Stations

A station belongs to a product and can be either real or virtual. For the station concept—real vs virtual, catchment areas, approach, boarding time, and intermodal feeders—see Stations in Platform.

View stations

Permissions: read_stations

From the product overview in Control Center, select Stations in the left sidebar. In this view, stations are listed in a table containing the following information.

Column	Description
ID	Station identifier
Name	Station name
Address	Station address
Boarding time	Station-specific boarding time settings
Active	Whether the station is active
Visible on map in passenger client	Whether the station is visible on the passenger map

Search stations

Permissions: read_stations

You can search stations by License plate, Nickname, Manufacturer, and Phone number.

Sort stations

Columns that can be sorted have blue headers. You can sort stations by name.

Create a station

Permissions: create_stations

Stations can be created manually by selecting Create new, or imported in bulk by selecting Import, which opens ioki Data Bridge.

The following warnings may appear at the top.
⛔️ Product uses a station-based fare matrix
Do not add new stations without ensuring their inclusion in the current fare matrix
⚠️ Product uses a station category-based fare matrix
Assign a station category that is covered by the current fare matrix

The form contains these fields.

Station type. Select Real station or Virtual station from the dropdown menu.
Name. Enter the name of the station.
Description (optional)
Street (optional): Enter the street name of the station.
Street number (optional): Enter the street number of the station.
Postal code (optional): Enter the postal code of the station.
City (optional): Enter the name of the city where the station is located.
County (optional): Enter the name of the county where the station is located.
Country (optional): Enter the name of the country where the station is located.
Latitude. Enter the latitude of the station.
Longitude. Enter the longitude of the station.
Approach. Defines how a vehicle should access the station. Choose from the following options:
- Curbside. The vehicle should stop exactly at the curbside.
- Street (default): The vehicle can stop at any side of the street.
DHID. Enter the DHID of the station. This is short for “deutschlandweit einheitliche Haltestellen-ID”, which means a unique ID for stations throughout Germany.
External ID. Enter the External ID of the station. This is an optional product-scoped unique external identifier.
Station category. Select a station category from the dropdown menu.
Tariff codes. Assign one or more tariff codes to the station. A fare calculation adapter can read a station’s tariff codes to determine a ride’s price, and some adapters require every station to have at least one.
Municipality. Enter a municipality, which is a town or district that you want to assign the station to. This field is rarely used and is primarily included to support custom fare adapters specific to the product.
Visible on map in passenger client. Select if the station should be visible on the map in the passenger client.

Should stations be defined on each side of the street?
In general, stations should closely reflect reality. If there are two stations on either side of the road in the real world, set up two stations in Control Center, preferably with distinct names or identifiers denoting their respective sides of the road. This is especially important if the road has a constructed separation between the lanes going in opposite directions. However, if it concerns a small road with no constructed separation or where turning around is easy, it is usually sufficient to place one station in the middle of the road, as drivers and passengers can easily find each other. Note that ioki Platform is not necessarily line exact. Therefore, if possible, avoid setting up stations in “pairs” on complicated main roads where a U-turn is impossible and crossing the street is difficult. It’s more desirable to choose single curated locations with halting bays or parking lots to make the experience less stressful for drivers and passengers.

Intermodal station attributes

The following two options are shown if the product feature intermodal journeys is activated.

PT to DRT feeder. Select if the station should allow transfers from public transport to DRT for intermodal journeys.
DRT to PT feeder. Select if the station should allow transfers from DRT to public transport for intermodal journeys.

Avatar image

Station image. An image of the Station can be uploaded here. This image is also displayed in ioki Passenger App to help the passenger find the way to the right Pickup point. The image has to be of the type jpg, jpeg, png or gif. with a maximal size of 10MB.
Delete station image. If a station image exists, this option allows you to delete it.

Boarding time

For the specific station, you can overwrite the default boarding time model attributes of the product.
- Boarding time
- Boarding time wheelchair
- Boarding time walker
- Parking time

Catchment area

Catchment area. Ride requests in this area are always directed to the station, even if it’s not the nearest one. The area has to be defined in GeoJSON as a polygon or a rectangle. Catchment areas are useful if, for example, there are large areas in the service area that do not have direct road access, so requests in these areas should be directed to a station.

Custom flags

Custom flags. If custom flags are defined in the product settings, the flags are displayed here and can be assigned to the station by checking the corresponding boxes.

Select Save.

Open the detailed view of a station

Permissions: read_stations

To open the detailed view of a station, select ⚙️ > Show in the dropdown menu. Alternatively, select its name in the table.

Edit a station

Permissions: update_stations

To edit a station, select ⚙️ > Edit in the dropdown menu. Make the desired changes and then select Save.

View deactivations of a station

Permissions: update_stations

To view deactivations for a station, select ⚙️ > Deactivations in the dropdown menu.

Create a new deactivations for a station

Permissions: update_stations

To create a new deactivation for a station, select ⚙️ > Create Deactivations in the dropdown menu.

Connect public transport station

Permissions: update_stations

Public transport stations can be connected if the product feature Station Public Transport Changeover is activated.

To help create this connection to a HAFAS station, it’s possible to search stations. The distance of these stations to Control Center Station are shown with additional information on the associated public transport lines. If a HAFAS station is connected, the HAFAS ID and corresponding means of public transport are added to the Station information.

Archive a station

Permissions: delete_stations

To archive a station, select ⚙️ > Archive in the dropdown menu and then OK.

For what archiving does, see Archiving in Platform.