Indian Railways IRCTC

Indian Railways IRCTC

Information-only Indian Railways assistant: find trains between stations (with or without a date), see full routes and stops, live running status, station arrival/departure boards and PNR status. It does not book, pay for or cancel tickets.

Registry name	ai.saifs/indian-railways-irctc
Endpoint	https://transport-agent-claude.saifs.ai/mcp
Transport	Streamable HTTP (remote, nothing to install)
Auth	OAuth 2.1 — PKCE (S256) and dynamic client registration; your client opens a sign-in page on first use
Publisher	SAIFS AI

Install

VS Code / GitHub Copilot

Add to .vscode/mcp.json (workspace) or your user mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "saifs-indian-railways": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://transport-agent-claude.saifs.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Then start the server from the MCP view and sign in when prompted.

Claude (claude.ai, Desktop)

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste:

https://transport-agent-claude.saifs.ai/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http saifs-indian-railways https://transport-agent-claude.saifs.ai/mcp

Any other MCP client

Point it at https://transport-agent-claude.saifs.ai/mcp using the Streamable HTTP transport. The server returns 401 with a WWW-Authenticate: Bearer … resource_metadata=… challenge, so OAuth-aware clients sign in automatically.

Tools

Tool	What it does
railway_train_getByNumber	Train details for a 5-digit train number.
railway_train_searchByRouteDate	Trains, classes and availability between two stations on a date (DD-MM-YYYY, up to 60 days ahead).
railway_train_betweenStations	Trains between two station codes, no date needed.
railway_train_route	Full route and stops of a train.
railway_train_liveStatus	Current running status and position of a train.
railway_station_liveBoard	Arrivals and departures board for a station.
railway_train_pnrStatus	Status of a 10-digit PNR.

Example prompts

• “Which trains go from Ratlam (RTM) to Mumbai Central (MMCT) on 05-11-2026?”
• “Where is train 12961 right now?”
• “Check PNR 2832453235.”

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