diff --git a/backend/python/app/routers/route_routes.py b/backend/python/app/routers/route_routes.py
index 778b069..5f2314c 100644
--- a/backend/python/app/routers/route_routes.py
+++ b/backend/python/app/routers/route_routes.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from app.dependencies.auth import require_driver
 from app.models import get_session
-from app.models.route import RouteWithDateRead
+from app.models.route import Route, RouteWithDateRead
 from app.services.implementations.route_service import RouteService
 
 # Initialize service
@@ -38,6 +38,35 @@ async def get_routes(
     return routes
 
 
+@router.get("/{route_id}", response_model=Route, status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+async def get_route(
+    route_id: UUID,
+    session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session),
+) -> Route:
+    """
+    Get a route by its unique identifier.
+
+    Parameters:
+        route_id (UUID): The unique identifier of the route to delete.
+        session (AsyncSession): The database session dependency.
+
+    Authentication:
+        Requires the user to be authenticated as a driver.
+
+    Returns:
+        None. Responds with HTTP 200 OK on successful get.
+
+    Raises:
+        HTTPException:
+            - 404 Not Found: If the route with the specified ID does not exist.
+            - 500 Server Error
+    """
+
+    # TODO: the auth here does not work, I think this is an auth issue
+    route = await route_service.get_route(session, route_id)
+    return route
+
+
 @router.delete("/{route_id}", status_code=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
 async def delete_route(
     route_id: UUID,
diff --git a/backend/python/app/services/implementations/route_service.py b/backend/python/app/services/implementations/route_service.py
index f012f95..9dc1c3d 100644
--- a/backend/python/app/services/implementations/route_service.py
+++ b/backend/python/app/services/implementations/route_service.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from uuid import UUID
 
+from fastapi import HTTPException
 from sqlalchemy import and_, exists
 from sqlalchemy import select as sql_select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
@@ -92,6 +93,25 @@ async def get_routes(
             for row in rows
         ]
 
+    async def get_route(self, session: AsyncSession, route_id: UUID) -> Route:
+        try:
+            """Get route by ID"""
+            statement = select(Route).where(Route.route_id == route_id)
+            result = await session.execute(statement)
+            route = result.scalars().first()
+
+            if not route:
+                self.logger.error(f"Route with id {route_id} not found")
+                raise ValueError(f"Route with id {route_id} not found")
+
+            return route
+        except Exception as error:
+            self.logger.exception("Failed to get route %s", route_id)
+            await session.rollback()
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=500, detail="Failed to retrieve route."
+            ) from error
+
     async def delete_route(self, session: AsyncSession, route_id: UUID) -> bool:
         """Delete route by ID"""
         try:
@@ -110,4 +130,5 @@ async def delete_route(self, session: AsyncSession, route_id: UUID) -> bool:
         except Exception as error:
             self.logger.error(f"Failed to delete route {route_id}: {error!s}")
             await session.rollback()
+            # TODO: do we really want to return the raw error
             raise error