Train stations in a country

Stations are mapped as a point tagged railway=station. Halts (small stops) use railway=halt.

The query

[out:json][timeout:60];
area["ISO3166-1"="CH"][admin_level=2]->.ch;
node["railway"="station"](area.ch);
out;

Run it

Live result from overpass.ch, cached for up to 12 hours. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

How it works

1. railway=station also covers metro, funicular and heritage railway stations. Their station tag says which.
2. The uic_ref and railway:ref tags hold official station codes.

Variations

• Main-line stations only: add ["station"!~"subway|light_rail|funicular"].
• Stations and halts: node["railway"~"^(station|halt)$"].
• Their altitude, highest first: the highest train stations.

Run it from your code

curl https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter \
  --data-urlencode 'data@query.overpassql'

import requests

query = open("query.overpassql").read()
r = requests.post("https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter",
                  data={"data": query}, timeout=120)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json()["elements"][:3])

const res = await fetch("https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter", {
  method: "POST",
  body: new URLSearchParams({ data: query }),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(await res.text());
console.log(await res.json());

Save the query as query.overpassql. It works the same in Overpass Turbo, QGIS and JOSM.