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).
StationTime Elements
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.
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/etc. Elements
OpeningTime Station opening time. Format is HH:mm.
FirstTrains Structure containing first train information.
LastTrains Structure containing last train information.
FirstTrains Elements
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.
LastTrains Elements
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.

Try it

Request URL

Request parameters

(optional)
string

Station code. Use the Station List method to return a list of all station codes.

Request headers

string
Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile.

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