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Deutsche Bahn Public Transport API

The public endpoint is 2.db.transport.rest. This API returns data in the Friendly Public Transport Format 1.2.0.

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all routes

• GET /stations?query=…
• GET /stations
• GET /stations/:id/departures
• GET /journeys
• GET /locations

GET /stations?query=…

Passes all parameters into db-stations-autocomplete.

• query: Required.
• completion: true/false – Default is true
• fuzzy: true/false – Default is false

Content-Type: application/json

examples

curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/stations?query=jungfernheide'
# note the typo
curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/stations?query=jungfernhiede&fuzzy=true'

GET /stations

Passes all parameters into db-stations.

• id: Filter by ID.
• name: Filter by name.
• coordinates.latitude: Filter by latitude.
• coordinates.longitude: Filter by longitude.
• weight: Filter by weight.

Content-Type: application/x-ndjson

examples

curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/stations?name=hannover&coordinates.latitude=52.3765387'

GET /stations/all

Dumps full.json from vbb-stations.

Content-Type: application/json

examples

curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/stations/all'

GET /stations/:id/departures

Returns departures at a station.

Note: As stated in the Friendly Public Transport Format 1.2.0, the returned departure and arrival times include the current delay.

Passes all parameters into departures(…) from db-hafas.

• when: A UNIX timestamp or anything parsable by parse-messy-time. Default: now.
• duration: Show departures for the next n minutes. Default: 10.

Content-Type: application/json

examples

curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/stations/008011160/departures?when=tomorrow%206pm'

GET /journeys

Output from require('db-hafas').journeys(…). Start location and end location must be either in station format or in POI/address format (you can mix them).

Note: As stated in the Friendly Public Transport Format 1.2.0, the returned departure and arrival times include the current delay.

station format

• from: Required. Station ID (e.g. 008011162).
• to: Required. Station ID (e.g. 008011162).

POI format

• from.latitude/to.latitude: Required. Latitude (e.g. 52.543333).
• from.longitude/to.longitude: Required. Longitude (e.g. 13.351686).
• from.name/to.name: Name of the locality (e.g. Atze Musiktheater).
• from.id/to.id: Required. POI ID (e.g. 991598902).

address format

• from.latitude/to.latitude: Required. Latitude (e.g. 52.543333).
• from.longitude/to.longitude: Required. Longitude (e.g. 13.351686).
• from.address/to.address: Required. Address (e.g. Voltastr. 17).

other parameters

• departure/arrival: A UNIX timestamp or anything parsable by parse-messy-time. Default: now. Use either departure or arrival.
• earlierThan: By passing an identifier from another query, get earlier journeys than before. Mutually exlusive with laterThan, departure & arrival.
• laterThan: By passing an identifier from another query, get later journeys than before. Mutually exclusive with earlierThan, departure & arrival.
• results: Maximum number of results. Default: 5.
• via: Station ID. Default: null.
• stopovers: Return stations on the way? Default: false.
• transfers: Maximum number of transfers. Default: 5.
• transferTime: Minimum time in minutes for a single transfer. Default: 0.
• accessibility: Possible values: partial, complete. Default: none.
• bike: Return only bike-friendly journeys. Default: false.
• tickets: Return information about available tickets. Default: false.
• language: Language to get results in. Default: en.
• polylines: Return a shape for each leg? Default: false.
• remarks: Parse & expose hints & warnings? Default: true.
• startWithWalking: Consider walking to nearby stations at the beginning of a journey? Default: true.
• scheduledDays: Parse which days each journey is valid on? Default: false.

You can filter by means of transportation using these parameters:

• taxi: Include taxis? Default: false.
• tram: Include trams? Default: true.
• ferry: Include ferries? Default: true.
• bus: Include buses? Default: true.
• subway: Include U-Bahn trains? Default: true.
• suburban: Include S-Bahn trains? Default: true.
• regional: Include RB/ODEG trains? Default: true.
• regionalExp: Include RE/ODEG trains? Default: true.
• national: Include [IC/EC trains](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercity_(Deutsche_Bahn)? Default: true.
• nationalExp: Include ICE trains? Default: true.

Content-Type: application/json

examples

curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/journeys?from=008011162&to=008000281'
curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/journeys?from=008004158&to.id=991598902&to.name=Atze%20Musiktheater&to.latitude=52.543333&to.longitude=13.351686'
curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/journeys?from=…&to=…&results=3&bus=false&tickets=true'

GET /locations

Output from require('db-hafas').locations(…)

• query: Required. (e.g. Alexanderplatz)
• results: How many stations shall be shown? Default: 10.
• stations: Show stations? Default: true.
• poi: Show points of interest? Default: true.
• addresses: Show addresses? Default: true.

Content-Type: application/json

examples

curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/locations?query=Alexanderplatz'
curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/locations?query=Pestalozzistra%C3%9Fe%2082%2C%20Berlin&poi=false&stations=false'

GET /radar

• north: Required. Northern latitude.
• west: Required. Western longtidue.
• south: Required. Southern latitude.
• east: Required. Eastern longtidue.
• results: How many vehicles shall be shown? Default: 256.
• duration: Compute frames for how many seconds? Default: 30.
• frames: Number of frames to compute. Default: 3.

Content-Type: application/json

examples

curl 'https://2.db.transport.rest/radar?north=52.52411&west=13.41002&south=52.51942&east=13.41709'