Import stations

Permissions: create_stations

Bulk-create stations in a product from a CSV file. From the product’s Stations page in Control Center, select Import (or open Data Bridge directly and choose the product), download the Stations template, fill it in, and upload it.

Stations can be updated. If a station with the same EXTERNAL_ID already exists in the ioki platform, its data is updated. Otherwise, a new station is created.

An import only updates and adds stations. It does not remove stations that are missing from the file, so uploading a new set of stations does not delete any existing station and does not affect existing prebookings on its own. To remove a station, archive it manually.

CSV columns

Column	Required	Description
NAME	Yes	The station name.
LATITUDE	Yes	Decimal latitude in WGS84 (accepts . or , as the decimal separator).
LONGITUDE	Yes	Decimal longitude in WGS84 (accepts . or ,).
TYPE	Yes	Either static or virtual.
DESCRIPTION	No	Free-text description.
STREET_NAME	No	Street name.
STREET_NUMBER	No	Street number.
POSTAL_CODE	No	Postal code.
CITY	No	City.
COUNTY	No	County.
COUNTRY	No	Country.
DHID	No	Germany-wide unique station ID (DHID).
EXTERNAL_ID	No	External identifier.
BOARDING_TIME	No	Boarding time in seconds.
WHEELCHAIR_BOARDING_TIME	No	Wheelchair boarding time in seconds.
WALKER_BOARDING_TIME	No	Walker boarding time in seconds.
PARKING_TIME	No	Parking time in seconds.
CATEGORY	No	A station category slug.
TARIFF_CODES	No	Comma-separated list of tariff codes.
MUNICIPALITY	No	Municipality.
VISIBLE_ON_MAP_IN_PASSENGER_CLIENT	No	Whether the station is shown on the passenger-app map (boolean, default true).
APPROACH	No	Either curbside or street.

The CATEGORY column references a station category by slug. If a category with that slug already exists in the product, the station is assigned to it. If it does not exist, the import creates it, using the slug as the title and assigning a color. Station categories cannot be imported on their own; they are only created this way, as part of a station import.