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Transport for Philadelphia, US

Real-time SEPTA Philadelphia train positions and delays

🚆 TransportUNMONITORED
AUTH NONECORS ✗AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

SEPTA's public API reports live regional-rail train locations, destinations, delays and next stops for the Philadelphia area. No key is required; the TrainView endpoint returns an array of every active train as JSON.

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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://www3.septa.org/api/TrainView/index.php

[
  {
    "trainno": "1713",
    "service": "LOCAL",
    "dest": "Trenton",
    "currentstop": "Holmesburg Jct",
    "nextstop": "Torresdale",
    "line": "Trenton",
    "late": 16,
    "SOURCE": "Jefferson"
  }
]
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://www3.septa.org/api/TrainView/index.php"
const res = await fetch("https://www3.septa.org/api/TrainView/index.php");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://www3.septa.org/api/TrainView/index.php")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 5On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /api/TrainView/index.php awaits first probe
GET/api/TrainView/index.phpPROBED

Real-time SEPTA Philadelphia train positions and delays

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

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

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Transport for Philadelphia, US: common questions

Is Transport for Philadelphia, US free to use?

Yes — Transport for Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia, US need an API key?

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Transport for Philadelphia, US from the browser?

Not directly — Transport for Philadelphia, US doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Transport for Philadelphia, US up right now?

Transport for Philadelphia, US is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.