
$headers = array(
// Request headers
'api_key' => '{subscription key}',
);
$request->setHeader($headers);
$parameters = array(
// Request parameters
'StationCode' => 'E10',
);
$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");
try
{
$response = $request->send();
echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
echo $ex;
}
?>
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64
headers = {
# Request headers
'api_key': '{subscription key}',
}
params = urllib.urlencode({
# Request parameters
'StationCode': 'E10',
})
try:
conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.wmata.com')
conn.request("GET", "/Rail.svc/json/jStationTimes?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
data = response.read()
print(data)
conn.close()
except Exception as e:
print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))
####################################
########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64
headers = {
# Request headers
'api_key': '{subscription key}',
}
params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
# Request parameters
'StationCode': 'E10',
})
try:
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.wmata.com')
conn.request("GET", "/Rail.svc/json/jStationTimes?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
data = response.read()
print(data)
conn.close()
except Exception as e:
print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))
####################################
require 'net/http'
uri = URI('https://api.wmata.com/Rail.svc/json/jStationTimes')
query = URI.encode_www_form({
# Request parameters
'StationCode' => 'E10'
})
if uri.query && uri.query.length > 0
uri.query += '&' + query
else
uri.query = query
end
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['api_key'] = '{subscription key}'
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
http.request(request)
end
puts response.body