For AI assistants

The railway atlas, inside your AI

A free remote MCP server: 1247 train routes as tools for Claude and any MCP-capable client

Endpoint

https://worldtrainmap.com/mcp

Transport

Streamable HTTP

Auth

None — read-only

Price

Free

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is how AI assistants call external tools. This server exposes the World Train Map atlas (every route's distance, fastest time, top speed, operator, story and photo, plus 670 European city-to-city journey guides) so your assistant can plan rail trips with real atlas data and link you to the map.

Connect from Claude (claude.ai)

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the endpoint:

https://worldtrainmap.com/mcp

Connect from Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http trainrouter https://worldtrainmap.com/mcp

Any other MCP client

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trainrouter": { "type": "http", "url": "https://worldtrainmap.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Tools

• search_routes search the atlas by text, category or country
• get_route full facts, story and photo for one route
• famous_routes the world's most famous train journeys, ranked
• routes_in_country every route crossing a country
• night_trains sleeper routes (all, or those serving a city)
• city_pair journey time, direct trains and operators between two European cities
• atlas_stats what the atlas covers

Try asking

• “Plan me a week of scenic rail travel through Switzerland.”
• “Which night trains leave Vienna, and how long do they take?”
• “What are the ten most famous train journeys on earth?”
• “How long is London to Paris by train — any direct services?”

Figures are approximate published values, not live timetables; the server is read-only and collects nothing. Answers cite pages on the interactive world railway map.