---
title: "XML - Routes"
method: GET
path: "/Routes"
---

# XML - Routes

`GET /Routes`

<h4 class="text-primary">Description</h4>

<p>Returns a list of all bus route variants (patterns). For example, the 10A
and 10Av1 are the same route, but may stop at slightly different locations.</p>

<h4 class="text-primary">Response Elements</h4>

<table class="table table-condensed table-hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="col-md-3">Element</th>

<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Routes</td>

<td>
Array containing route variant information (<a href=
"#Route">Route</a>).
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<div class="text-primary" style="margin-top: 1em">
<a id="Route" name="Route">Route Elements</a>
</div>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Name</td>

<td>Descriptive name of the route variant.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>RouteID</td>

<td>Unique identifier for a given route variant. Can be used in
various other bus-related methods.</td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td>LineDescription</td>

<td>Denotes the route variant’s grouping – lines are a combination of routes which lie in the same corridor and which have significant portions of their paths along the same roadways.</td>
</tr> 
</tbody>
</table>

## Response `200`

Default response code.

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