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Transport for Los Angeles, US

LA Metro bus and rail route overviews, keyless JSON

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The LA Metro API (v2.1.38) serves GTFS-derived route, stop, shape and real-time trip data for LACMTA bus and rail, all keyless with CORS enabled. The route_overview endpoint lists every line with names, colors, terminals and timetable PDFs. Agency id must be LACMTA or LACMTA_Rail.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 79 · healthy
Uptime history
99.02%90 days
98.3%30 days
1478P50 · ms
4808P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 378 ms, slowest 3101 ms, most recent 1465 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.metro.net/LACMTA/route_overview

[
  {
    "route_id": "10-13172",
    "route_code": "10",
    "route_short_name": "10/48",
    "route_long_name": "Metro Local Line",
    "route_desc": "W HOLLYWOOD-DTWN LA -AVALON STA VIA MELROSE-AVALON",
    "route_type": "bus",
    "route_color": "E16710",
    "agency_id": "LACMTA"
  }
]
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.metro.net/LACMTA/route_overview"
const res = await fetch("https://api.metro.net/LACMTA/route_overview");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.metro.net/LACMTA/route_overview")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /LACMTA/route_overview1478 mschecked 9h ago
GET/LACMTA/route_overviewPROBED

LA Metro bus and rail route overviews, keyless JSON

GET/LACMTA

LACMTA — documented GET route.

GET/LACMTA/1

LACMTA details by ID (example: 1).

GET/LACMTA?limit=10

LACMTA — documented GET route.

GET/LACMTA/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/{agency_id}/trip_detail/route_code/{route_code}

Get Trip Detail By Route Code

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Transport for Los Angeles, US: common questions

Is Transport for Los Angeles, US free to use?

Yes — Transport for Los Angeles, US is a free transport API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Transport for Los Angeles, US need an API key?

No — Transport for Los Angeles, US needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Transport for Los Angeles, US from the browser?

Yes — Transport for Los Angeles, US returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Transport for Los Angeles, US up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Transport for Los Angeles, US is healthy with 99.02% uptime over 90 days and a 1478 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.