MCP Server

BART MCP — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit real-time data (api.bart.gov)

Local serverstdio

What is the MCP MCP server?

BART MCP — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit real-time data (api.bart.gov). The mcp mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 4 defined tools rather than through you.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • bart_departures — Real-time BART San Francisco Bay Area train departures for a station — next train departure times in minutes, per destination, with platform
  • bart_stations — List all 50 BART San Francisco Bay Area train stations with 4-letter code, full name, city, street address, and coordinates. Optional filter matches
  • bart_trip_planner — Plan a BART trip between two Bay Area stations — the next trains from origin to destination with departure and arrival times, trip duration, legs
  • bart_advisories — Current BART service advisories and delays for the San Francisco Bay Area train system, plus elevator outage status at stations. Answers "is BART

Adding it to your client

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

When to reach for it

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. MCP's toolset — bart_departures, bart_stations, bart_trip_planner and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by mojibake-ai; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
bart_departuresReal-time BART San Francisco Bay Area train departures for a station — next train departure times in minutes, per destination, with platform, direction, train length (cars), line color, delay, and bikes allowed. Station
bart_stationsList all 50 BART San Francisco Bay Area train stations with 4-letter code, full name, city, street address, and coordinates. Optional filter matches station name or city (e.g. "Oakland", "Berkeley", "airport"). Use to fi
bart_trip_plannerPlan a BART trip between two Bay Area stations — the next trains from origin to destination with departure and arrival times, trip duration, legs (line, transfer stations, bikes), and the fare (Clipper and discount price
bart_advisoriesCurrent BART service advisories and delays for the San Francisco Bay Area train system, plus elevator outage status at stations. Answers "is BART delayed right now", "are there BART service alerts", "which BART elevators

How to install the MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bart": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bart/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use MCP to bart departures.
  • Use MCP to bart stations.
  • Use MCP to bart trip planner.

Frequently asked questions

It connects MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (bart_departures, bart_stations, bart_trip_planner, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with MCP directly.