rail_finder: Find the station code for a train station

In carbonr: Calculate Carbon-Equivalent Emissions

Find the station code for a train station

Description

Find the name, area, and code of a train station in the UK. For use in the rail_emissions function.

Usage

rail_finder(
  station,
  region,
  county,
  district,
  station_code,
  distance = 0.1,
  ignore.case = FALSE
)

Arguments

station	Name of train station.
region	Region the train station is in. One of c("London", "Scotland", "Wales - Cymru", "North West", "West Midlands", "North East", "East", "South East", "East Midlands", "Yorkshire And The Humber", "South West", NA).
county	County the train station is in.
district	District the train station is in.
station_code	Code of the train station.
distance	Maximum distance allowed for a match between the name/country/city given, and that of the value in the data set.
ignore.case	If FALSE, the check for is case-sensitive. If TRUE, case is ignored.

Value

Data frame containing the station code, station name, region, county, district, latitude, and longitude of a train station in the UK.

Examples

# Can get the station code from the station. Gets similar matches.
rail_finder(station = "Bristo")

# Can get the code from the station and city.
rail_finder(station = "Bristo", county = "Bristol")

# Can find the name and district of a train station given the IATA code
rail_finder(station_code = "BRI")

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