# Amtrak Train Tracker (Live Status)

> Amtrak Train Tracker (Live Status) is a paid API for AI agents from api.healthtravel-api.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns live Amtrak train status including GPS position, speed, heading, state, and per-stop scheduled vs. actual arrival/departure times, filterable by train number, route, or station code.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.healthtravel-api.workers.dev/api/travel/amtrak-train-tracker?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/amtrak-train-tracker-live-status-66fae083
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_-sqRjsh8kMsfZIVhBv54s

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability amtrak-train-tracker-live-status-66fae083
```

Example prompt: What's the live status of Amtrak train 5, the California Zephyr? I want to know where it is right now, how fast it's going, and whether it's running on time at each stop.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time Amtrak train tracking data including GPS position, speed, and per-stop timing — especially when filtering by train number, route name, or station code. Prefer this over generic transit APIs when the user specifically asks about Amtrak service in the United States.

## Known failure modes

- Train number not found — empty result set returned
- Amtrak feed temporarily unavailable — upstream error or timeout
- Invalid station code — no results or error response
- No trains match the specified route or state filter
- Rate limiting or payment failure at $0.002 USDC per call

## How this service works

Live Amtrak train status from Amtrak's Track Your Train map feed: train number, route, origin/destination, state (Predeparture/Active/Completed), current GPS position, speed (mph), heading, last update, and every stop with scheduled and estimated/actual arrival and departure plus on-time/late comments. Filter by train number, route name or station code.

## Output

A list of matching Amtrak trains, each with: train number, route name, origin, destination, current state (Predeparture/Active/Completed), GPS latitude/longitude, speed in mph, heading, last update time, and a full stop list with scheduled and estimated/actual arrival and departure times plus on-time or late comments.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Trains, 1 to 200 (default 20)"
      },
      "route": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Route name contains, e.g. Zephyr, Acela, Northeast Regional"
      },
      "state": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Active, Predeparture or Completed"
      },
      "station": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Only trains stopping at this station code, e.g. CHI, NYP, LAX"
      },
      "trainNum": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Train number, e.g. 5 (California Zephyr)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/amtrak-train-tracker-live-status-66fae083/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.healthtravel-api.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.healthtravel-api.workers.dev/llms.txt)