Metro Schedule Parser for Yekaterinburg Metro

Overview

This Python script scrapes and parses train schedules for all stations of the Yekaterinburg Metro system from the official website (https://metro-ektb.ru). It extracts timetable information for both weekdays and weekends, in both directions (toward "Botanicheskaya" and "Prospekt Kosmonavtov" stations).

Features

• Scrapes schedule data for all metro stations
• Outputs clean, structured JSON data
• Formats times as "HH:MM" strings

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• Required packages:
  • requests
  • beautifulsoup4
  • lxml (or another HTML parser for BeautifulSoup)

Install dependencies with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Run the script:

python parser.py

Output Format

The script generates a JSON file with the following structure:

{
  "stations": {
    "1": {
      "name": "Название первой станции",
      "schedule": {
        "weekday": {
          "to_last": ["08:00", "08:15", "08:30"]
        },
        "weekend": {
          "to_last": ["08:05", "08:20", "08:35"]
        }
      }
    },
    "2": {
      "name": "Название второй станции",
      "schedule": {
        "weekday": {
          "to_first": ["08:10", "08:25", "08:40"],
          "to_last": ["08:12", "08:27", "08:42"]
        },
        "weekend": {
          "to_first": ["08:15", "08:30", "08:45"],
          "to_last": ["08:17", "08:32", "08:47"]
        }
      }
    },
    // ... станции 3-8 ...
    "9": {
      "name": "Название последней станции",
      "schedule": {
        "weekday": {
          "to_first": ["08:20", "08:35", "08:50"]
        },
        "weekend": {
          "to_first": ["08:25", "08:40", "08:55"]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "station_order": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
}

License

This project is open-source and available for free use.