A Database of UK Train Stations
This repository contains several files listing all UK railway stations.
Stations listed are only those that can be queried through the National Rail Darwin API.
The dataset was originally from Trainline EU's repository. The sources they used are listed on their GitHub repository.
Contents
Using the dataset
Git submodules
You can clone this Git repository into your own as a 'submodule'. Learn more about Git submodules.
git clone https://github.com/davwheat/uk-railway-stationsNPM
You can also pull the dataset from the NPM registry. The default import is the stations.json file, but you can also import the csv file.
npm i uk-railway-stations
yarn add uk-railway stations
import StationsListJSON from "uk-railway-stations"
import StationsListCSV from "uk-railway-stations/stations.csv"Attribution
Attribution must be provided to myself, Trainline EU, and their sources for this dataset.
This is a limitation of the Open Database License (ODbL). For more info, see LICENSE.
Exceptions in data
Some notable exceptions exist. These are stations/networks that are not included within the data.
- Manchester Metrolink
Fields
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
stationName |
Name of the station as it is locally known. |
lat |
Longitude coordinates as decimal value. |
long |
Latitude coordinates as decimal value. |
crsCode |
The station's CRS code. Unique to each station. |
iataAirportCode |
The IATA code for the airport the station is attached to, if there is one. |
Data files
CSV
The CSV file contains a header row, and the columns match the list of fields above in that order.
JSON
The JSON file provided is an array of station objects.
Contributing
When making changes, you should only perform changes to stations.csv. When changes are merged into the main branch, the JSON file with be automatically re-generated from this CSV. This single source of truth means that edits to the JSON file will not be kept.
Licence
The file stations.csv is distributed under the Open Database License (ODbL) licence, see LICENCE.txt. In short, any modification to this data source must be published.
