Live station board

Arrivals and departures in a rolling live window.

GET /v1/stations/{station_code}/live

Scope live:read · Credits 4 · Plans All plans

Returns one canonical station board for trains arriving at, departing from, starting at, or terminating at the station, with schedule, estimate, platform, delay, state, confidence, and report time.

Authentication

Send your key in the X-RailCore-Key header. This operation requires the live:read scope. See the authentication guide.

Request parameters

Code examples

Base URL https://ir.railcore.tech/v1. Keep the key in an environment variable and call from a trusted server-side environment.

cURL

curl -sS -X GET \
  -H "X-RailCore-Key: $RAILCORE_KEY" \
  "https://ir.railcore.tech/v1/stations/BSL/live?window_hours=4"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://ir.railcore.tech/v1/stations/BSL/live?window_hours=4", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-RailCore-Key": process.env.RAILCORE_KEY,
  },
});

const body = await response.json();
console.log(response.status, body);

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://ir.railcore.tech/v1/stations/BSL/live?window_hours=4",
    headers={"X-RailCore-Key": os.environ["RAILCORE_KEY"]},
    timeout=20,
)
print(response.status_code, response.json())

Rate limits and credits

This call costs 4 credits and is available on All plans. Per-minute and daily budgets, and the headers reporting remaining quota, are documented in rate limits and credits and billing.

Response fields

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "station_code": "AN",
    "window_hours": 8,
    "trains": [
      {
        "train_number": "19106",
        "train_name": "Bhusaval - Udhna MEMU (UnReserved)",
        "source_station_code": "BSL",
        "destination_station_code": "UDN",
        "source_station_name": "BHUSAVAL JN",
        "destination_station_name": "UDHNA JN",
        "train_type": "MEMU",
        "scheduled_arrival": "2026-10-10T00:24:00+05:30",
        "scheduled_departure": "2026-10-10T00:26:00+05:30",
        "estimated_arrival": null,
        "estimated_departure": null,
        "platform_number": "1",
        "arrival_delay_minutes": null,
        "departure_delay_minutes": null,
        "scheduled_halt_minutes": 2,
        "actual_halt_minutes": null,
        "start_date": "2026-10-09",
        "status": "NOT_STARTED",
        "current_station_code": null,
        "departed_current_station": null,
        "stop_type": "INTERMEDIATE",
        "cancellation": null,
        "confidence": "medium",
        "last_reported_at": null
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "api_version": "v1",
    "request_id": "req_01J5Z7Y8N2K4M6P8R0T2V4X6Z8",
    "trace_id": "trc_01J5Z7Y8N2K4M6P8R0T2V4X6Z9",
    "timestamp": "2026-10-03T11:46:23.351Z",
    "freshness": {
      "mode": "live",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T11:46:23.351Z",
      "sources": [
        {
          "confidence": "high"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Errors

Related Stations endpoints

• Search stations
• Get station

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