Transitland

liveTransport

Global GTFS aggregator — ~3000 transit operators, ~50k feeds. Agencies, routes, stops, departures.

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🔑Authentication

Platform key handled by Pipeworx. Or BYO: ?_apiKey=<key>.

Config with credentials
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-transit-land": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/transit-land/mcp?_apiKey=your_key"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Get an API key →

Tools

search_agencies

Search transit agencies/operators by name or geo. Operators are the entities running services.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
nameoptstring—
agency_idoptstring—
latoptnumber—
lonoptnumber—
radius_moptnumber—
limitoptnumber—
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search_routes

Search public transit routes in Transitland, the global GTFS feed aggregator, by route name, GTFS route type, operating agency, or a lat/lon point with radius. Returns matching routes with short and l

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
nameoptstring—
route_typeoptnumber—
agency_idoptstring—
operator_idoptstring—
latoptnumber—
lonoptnumber—
radius_moptnumber—
limitoptnumber—
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search_stops

Search stops/stations. Use lat+lon+radius_m for "stops near point".

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
nameoptstring—
stop_idoptstring—
latoptnumber—
lonoptnumber—
radius_moptnumber—
served_by_route_typeoptnumber—
limitoptnumber—
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departures_at_stoprequired: stop_id

Upcoming departures from a stop. stop_id is the Transitland onestop_id (e.g. "s-9q8yvz3w7-stopname").

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
stop_idreqstring—
service_dateoptstring—
start_timeoptstring—
end_timeoptstring—
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list_feeds

List available GTFS (or GTFS-RT/MDS) feeds aggregated by Transitland; filter by spec type and paginate with limit; returns feed id, url, operator, and last fetch status.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
specoptstring—
limitoptnumber—
▶Try it

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/transit-land/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/transit-land/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_agencies","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("search_agencies", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("global gtfs aggregator — ~3000 transit operators, ~50k feeds");