Central Station

Search and browse Railway's Central Station - the community support platform for threads, discussions, and documentation.

API Endpoints Endpoint URL GraphQL https://station-server.railway.com/gql Thread Markdown https://station-server.railway.com/api/threads/:slug LLM Data Export https://station-server.railway.com/api/llms-station Frontend https://station.railway.com When to Use User wants to search Central Station threads or docs User asks about community discussions or support questions User wants to find threads about a specific topic (deployments, databases, etc.) User asks "what are people asking about X" User wants to see recent threads or questions User mentions Central Station, community threads, or support discussions User wants to find existing solutions before creating a new thread When NOT to Use User wants Railway product documentation - use railway-docs skill User wants to check their project status - use status skill User wants to manage their Railway project - use appropriate skill (deploy, environment, etc.) Docs Search

For official Railway documentation, use the railway-docs skill which fetches from https://docs.railway.com/api/llms-docs.md.

Central Station's unifiedSearch can identify document types but has limited field access:

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/gql' \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ --data-raw '{"query":"{ unifiedSearch(input: { query: \"volumes\", limit: 10 }) { results { document { __typename } } } }"}'

Document types returned: EsThreadItem (threads) and DocSearchResult (docs).

Note: For searching thread content, use the LLM Data Export endpoint instead (see below) which provides full thread data.

Quick Actions Get Recent Threads

Fetch recent threads, optionally filtered by topic:

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/gql' \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"query": "{ threads(first: 10, sort: recent_activity) { edges { node { slug subject status topic { slug displayName } upvoteCount createdAt } } } }"}'

With topic filter:

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/gql' \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"query": "{ threads(first: 10, sort: recent_activity, topic: \"questions\") { edges { node { slug subject status topic { displayName } upvoteCount } } } }"}'

Get Thread by Slug

Fetch a specific thread with its content:

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/gql' \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"query": "{ thread(slug: \"THREAD_SLUG\") { slug subject status content { data } topic { displayName } upvoteCount } }"}'

Get Thread as Markdown

For a cleaner read, fetch the thread as markdown:

Append .md to the frontend URL (requires topic slug)

curl -s 'https://station.railway.com/TOPIC_SLUG/THREAD_SLUG.md'

Or use API with format query parameter

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/api/threads/THREAD_SLUG?format=md'

Or use API with Accept header

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/api/threads/THREAD_SLUG' \ -H 'Accept: text/markdown'

List Topics

Get all available topics:

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/gql' \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"query": "{ topics { slug displayName displayNamePlural } }"}'

Returns: questions, feedback, community, billing, bug-bounty, privacy, abuse, templates

Get Trending Threads

Fetch currently trending threads:

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/gql' \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"query": "{ trendingThreads { slug subject status topic { displayName } upvoteCount } }"}'

Get Pinned Threads

Fetch pinned/important threads:

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/gql' \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"query": "{ pinnedThreads { slug subject topic { displayName } } }"}'

Search via LLM Data Export

For searching thread content, fetch all threads and filter locally:

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/api/llms-station' | jq '.items[] | select(.title | test("postgres"; "i")) | {title, topic: .topic.name, status: .metadata.status}'

This endpoint returns all public threads with full content, useful for searching by keywords.

Thread Statuses Status Description OPEN Unresolved, accepting responses SOLVED Marked as resolved AWAITING_RAILWAY_RESPONSE Waiting for Railway team AWAITING_USER_RESPONSE Waiting for original poster CLOSED No longer accepting responses ARCHIVED Old thread, preserved for reference Sort Options

For the threads query, use the sort parameter:

Sort Value Description recent_activity Most recently active (default) newest Newest first highest_votes Most upvoted Presenting Results

When showing threads:

Thread title - The subject Topic - Category (questions, feedback, etc.) Status - Open, solved, awaiting response Summary - Brief preview from content Link - https://station.railway.com/{topic_slug}/{thread_slug}

Format example:

Found 3 threads about "postgres":

1. "Connection timeout when connecting to Postgres" Topic: questions | Status: SOLVED | Upvotes: 5 https://station.railway.com/questions/connection-timeout-postgres

2. "How to connect to Postgres from local development" Topic: community | Status: OPEN | Upvotes: 12 https://station.railway.com/community/connect-postgres-local

3. "Postgres SSL certificate verification failed" Topic: questions | Status: AWAITING_RAILWAY_RESPONSE https://station.railway.com/questions/postgres-ssl-verification

Common Search Patterns User Query Filter/Search "Why is my deploy failing?" topic: questions, search: "deploy" "Can't connect to database" topic: questions, search: "database" or "postgres" "Domain not working" topic: questions, search: "domain" "Feature requests" topic: feedback "What are people building?" topic: community Composability After finding a thread: Summarize the solution or link to it No results found: Suggest using railway-docs skill or creating a new thread Technical issue found: Use relevant skill (deploy, environment, etc.) to help fix it Error Handling No Results Found No threads found. Try: - Different topic filter - Checking Railway docs instead - Creating a new thread at https://station.railway.com

Invalid Topic

List available topics first:

curl -s 'https://station-server.railway.com/gql' -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"query": "{ topics { slug } }"}'

Thread Not Found Thread not found. It may have been deleted or marked private.