station_board_departures
Get live departures for ANY railway station by its EVA number. Covers all train categories including local/regional (S/RB/RE) and long distance, with real-time delays, cancellations and disruption messages. Get the EVA from get_city_resource(slug, resource='stations'). Read-only.
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What station_board_departures does on InfraNode
AI agents call station_board_departures to retrieve information from InfraNode without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
eva | string | Yes | Station EVA number (digits only) from get_city_resource(slug, resource='stations'), e.g. '8011160' (Berlin Hbf). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why station_board_departures is rated Low
This is a straightforward data retrieval tool that queries and returns public transportation information. It performs no writes, deletions, code execution, or financial transactions. The read-only designation and passive data-retrieval nature confirm the Read category with low severity, as misuse would only expose publicly available transport data without risk of system compromise or resource exhaustion.
From the tool's definition The tool is explicitly described as 'Read-only' and retrieves 'live departures' data without modifying or executing operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs station_board_departures safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and InfraNode, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For station_board_departures, this is the rule to start with:
station_board_departures is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect InfraNode, apply this rule, and every station_board_departures call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about station_board_departures
Get live departures for ANY railway station by its EVA number. Covers all train categories including local/regional (S/RB/RE) and long distance, with real-time delays, cancellations and disruption messages. Get the EVA from get_city_resource(slug, resource='stations'). Read-only. It is categorised as a Read tool in the InfraNode MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
station_board_departures accepts 1 parameter: eva. Required: eva. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the InfraNode MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for station_board_departures: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches InfraNode. Nothing to install.
station_board_departures is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the station_board_departures rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for station_board_departures. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
station_board_departures is provided by the InfraNode MCP server (https://mcp.infranode.dev/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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