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Federal Railroad Administration

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency within the Department of Transportation that is responsible for regulating and overseeing the safety of the nation's railroad systems.

Federal Railroad Administration publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Accidents API, Crossings API, Incidents API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Railroads, Safety, and Transportation.

Federal Railroad Administration’s developer surface includes documentation and 4 more developer resources.

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30.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
5 APIs
Federal GovernmentRailroadsSafetyTransportation

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 30.8/100 · thin
Contract Quality 11.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Federal Railroad Administration Accidents API

The Accidents API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for accidents.

Federal Railroad Administration Crossings API

The Crossings API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for crossings.

Federal Railroad Administration Incidents API

The Incidents API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for incidents.

Federal Railroad Administration Inspections API

The Inspections API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for inspections.

Federal Railroad Administration Operational Data API

The Operational Data API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for operational data.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Federal Railroad Administration Public API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Federal Railroad Administration Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Federal Railroad Administration Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Federal Railroad Administration Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Federal Railroad Administration Domain Security

DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Federal Railroad Administration Agentic Access

5 operations

5 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: federal-railroad-administration
name: Federal Railroad Administration
description: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency within the Department of Transportation that is responsible
  for regulating and overseeing the safety of the nation's railroad systems.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-railroad-administration.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-03-29'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
tags:
- Federal Government
- Railroads
- Safety
- Transportation
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-railroad-administration/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: federal-railroad-administration:federal-railroad-administration-accidents-api
  name: Federal Railroad Administration Accidents API
  description: The Accidents API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for accidents.
  humanURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
  baseURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi
  tags:
  - Accidents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/federal-railroad-administration-accidents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
- aid: federal-railroad-administration:federal-railroad-administration-crossings-api
  name: Federal Railroad Administration Crossings API
  description: The Crossings API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for crossings.
  humanURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
  baseURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi
  tags:
  - Crossings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/federal-railroad-administration-crossings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
- aid: federal-railroad-administration:federal-railroad-administration-incidents-api
  name: Federal Railroad Administration Incidents API
  description: The Incidents API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for incidents.
  humanURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
  baseURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi
  tags:
  - Incidents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/federal-railroad-administration-incidents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
- aid: federal-railroad-administration:federal-railroad-administration-inspections-api
  name: Federal Railroad Administration Inspections API
  description: The Inspections API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for inspections.
  humanURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
  baseURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi
  tags:
  - Inspections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/federal-railroad-administration-inspections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
- aid: federal-railroad-administration:federal-railroad-administration-operational-data-api
  name: Federal Railroad Administration Operational Data API
  description: The Operational Data API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for operational data.
  humanURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
  baseURL: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi
  tags:
  - Operational Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/federal-railroad-administration-operational-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/federal-railroad-administration-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/federal-railroad-administration-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/federal-railroad-administration
- type: Website
  url: https://www.fra.dot.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com