`rail_incidents`

Pack: wmata · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/rail_incidents for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Fetch current WMATA Metro rail service alerts and incidents. Returns incident description, affected line codes, date/time updated, and incident type.

Example call

Arguments

{}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wmata/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"rail_incidents","arguments":{}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('rail_incidents', {});

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Response from WMATA rail incidents API"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

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

Connect to just the wmata pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

rail_incidents