We support simple GET requests to RESTful URLs. You can call our API from javascript running in a website, from a mobile app, from other coding languages libraries and environments, or just test it out with your web browser!

The above URL will do a textual search for the train station named 'euston'

We respond with simple, easy to parse, easy to understand JSON formatted data:

{
  "request_time" : "2016-11-18T00:37:24+00:00",
  "source" : "Network Rail",
  "acknowledgements" : "Contains information of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited. License http://www.networkrail.co.uk/data-feeds/terms-and-conditions/",
  "member" : [
    {
      "type" : "train_station",
      "name" : "London Euston",
      "latitude" : 51.528135,
      "longitude" : -0.133924,
      "accuracy" : 100,
      "station_code" : "EUS",
      "tiploc_code" : "EUSTON"
    }
  ]
}