Limited Day Content

Most carriers are able to deliver a full day of trip content when a /connections/find request is performed. Some such as DB, SNCF and Trenitalia only deliver partial content for the day.

• DB: 5 trips from selected departure time
• SNCF: 6 trips (up to 12 if ‘twin’ trains are included) from selected departure time
• Trenitalia: All trips within 3 hours from selected departure time

To solve this limitation we recommend retailers to include the departure_start_time parameters in the request (and optionally the departure_end_time as well) which gives passenger more flexibility to find results for the exact time they need.

 
https://api.distribusion.com/retailers/v4/connections/find?pax=1&currency=EUR&departure_city=DEBER&arrival_city=DEHAM&locale=en&departure_date=2025-10-22&departure_start_time=14:00&departure_end_time=16:00

To allow users to view all departures available within a day, retailers can add "earlier" and "later" links/buttons to the UI, that would make an additional call to retrieve more departures. Then if a passenger requires to load additional trips before or after the period available in the first request a new request can be performed to the /connections/find endpoint with the departure_start_time matching the last trip available of the previous request.

The same logic also applies to return trips, and in this case you can also define the departure times of the return leg using return_start_time and return_end_time parameters.

 
https://api.distribusion.com/retailers/v4/connections/find?pax=1&currency=EUR&departure_city=DEBER&arrival_city=DEHAM&locale=en&departure_date=2025-10-22&departure_start_time=14:00&departure_end_time=16:00&return_date=2025-10-28&return_start_time=18:00&return_end_time=20:00