# Mind the Gates — UK level crossings

- Registry name: `uk.mindthegates/crossings` · version 1.0.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Other
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=uk.mindthegates%2Fcrossings
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/uk.mindthegates--crossings.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Live barrier status and closure forecasts for \~1,600 UK level crossings. Public data, no auth.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://mindthegates.uk/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `list\_crossings`: Search UK level crossings by name, URL word or region name \(substring, case-insensitive\). Returns one line per match — name, crossing type, region, and a status URL ending .md that returns that crossing's live markdown status. Reports the total match count and returns the first \`limit\`; there is no
- `crossing\_status`: Live barrier status, the next-30-minute closure timeline and approaching trains for ONE crossing, as markdown. Forecasts are rebuilt per request from the live train feeds, so the answer changes minute to minute. Informational only — never a substitute for the signals and barriers at the crossing its
- `crossings\_near`: Nearest listed level crossings to a point, closest first. Returns one line per crossing — distance in MILES, then name, type, region and a status URL ending .md. Distance is straight-line \(great circle\) between the point and the crossing, NOT distance by road or along the railway: it answers 'which
- `busiest\_today`: The ten UK level crossings with the most predicted road-closed time today. Takes no arguments. Each line gives the rank, crossing name, predicted minutes closed across the whole day, and a status URL ending .md. The ranking is computed from today's timetable once per day, shortly after UK midnight,

Measured by MCP Station. Methods: https://mcpstation.net/methods.html · Terms: https://mcpstation.net/terms.html