Trainline Railcards API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/trainline/cards

Trainline Railcards API Documentation List the UK railcards and discount cards with the name, the description, the carriers that accept them, the card number rules and whether the card runs out.

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{
    "data": {
        "cards": [
            {
                "code": "urn:trainline:atoc:card:G5O",
                "name": "Club 50 Web - Greater Anglia",
                "group": null,
                "colour": null,
                "carriers": [
                    "atoc"
                ],
                "language": "en",
                "operator": null,
                "short_name": null,
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{
    "data": {
        "cards": [
            {
                "code": "urn:trainline:atoc:card:G5O",
                "name": "Club 50 Web - Greater Anglia",
                "group": null,
                "colour": null,
                "carriers": [
                    "atoc"
                ],
                "language": "en",
                "operator": null,
                "short_name": null,
                "description": "Club 50 Web - Greater Anglia",
                "business_only": false,
                "number_pattern": null,
                "is_loyalty_card": false,
                "requires_number": false,
                "has_expiration_date": false
            },
            {
                "code": "urn:trainline:atoc:card:DCR",
                "name": "Devon & Cornwall Railcard",
                "group": null,
                "colour": null,
                "carriers": [
                    "atoc"
                ],
                "language": "en",
                "operator": null,
                "short_name": null,
                "description": "Devon & Cornwall Railcard",
                "business_only": false,
                "number_pattern": null,
                "is_loyalty_card": false,
                "requires_number": false,
                "has_expiration_date": false
            },
            {
                "code": "urn:trainline:atoc:card:FAM",
                "name": "Family & Friends Railcard",
                "group": null,
                "colour": null,
                "carriers": [
                    "atoc"
                ],
                "language": "en",
                "operator": null,
                "short_name": null,
                "description": "Family & Friends Railcard",
                "business_only": false,
                "number_pattern": null,
                "is_loyalty_card": false,
                "requires_number": false,
                "has_expiration_date": false
            },
            {
                "code": "urn:trainline:atoc:card:HRC",
                "name": "Highland Railcard",
                "group": null,
                "colour": null,
                "carriers": [
                    "atoc"
                ],
                "language": "en",
                "operator": null,
                "short_name": null,
                "description": "Highland Railcard",
                "business_only": false,
                "number_pattern": null,
                "is_loyalty_card": false,
                "requires_number": false,
                "has_expiration_date": false
            }
        ],
        "card_count": 4
    },
    "meta": {
        "billable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "cards"
    },
    "success": true
}

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503

Upstream Unavailable

Trainline did not answer in time. Scrappa retries on other exits first. This response is not billable. Retry after a few seconds.

{
    "meta": {
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "cards"
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
        "message": "The Trainline service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}

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