diff --git a/parse/location.js b/parse/location.js
index c190fa21..8bb1da75 100644
--- a/parse/location.js
+++ b/parse/location.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const parseLocation = (ctx, l) => {
 		.filter(stop => !!stop)
 
 		const stop = {
-			type: l.isMainMast ? 'station' : 'stop',
+			type: l.isMainMast || subStops.length > 0 ? 'station' : 'stop',
 			id: res.id,
 			name: l.name || lid.O ? profile.parseStationName(ctx, l.name || lid.O) : null,
 			location: 'number' === typeof res.latitude ? res : null // todo: remove `.id`
diff --git a/test/parse/location.js b/test/parse/location.js
index 0f1aedf3..6d4cece5 100644
--- a/test/parse/location.js
+++ b/test/parse/location.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ test('handles recursive references properly', (t) => {
 		}
 	}
 	const southernExpected = {
-		type: 'stop',
+		type: 'station',
 		id: 'southern-platform',
 		name: 'southern platform', // lower-cased!
 		location: {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ test('handles recursive references properly', (t) => {
 		...fooBusStop,
 		stopLocL: [0]
 	})
-	t.equal(type, 'stop')
+	t.equal(type, 'station')
 	t.deepEqual(stops, [southernExpected])
 
 	t.end()