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# RouteStep

A single step of the route between the requested start and end points.

```
class RouteStep
```

## Overview

A [`RouteStep`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RouteStep) encapsulates information for an individual segment of a route. A [`Route`](/documentation/MapKitJS/Route) object’s [`steps`](/documentation/MapKitJS/Route/steps) property is an array of [`RouteStep`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RouteStep) objects. You don’t instantiate [`RouteStep`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RouteStep) objects directly; MapKit JS returns them as part of the [`DirectionsResponse`](/documentation/MapKitJS/DirectionsResponse).

## Topics

### Route step geometry

[`path: Coordinate[];`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RouteStep/path)

An array of coordinate objects representing the path of the route segment.

### Route step details

[`instructions: string;`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RouteStep/instructions)

The written instructions for following the path that the step represents.

[`distance: number;`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RouteStep/distance)

The step distance, in meters.

[`transportType: TransportType | null;`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RouteStep/transportType)

The transport type of the step.


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