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DMV Transit

MCP serverVerified domain · dmvtransit.comRemote● LiveFree to try

Unofficial DC, Maryland and Virginia transit: trips, Metro, buses, rail, fares and alerts.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to dmvtransit.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http dmv-transit https://dmvtransit.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • search_transit_info — Full-text search of the agencies' web pages: fares, how to pay, accessibility, safety, rules, new-rider/visitor guides, and service-change n
  • get_service_alerts — Live service disruptions: WMATA incidents (Metrorail, Metrobus, elevators) and agencies' GTFS-realtime alerts (detours, closed stops, missed
  • get_rider_reports — Recent reports from other RIDERS (crowdsourced on this site): delays, crowding, broken elevators, tips. Unverified and unofficial: always pr
  • get_elevator_escalator_status — Elevators and escalators currently out of service, optionally for one station. Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours
  • get_station_info — Lines served, address, parking availability, transfers, and entrances for a station (accepts a name like "Gallery Place" or a code like "B01
  • get_fare — Station-to-station Metrorail fare. Args: origin: Origin station name or code. destination: Destination station name or code. rider_type: "re
  • geocode_address — Find where a street address, hotel, attraction or other place is, in the DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia area. Call this whenever a rider
  • plan_trip — Real trip options from the agencies' timetables, like the site's map: trips leaving in the 3 hours after the given time from each agency's c
  • get_metro_route — How to ride Metrorail between two stations: which line(s), where to change trains, which direction ("toward ..."), number of stops, and the
  • list_topics — List content categories with document counts and data freshness. Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone number
  • get_guide — Full text of the primary guide for a topic: new_rider, visitor, payment, fares, accessibility, safety, or maps. Answer only from this tool's
  • list_agencies — Every transit system in the region (WMATA + VRE, Virginia Breeze, Fairfax Connector, ART, DASH, CUE, Loudoun, OmniRide): mode, role, strengt
  • find_stops_near — Stops and stations within walking distance of a place, across all agencies. Args: place: A Metro station name, a stop name, or "lat,lon". ra
  • get_route — One route from an agency's GTFS schedule: days and hours of service, typical frequency, endpoints, fare, and any live disruptions on it. Arg
  • transfers_at — Routes from OTHER systems reachable on foot from a station or stop, grouped by agency, each with walk time and its service window from the G
  • how_to_pay — How to pay to ride one agency. `fare_page_text` is the agency's own fare page (the source for prices, discounts and transfer rules); the oth
  • plan_connection — Advise on getting between two places across systems: which system for each leg, the transfer hub, WHICH DAYS/TIMES the connection works, and
  • estimate_trip_cost — Estimate the total fare for a cross-system trip: per-leg fares, how to pay each, and a total — noting each leg is usually a separate payment

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