Model Context Protocol · Chicago

Live Metra data, wired straight into your assistant.

A remote MCP server over Metra's public GTFS feeds. Train positions, arrival predictions, service alerts and the full schedule for all eleven lines — exposed as ten tools any MCP client can call.

Launch Copilot → Connection details

Operational

Lines covered11

MCP tools10

TransportHTTP

Auth requiredNone

Static schedule refreshes daily. Realtime feeds are queried per tool call.

Connection

Streamable HTTP · no auth

HTTP Streamable HTTP — the only transport served

https://metra.remote-mcp.dev/mcp

The legacy HTTP+SSE transport is not exposed. Clients that only speak SSE can bridge with npx mcp-remote, as in the Claude Desktop snippet below.

Add it to

Add the server to your claude_desktop_config.json, then restart the app.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "metra": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://metra.remote-mcp.dev/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Ten tools

Schedule · Realtime · Ops

get_routes

List all eleven Metra lines with their identifiers.

get_stops

List stations, optionally filtered by route.

search_stops

Find stops by name, case-insensitive.

get_schedule

Scheduled trips for a route, stop or direction.

get_next_trains

Next departures from a stop, with countdown.

refresh_schedule

Force a re-download of the GTFS static data.

get_train_positions

Realtime GPS positions of active trains.

get_trip_updates

Realtime arrival and departure predictions.

get_alerts

Active service alerts — delays and cancellations.

get_train_status

Combined view: positions, delays and alerts.

Eleven lines

Loading live board…

Code	Line	Terminal	Trains	Service
Fetching the live board…

Live board — active train counts and service state come from get_train_status.

Ask it in plain English

The Copilot is the same server behind a chat window. Nothing to install.

What's the status of the BNSF line right now? Are there any service alerts? Next trains from Ogilvie heading to Kenosha Show me the UP-N schedule for tomorrow morning

Data source

Realtime GTFS feeds come straight from Metra's public API. Static schedule data is fetched from the published GTFS zip and cached; the realtime feeds are read on every tool call.

Realtimegtfspublic.metrarr.com

Scheduleschedules.metrarail.com

Metra GTFS API docs