⌁ labsco summary — our analysis, not the vendor's

What it is — A thin MCP client connecting AI assistants to Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS) data — schedules, station search, ticket prices and purchase links — now an alias for swisstrip-mcp.

What you get —

Connections — "find trains from Zürich HB to Geneva this afternoon" via search_connections
search_stations, get_trip_details, get_more_connections
get_prices with Halbtax/GA discount support
get_ticket_link for a direct SBB.ch purchase link
Local travel-profile save plus multi-traveler family pricing

Requirements — none to start; SWISSTRIP_TOKEN is optional, only for syncing a traveler profile from a SwissTrip account.

Cost snapshot — License not stated in the excerpt. The client is free; all SBB access runs on the hosted SwissTrip server at mcp.swisstrip.app, and ticketing happens via SBB.

Setup effort — npx -y swisstrip-mcp (the sbb-mcp name still works and forwards to it).

Our take — Handy for Swiss travel planning in-chat, but note it's an unofficial, independent client that renamed itself off sbb-mcp over SBB trademark concerns and depends on a third-party hosted service.

Source: the project README — summarized 2026-07-08.

⌁ readme from github — mirrored (latest on GitHub ↗)

sbb-mcp

This package is now an alias for swisstrip-mcp. New users should install swisstrip-mcp directly: it is the canonical SwissTrip MCP client. The sbb-mcp name continues to work — it spawns swisstrip-mcp as a child process — so existing integrations don't break.

Independent MCP client by SwissTrip — connects AI assistants to Swiss Federal Railways (SBB / CFF / FFS) data: train schedules, station search, ticket prices, and direct ticket purchase links via SBB's SMAPI.

Thin client. All SBB API access, ticketing, and profile sync run on the hosted SwissTrip server at https://mcp.swisstrip.app/mcp.

Tools

search_stations — find Swiss stations, addresses, and points of interest
search_connections — train schedules between two stations
get_trip_details — detailed trip with all intermediate stops
get_more_connections — earlier or later trains for a previous search
get_prices — ticket prices with Halbtax / GA discounts
get_ticket_link — direct purchase link to SBB.ch
save_profile / get_profile — save your travel profile locally
list_travelers — multi-traveler family pricing (requires SWISSTRIP_TOKEN)

Why was this renamed?

sbb-mcp started as the canonical npm package. To protect against future trademark conflicts (the SBB acronym belongs to Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) the canonical implementation now lives at swisstrip-mcp, which is registered under the SwissTrip™ trademark. sbb-mcp and 8 other npm names (sbb-mcp-official, sbb-cff-ffs-mcp, swiss-rail-mcp, swiss-railways-mcp, swiss-train-mcp, swisstrip, swisstrip-ai, swisstrip-server) are 1-line spawners that depend on swisstrip-mcp.

This means: if any one of the SBB-themed names ever needs to be transferred or removed, every existing integration keeps running unchanged because they all forward to the canonical swisstrip-mcp.

Copy & paste — that's it

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "swisstrip": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "swisstrip-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Before it works, you'll need: SWISSTRIP_TOKENSWISSTRIP_TOKEN

Install (recommended: use the canonical name)

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "swisstrip": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "swisstrip-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "swisstrip": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "swisstrip-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT (Plus / Pro / Business / Enterprise with Developer Mode)

No install required. Add a custom connector pointing at:

https://mcp.swisstrip.app/mcp

Existing `sbb-mcp` configurations

Already running npx -y sbb-mcp? Nothing changes — it still works and forwards to the same hosted service. To migrate to the canonical name, swap sbb-mcp → swisstrip-mcp in your client config when convenient.

Optional configuration

Environment variable	Purpose
`SWISSTRIP_TOKEN`	Sync your traveler profile from your SwissTrip account. Mint at https://swisstrip.app/settings/developer.
`SWISSTRIP_MCP_URL`	Override the hosted server URL. Default: `https://mcp.swisstrip.app/mcp`.
`SBB_MCP_URL`	Same as above (legacy name, still supported).

No common issues documented yet. If you hit a problem, the repository's GitHub Issues page is the best place to look.

License

For commercial licensing inquiries: fabsforward2@gmail.com.

View the full license file on GitHub →