Station Location
Details about where a station is located

This endpoint returns the location details of a station. The information includes the various codes used to refer to the station and it's location on a map.

Please make certain you have read the Conditions of use before using this API.

The output of this endpoint is either a JSON object or null if no station exists for a specified 3Alpha/CRS code.

name

The stations name

crs

The 3Alpha/CRS code

stanox

nalcoo

nlccheck

caps

tiplocs

Array of tiploc codes for this station

osgb

Array of OSGB coordinates

wgs84

Array of Latitude/longitude coordinates

The osgb (Ordnance Surveu) and wgs84 (Latitude/Longitude) arrays show the coordinates of the station, based on a Tiploc. As a station can have more than one, the same goes for the coordinates.

tiploc

The tiploc of this location

easting

OSGB grid reference, X axis

northing

OSGB grid reference, Y axis

longitude

Longitude +ve degrees East, -ve degrees West

latitude

Latitude, +ve degrees North

$ curl -s http://api.area51.onl/rail/1/station/MDE/location | jq '.' 
{
  "name": "Maidstone East",
  "crs": "MDE",
  "stanox": 89403,
  "nalco": 511500,
  "nlccheck": "Q",
  "caps": 32,
  "tiplocs": [
    "MSTONEE"
  ],
  "osgb": [
    {
      "tiploc": "MSTONEE",
      "easting": 575949,
      "northing": 156206
    }
  ],
  "wgs84": [
    {
      "tiploc": "MSTONEE",
      "longitude": 0.520249,
      "latitude": 51.2776
    }
  ]
}