Segments
Infrabel: belgium's rail network manager
- Format
- GeoJSON
- Updates
- Daily
- Latest snapshot
- Snapshots stored
- about 705
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MOBILITYTWIN_TOKEN" "https://api.mobilitytwin.brussels/infrabel/segments"The route of every railway track on the Infrabel network, not only the main tracks with a line number.
Which days have data
Data from 21 Aug 2024 to 2 Nov 2026, on 743 days. 30 of the last 30 days have data. A typical day holds 1 snapshot. Days are in UTC.
2026
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Full day
- Partial, 50–90% of a typical day
- Low, under 50%
- No snapshot
- Not expected
Click a day above, or pick a date, to get its requests.
Parameters
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
timestamp | Return the last snapshot at or before this moment, in Unix seconds or ISO 8601 (e.g. 2026-05-06T12:00:00Z). Without it, the latest snapshot is returned. |
Response fields
A GeoJSON FeatureCollection. Field names without a prefix are in each feature's properties.
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
geo_point_2d.lat | number |
geo_point_2d.lon | number |
length | number |
stationfrom_id | string |
stationfrom_name | string |
stationto_id | string |
stationto_name | string |
Python example
import requests
import geopandas as gpd
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
yesterday_noon = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=1)).replace(
hour=12, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0
)
params = {
"timestamp": yesterday_noon.isoformat(), # ISO accepted; epoch also works
}
url = "https://api.mobilitytwin.brussels/infrabel/segments"
data = requests.get(url, headers={
'Authorization': 'Bearer [MY_API_KEY]'
}, params=params).json()
gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame.from_features(data["features"])
# Segment lengths are given in km
gdf['segment'] = gdf['stationfrom_name'] + ' – ' + gdf['stationto_name']
# Show longest segments
longest = gdf.nlargest(5, 'length')[['segment', 'length']]
print("Longest rail segments:")
print(longest)
# Plot the full railway network
gdf.plot(figsize=(12, 10), linewidth=0.5, color="gray")