from xml.dom import minidom
xmldoc = minidom.parse('stations.xml')
doc_root = xmldoc.documentElement
nodeList = xmldoc.childNodes
for node in nodeList:
print node.toprettyxml()
doc_root.removeChild(doc_root.childNodes[0])
nodeList = xmldoc.childNodes
for node in nodeList:
print node.toprettyxml()