MTA Subway Time app for iPhone and iPad
4.0 (
7120 ratings )
Utilities
Travel
Developer: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Free
Current version: 2.3, last update: 4 years agoFirst release : 28 Sep 2012
App size: 13.31 Mb
MTA Subway Time gives you real-time train arrival information for selected routes of the New York City subway system. Knowing exactly when your train will arrive will reduce the time you spend waiting on the subway platform, and let you know of any service delays or reroutes before you pay your fare.
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MTA Subway Time app good for
Some of the comments here are ridiculous; Complaining that they have to scroll to where their location is and not being able to tell uptown from downtown trains. Use your brain and stop being lazy. Being a native NYCer, I love and appreciate this app.
This is a must have if you take the train. Deducted 1 star because it is missing a number of subway lines.
If it s essential , mta absolutely provides it ! In mta we trust
Some bad moments
...that an app from the ACTUAL MTA would after all this time have info for most, if not all lines in the system. Those of you served by the lines listed have some nerve telling us who apparently arent privileged enough to have route information that our complaints are invalid! No, its a valid complaint to have for an app of this type, and anyone who implies otherwise is just a short-sighted, selfish jerk with no empathy or standards. There are third party apps that cover the entire system, or at least more than the MTAs OWN APP, and that is pathetic. I have their LIRR app and that covers all lines and stops, so dont tell me that they cant do it here. As usual, another poor showing by the MTA. Thanks again, Albany!
I downloaded this application as I live in Manhattan. This application has a horrible user interface and is difficult to use.
When you select a train you want it should be smart enough to know where you currently are and scroll down to the closest station to your location, not require you to scroll ALL the way down and select it. Also, when you finally have a train selected, you cannot tell which train is going uptown and which is going downtown!! This has to be clearly marked.
I am disappointed the L train is not listed even though it already has electronic displays in the subway which tells you when the next L train is arriving. The MTA even said themselves on TV that this is what they needed to have in place for it to work with their iOS app and they dont have it working! In the app it says "Subway Time is our countdown clock app. Only subway lines that presently have clocks are featured." Well, if this were true, you would have the L train.
What the MTA should do is equip each and every train with a GPS. When that train is passing through a station it is read and its location is transmitted. If you have to wait for the MTA to install electronic displays in each and every station in NYC, it will take 10+ years.
I guess the MTA forgot that they have A, B, C, D, E, F, G, J, Q, and R trains. To offer so few trains is rediculous. Shows the MTAs money hard at work!
Service info and a complete list of lines would be nice... Cause without those things, this is a waste of time. The LIRR app works great. No excuse here except that you have unexpected problems more than you want people to know. Other cities have WAY better subway apps.
Does not provided accurate information for all subway stations. Is especially sketchy on the weekends. Reported he train would arrive in 8 minutes. When it reached 1 minute it cycled back to 8 minutes.
My question is why make a NYC subway app and only give info on a few lines When they produced this app they should have used all the lines What good is an app with only 8 out of 34 subway lines Just my opinion
Not user friendly. An app must first simplify life in an easy and enjoyable way AND never make a creative feel frustrated