Shapefile

STIB: brussels metro, tram and bus operator

Format
GeoJSON
Updates
Daily (derived from the STIB shapefile)
Latest snapshot
Snapshots stored
about 714
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MOBILITYTWIN_TOKEN" "https://api.mobilitytwin.brussels/stib/shapefile"
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The geometry of the STIB/MIVB network, from STIB's shapefile.

Which days have data

Data from 21 Aug 2024 to 2 Nov 2026, on 778 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

NameMeaning
timestampReturn 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.

FieldType
color_hexstring
date_debutstring
date_finstring
lignestring
varianteinteger

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/stib/shapefile"

data = requests.get(url, headers={
        'Authorization': 'Bearer [MY_API_KEY]'
}, params=params).json()

gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame.from_features(data["features"])

# Plot the full STIB network colored by line
gdf.plot(figsize=(12, 10), color=gdf['color_hex'], linewidth=1)

# List all unique lines
print("STIB lines:", sorted(gdf['ligne'].unique()))