Federal Railroad Administration Public API

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Federal Railroad Administration Public API
  description: The FRA Public API provides access to railroad safety datasets including accidents, incidents, highway-rail
    grade crossings, inspections, and operational data published through the FRA Office of Safety Analysis.
  tags:
  - Federal
  - Railroad
  - Administration
  - API
  created: '2026-05-06'
  modified: '2026-05-06'
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: federal-railroad-administration
    baseUri: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi
    description: Federal Railroad Administration Public API HTTP API.
    resources:
    - name: accidents
      path: /accidents
      operations:
      - name: listaccidents
        method: GET
        description: Retrieve railroad accident records
        inputParameters:
        - name: year
          in: query
          type: integer
        - name: railroad
          in: query
          type: string
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: incidents
      path: /incidents
      operations:
      - name: listincidents
        method: GET
        description: Retrieve railroad incident records
        inputParameters:
        - name: year
          in: query
          type: integer
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: crossings
      path: /crossings
      operations:
      - name: listcrossings
        method: GET
        description: Retrieve highway-rail grade crossing inventory
        inputParameters:
        - name: state
          in: query
          type: string
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: inspections
      path: /inspections
      operations:
      - name: listinspections
        method: GET
        description: Retrieve FRA inspection records
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: operational-data
      path: /operational-data
      operations:
      - name: listoperationaldata
        method: GET
        description: Retrieve railroad operational data
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    port: 8080
    namespace: federal-railroad-administration-rest
    description: REST adapter for Federal Railroad Administration Public API.
    resources:
    - path: /accidents
      name: listaccidents
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listaccidents
        description: Retrieve railroad accident records
        call: federal-railroad-administration.listaccidents
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /incidents
      name: listincidents
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listincidents
        description: Retrieve railroad incident records
        call: federal-railroad-administration.listincidents
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /crossings
      name: listcrossings
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listcrossings
        description: Retrieve highway-rail grade crossing inventory
        call: federal-railroad-administration.listcrossings
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /inspections
      name: listinspections
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listinspections
        description: Retrieve FRA inspection records
        call: federal-railroad-administration.listinspections
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /operational-data
      name: listoperationaldata
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listoperationaldata
        description: Retrieve railroad operational data
        call: federal-railroad-administration.listoperationaldata
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    port: 9090
    namespace: federal-railroad-administration-mcp
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Federal Railroad Administration Public API for AI agent use.
    tools:
    - name: listaccidents
      description: Retrieve railroad accident records
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: federal-railroad-administration.listaccidents
      with:
        year: tools.year
        railroad: tools.railroad
      inputParameters:
      - name: year
        type: integer
        description: year
      - name: railroad
        type: string
        description: railroad
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: listincidents
      description: Retrieve railroad incident records
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: federal-railroad-administration.listincidents
      with:
        year: tools.year
      inputParameters:
      - name: year
        type: integer
        description: year
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: listcrossings
      description: Retrieve highway-rail grade crossing inventory
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: federal-railroad-administration.listcrossings
      with:
        state: tools.state
      inputParameters:
      - name: state
        type: string
        description: state
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: listinspections
      description: Retrieve FRA inspection records
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: federal-railroad-administration.listinspections
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: listoperationaldata
      description: Retrieve railroad operational data
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: federal-railroad-administration.listoperationaldata
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.