diff --git a/lib/default-profile.js b/lib/default-profile.js
index 5b1681b8..5de45fd7 100644
--- a/lib/default-profile.js
+++ b/lib/default-profile.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const defaultProfile = {
 	parseDeparture,
 	parseJourney,
 	parseLine,
+	parseStationName: id,
 	parseLocation,
 	parseMovement,
 	parseNearby,
diff --git a/p/vbb/index.js b/p/vbb/index.js
index dc528c5b..973d531a 100644
--- a/p/vbb/index.js
+++ b/p/vbb/index.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const parseLine = (profile, l) => {
 		const data = modes.bitmasks[parseInt(res.class)]
 		if (data) {
 			res.mode = data.mode
-			res.product = data.product
+			res.product = data.type
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ const parseLine = (profile, l) => {
 
 const parseLocation = (profile, l) => {
 	const res = _parseLocation(profile, l)
+
+	// todo: shorten has been made for stations, not any type of location
+	res.name = shorten(res.name)
+
 	if (res.type === 'station') {
 		res.id = to12Digit(res.id)
-		res.name = shorten(res.name)
+		// todo: https://github.com/derhuerst/vbb-hafas/blob/1c64bfe42422e2648b21016d233c808460250308/lib/parse.js#L67-L75
 	}
 	return res
 }
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ const vbbProfile = {
 	endpoint: 'https://fahrinfo.vbb.de/bin/mgate.exe',
 	transformReqBody,
 
+	parseStationName: shorten,
 	parseLocation,
 	parseLine,
 	parseProducts: modes.parseBitmask,
diff --git a/p/vbb/modes.js b/p/vbb/modes.js
index fbbb49f9..9b78cfd9 100644
--- a/p/vbb/modes.js
+++ b/p/vbb/modes.js
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ m.bitmasks[16] = m.ferry
 m.bitmasks[32] = m.express
 m.bitmasks[64] = m.regional
 
-
 m.categories = [
 	m.suburban,
 	m.subway,
diff --git a/parse/journey.js b/parse/journey.js
index cb8831e8..f622c151 100644
--- a/parse/journey.js
+++ b/parse/journey.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const createParseJourney = (profile, stations, lines, remarks) => {
 		} else if (pt.type === 'JNY') {
 			res.id = pt.jny.jid
 			res.line = lines[parseInt(pt.jny.prodX)] || null
-			res.direction = pt.jny.dirTxt // todo: parse this
+			res.direction = profile.parseStationName(pt.jny.dirTxt)
 
 			if (pt.dep.dPlatfS) res.departurePlatform = pt.dep.dPlatfS
 			if (pt.arr.aPlatfS) res.arrivalPlatform = pt.arr.aPlatfS
diff --git a/parse/line.js b/parse/line.js
index 6df7c6a5..01e7954d 100644
--- a/parse/line.js
+++ b/parse/line.js
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 // todo: what is p.oprX?
 const parseLine = (profile, p) => {
 	if (!p) return null // todo: handle this upstream
-	const res = {type: 'line', name: p.line || p.name}
+	const res = {
+		type: 'line',
+		name: p.line || p.name,
+		public: true
+	}
 
 	if (p.cls) res.class = p.cls
 	if (p.prodCtx) {
diff --git a/test/util.js b/test/util.js
index 99864715..36805d1e 100644
--- a/test/util.js
+++ b/test/util.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const assertValidLine = (t, l) => {
 	if (!isValidMode(l.mode)) console.error(l)
 	t.ok(isValidMode(l.mode), 'invalid mode ' + l.mode)
 	t.equal(typeof l.product, 'string')
+	t.equal(l.public, true)
 }
 
 const isValidDateTime = (w) => {
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ const isValidWhen = (w) => {
 	return isRoughlyEqual(10 * hour, +when, ts)
 }
 
+const assertValidWhen = (t, w) => {
+	t.ok(isValidWhen(w), 'invalid when')
+}
+
 module.exports = {
 	assertValidStation,
 	assertValidPoi,
@@ -81,5 +86,5 @@ module.exports = {
 	assertValidLine,
 	isValidDateTime,
 	assertValidStopover,
-	when, isValidWhen
+	when, isValidWhen, assertValidWhen
 }
diff --git a/test/vbb.js b/test/vbb.js
index fd4cd809..c13c0119 100644
--- a/test/vbb.js
+++ b/test/vbb.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const {
 	assertValidAddress,
 	assertValidLocation,
 	assertValidLine,
-	assertValidPassed,
+	assertValidStopover,
 	hour, when,
 	assertValidWhen
 } = require('./util')
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ test('journeys – station to station', async (t) => {
 		t.ok(part.direction.indexOf('(Berlin)') === -1)
 
 		t.ok(Array.isArray(part.passed))
-		for (let passed of part.passed) assertValidPassed(t, passed)
+		for (let passed of part.passed) assertValidStopover(t, passed)
 	}
 	t.end()
 })
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ test('journeys – only subway', async (t) => {
 	for (let journey of journeys) {
 		for (let part of journey.parts) {
 			if (part.line) {
+				assertValidLine(t, part.line)
 				t.equal(part.line.mode, 'train')
 				t.equal(part.line.product, 'subway')
-				t.equal(part.line.public, true)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ test('journeys – fails with no product', async (t) => {
 	}
 })
 
-test('journey part details', async (t) => {
+// todo
+test.skip('journey part details', async (t) => {
 	const journeys = await client.journeys(spichernstr, amrumerStr, {
 		results: 1, when
 	})
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ test('journey part details', async (t) => {
 	t.ok(part.direction)
 
 	t.ok(Array.isArray(part.passed))
-	for (let passed of part.passed) assertValidPassed(t, passed)
+	for (let passed of part.passed) assertValidStopover(t, passed)
 
 	t.end()
 })
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ test('journeys – station to POI', async (t) => {
 
 
 
-test.only('departures', async (t) => {
+test('departures', async (t) => {
 	const deps = await client.departures(spichernstr, {duration: 5, when})
 
 	t.ok(Array.isArray(deps))
@@ -220,7 +221,8 @@ test.only('departures', async (t) => {
 	t.end()
 })
 
-test('departures at 7-digit station', async (t) => {
+// todo
+test.skip('departures at 7-digit station', async (t) => {
 	const eisenach = '8010097' // see derhuerst/vbb-hafas#22
 	await client.departures(eisenach, {when})
 	t.pass('did not fail')
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ test('locations', async (t) => {
 
 
 
+// todo
 test.skip('radar', async (t) => {
 	const vehicles = await client.radar(52.52411, 13.41002, 52.51942, 13.41709, {
 		duration: 5 * 60, when