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title: Selecting routes by area
description: How to identify which routes pass through an area of interest or stop at a particular station.
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# Selecting routes by area

## How to identify which routes pass through an area of interest or stop at a particular station.

Being able to find out which routes pass through a particular corridor or serve a particular stop can help you to answer many queries such as:

- Which buses serve the hospital?
- Which routes will be affected by roadworks on this section of road?

This tutorial explains how to use the [select tool](https://support.podaris.com/select-tool?hsLang=en) to answer these questions and find out more information about the routes. A comprehensive overview of tools available for selecting routes by location is available [here.](https://support.podaris.com/select-tool?hsLang=en#select-by-location)

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### Step-by-step Walkthrough

#### Step 1:

Select the [select tool](https://support.podaris.com/select-tool?hsLang=en) from the tool bar.

![Select Tool](https://support.podaris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-39-43-7637-PM.png?width=132&height=211&name=image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-39-43-7637-PM.png)

#### Step 2:

![Tool: Select](https://support.podaris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-39-19-5506-PM.png?width=369&height=170&name=image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-39-19-5506-PM.png)

On the Tool: Select menu, set the select by rectangle toggle. ![Select rectangle](https://support.podaris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-40-38-6431-PM.png?width=32&height=30&name=image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-40-38-6431-PM.png)

#### Step 3:

'Intersect' from the drop down toggle.

![Intersect](https://support.podaris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-42-01-3397-PM.png?width=74&height=69&name=image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-42-01-3397-PM.png)

#### Step 4:

Click and drag your bounding box over the area you wish to select

![Select rectangle](https://support.podaris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-49-17-7777-PM.png?width=187&height=187&name=image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-49-17-7777-PM.png)

#### Step 5:

Routes that intersect this bounding box will be displayed on the Tool:Select menu. These can be clicked to reveal more information about the route.

![Routes](https://support.podaris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-52-18-0459-PM.png?width=291&height=159&name=image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-52-18-0459-PM.png)

#### Step 6:

Clicking an individual stop will reveal all routes that serve it.

![Clicking stop to show routes](https://support.podaris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-54-57-8902-PM.png?width=646&height=199&name=image-png-Feb-16-2024-02-54-57-8902-PM.png)

 

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