Transport for London

liveTransportTravelEurope

Current service status for London transport lines.

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Tools

line_status

Current service status for London transport lines. Pass either a comma-separated list of modes (e.g. "tube,dlr") OR a specific lineId (e.g. "victoria", "central"). Returns each line with lineStatuses

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arrivals

Real-time predicted arrivals at a stop. Pass the naptanId from stop_search (e.g. "940GZZLUOXC"). Results are sorted by timeToStation (seconds away), nearest first.

No parameters required.

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plan_journey

Plan a journey across London transport. from/to may be stop names, postcodes, or "lat,lon" coordinates. Returns journey options (legs, durations, modes). If a location is ambiguous, the API returns di

No parameters required.

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bike_points

Santander Cycle docking stations with live availability (bikes, empty docks, total docks in additionalProperties). Pass an optional search to filter by name/area; omit it to list all docking stations.

No parameters required.

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disruptions

Current disruptions for the given transport modes, with description and affected lines.

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/tfl/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/tfl/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"line_status","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("line_status", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("current service status for london transport lines");