Commuter Rail - Backbay, SouthStation, NorthStation missing

[gmichaela]

Looks like Back bay and South Station stops are only on the T, I'll research adding them to the commuter rail lists. To make them more useful, on the outbound side, you need to know which destination-line you typically go to as well.

Thanks for starting this module!

[edward-shen]

Honestly, the data that was fetched was from an relatively old dataset, so I think new changes won't be present.

As mentioned in #5, this module isn't actively developed, but feel free to make a PR and I'll happily review/merge it!

[gmichaela]

May not be a big deal, if you are leaving from a major hub station and don't really know/care your typical destination it may be. Looks like putting in your start/ending station into the config actually does most of what it needs to do... even when you primarily use South Station/North Station on a particular CR line...

As of right now, this module is most useful when you a typically traveling from a particular station to an end terminal point -- Starting to think about enhancements to the Stations array to support a start/end Station or multiple start/end stations...

[nakulbende]

Hello - I actually have a solution which can let you add any bus stop/ train stop - even detours. Suppose you were looking for a random station, which is not in the list - just search it in MBTA website. The url actually contains the number code for that stop - https://www.mbta.com/stops/9229 is stop # 9229. Now edit your stations-formatted.json and append a line:

"Main St @ E Emerson St": "9229",

And - it works!!!

PS: @edward-shen - thanks for making the module! Perhpas you can add the above instructions to the readme!

[edward-shen]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I'm unable to reproduce your example: For example, if I search for Alewife, I get https://www.mbta.com/stops/place-alfcl instead of a number. Mind providing more exact steps?

[nakulbende]

I don't think all the stations have number. Like Davis.

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[edward-shen]

Oh, sorry, you're right. It's been a while since I've looked at this.

I'll add your instructions to the readme.

[nakulbende]

Thanks for main by the module! I have 4 stations in my mirror

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