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Boston MBTA API - Live Arrivals, Alerts, Stops

Live Boston MBTA data for subway, commuter rail, bus and ferry: real-time arrival and departure predictions by stop or route, service alerts with cause and effect, and stop locations.

$0.08 per 1,000 rows

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What it returns

Live Boston MBTA data for subway, commuter rail, bus and ferry: real-time arrival and departure predictions by stop or route, service alerts with cause and effect, and stop locations.

Request

POST https://api.pushbuild.com/mbta-boston-transit/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.

FieldTypeDescription
modestring: predictions, alerts, stopsWhat to fetch Default: "predictions".
stopstringStop ID, e.g. place-sstat (South Station)
routestringRoute ID, e.g. Red, Orange, CR-Worcester, 1
maxItemsintegerMaximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100.

Example

curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/mbta-boston-transit/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"stop": "place-sstat", "maxItems": 20}'

Response

{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}

Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.

Pricing

Pay only for results returned: $0.08 per 1,000 rows. No charge for errors or empty searches.

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