OpenBusData MCP Server

Name: OpenBusData
Author: andrewaubury

mcp-name: io.github.AndrewAubury/openbusdata

MCP server for the UK Bus Open Data Service with rich timetable parsing, stop search, route discovery, journey planning and real-time bus tracking.

Features

Live API tools — query timetables, fares, disruptions, cancellations and real-time bus locations
Stop search — fuzzy text search across every bus stop in the UK
Route finder — discover all routes serving a pair of stops
Journey planner — "get to X by Y o'clock" with support for direct and chained multi-leg journeys
Live tracking — see exactly where buses are right now

Installation

Option 1: via `uvx` (recommended — no install needed)

uvx openbusdata-mcp

Option 2: via `pip`

pip install openbusdata-mcp

Configuration

Set your Bus Open Data Service API key as an environment variable:

export OPENBUS_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

Get a free key at data.bus-data.dft.gov.uk.

Usage

With `uvx` (recommended)

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openbusdata": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["openbusdata-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENBUS_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

With `pip` install

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openbusdata": {
      "command": "openbusdata-mcp",
      "env": {
        "OPENBUS_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Development

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # or .venv\Scripts\activate on Windows

# Install dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run server
python -m openbusdata_mcp.server

License

MIT

OpenBusData