Stops

STIB: brussels metro, tram and bus operator

Format
GeoJSON
Updates
Daily (derived from stops-by-line and stop-details)
Latest snapshot
Snapshots stored
about 290
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MOBILITYTWIN_TOKEN" "https://api.mobilitytwin.brussels/stib/stops"
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STIB/MIVB stops, cleaned and enriched from stops-by-line and stop-details.

Which days have data

Data from 21 Aug 2024 to 2 Nov 2026, on 291 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
directioninteger
direction_idstring
route_short_namestring
stop_idinteger
stop_latnumber
stop_lonnumber
stop_namestring
stop_sequenceinteger

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/stops"

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

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

# List stops for a specific line
line = "1"
line_stops = gdf[gdf['route_short_name'] == line].sort_values('stop_sequence')
print(f"Stops on line {line}:")
for _, stop in line_stops.iterrows():
    print(f"  {stop['stop_sequence']}. {stop['stop_name']}")

# Plot all stops on a map
gdf.plot(figsize=(10, 8), markersize=3, color="red")