Stations.collect_locations_by_initial
- Stations.collect_locations_by_initial(initial, update=False, verbose=False)[source]
Collect data of railway station locations (mileages, operators and grid coordinates) for a given initial letter.
- Parameters:
initial (str) – initial letter of locations of the railway station data
update (bool) – whether to do an update check (for the package data), defaults to
False
verbose (bool or int) – whether to print relevant information in console, defaults to
False
- Returns:
data of railway station locations beginning with the given initial letter and date of when the data was last updated
- Return type:
dict
Examples:
>>> from pyrcs.other_assets import Stations # from pyrcs import Stations >>> stn = Stations() >>> stn_loc_a_codes = stn.collect_locations_by_initial(initial='a') >>> type(stn_loc_a_codes) dict >>> list(stn_loc_a_codes.keys()) ['A', 'Last updated date'] >>> stn_loc_a_codes_dat = stn_loc_a_codes['A'] >>> type(stn_loc_a_codes_dat) pandas.core.frame.DataFrame >>> stn_loc_a_codes_dat.head() Station ... Former Operator 0 Abbey Wood ... London & South Eastern Railway from 1 April 20... 1 Abbey Wood ... London & South Eastern Railway from 1 April 20... 2 Aber ... Keolis Amey Operations/Gweithrediadau Keolis A... 3 Abercynon ... Keolis Amey Operations/Gweithrediadau Keolis A... 4 Abercynon ... Keolis Amey Operations/Gweithrediadau Keolis A... [5 rows x 14 columns] >>> stn_loc_a_codes_dat.columns.to_list() ['Station', 'Station Note', 'ELR', 'Mileage', 'Status', 'Degrees Longitude', 'Degrees Latitude', 'Grid Reference', 'CRS', 'CRS Note', 'Owner', 'Former Owner', 'Operator', 'Former Operator'] >>> stn_loc_a_codes_dat[['Station', 'ELR', 'Mileage']].head() Station ELR Mileage 0 Abbey Wood NKL 11m 43ch 1 Abbey Wood XRS 24.458km 2 Aber CAR 8m 69ch 3 Abercynon CAM 16m 28ch 4 Abercynon ABD 16m 28ch