FaSta - Station Facilities Status

deutschebahn · Data

Data No Auth Free & Open transport open_data

A RESTful webservice to retrieve data about the operational state of public elevators and escalators in german railway stations.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET findFacilities

Access to public facilities (escalators and elevators) in railway stations

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities?area=example&type=ESCALATOR,ELEVATOR&state=ACTIVE,INACTIVE,UNKNOWN&stationnumber=1&equipmentnumbers=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities?area=example&type=ESCALATOR%2CELEVATOR&state=ACTIVE%2CINACTIVE%2CUNKNOWN&stationnumber=1&equipmentnumbers=example"

import requests
params = {
    "area": "example",
    "type": "ESCALATOR,ELEVATOR",
    "state": "ACTIVE,INACTIVE,UNKNOWN",
    "stationnumber": "1",
    "equipmentnumbers": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities');
url.searchParams.set('area', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('type', 'ESCALATOR,ELEVATOR');
url.searchParams.set('state', 'ACTIVE,INACTIVE,UNKNOWN');
url.searchParams.set('stationnumber', '1');
url.searchParams.set('equipmentnumbers', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("area", "example")
	q.Set("type", "ESCALATOR,ELEVATOR")
	q.Set("state", "ACTIVE,INACTIVE,UNKNOWN")
	q.Set("stationnumber", "1")
	q.Set("equipmentnumbers", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "area" => "example",
  "type" => "ESCALATOR,ELEVATOR",
  "state" => "ACTIVE,INACTIVE,UNKNOWN",
  "stationnumber" => "1",
  "equipmentnumbers" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities?" . http_build_query([
    "area" => "example",
    "type" => "ESCALATOR,ELEVATOR",
    "state" => "ACTIVE,INACTIVE,UNKNOWN",
    "stationnumber" => "1",
    "equipmentnumbers" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET getFacilityByEquipmentNumber

Returns the facility identified by its equipmentnumber.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities/{equipmentnumber}

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities/{equipmentnumber}"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities/{equipmentnumber}",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities/{equipmentnumber}';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities/{equipmentnumber}"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities/{equipmentnumber}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/facilities/{equipmentnumber}";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET findStationByStationNumber

Returns information about a station (and its corresponding facilities) identified by a stationnumber.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/stations/{stationnumber}

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/stations/{stationnumber}"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/stations/{stationnumber}",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/stations/{stationnumber}';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/stations/{stationnumber}"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/stations/{stationnumber}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/deutschebahn.com/fasta/2.1/stations/{stationnumber}";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with FaSta - Station Facilities Status?

FaSta - Station Facilities Status is a Data API. Developers commonly use data APIs for:

enriching your app with third-party datasets
building data pipelines and ETL workflows
querying and searching large datasets
powering research, analysis, and reporting tools
syncing reference data into your own systems

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