MTA TrainTime

MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

About this app

The TrainTime app provides a one-stop shop for Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad customers, where riders can buy and use tickets, plan their trips, track their trains, and more.

• Buy tickets with Google Pay or credit/debit card. Split payment between two cards.
• Plan trips with departure times and transfer details before you travel. You can also search for two origin and/or two destination stations at once.
• Save your frequent trains for easy access
• Share trips with family and friends so they know when to expect you
• Follow your trip with real-time GPS tracking, updated every few seconds
• See the layout of your train and how crowded each car is
• Chat with a customer service representative for either LIRR or Metro-North within the app

Ratings and reviews

With the new update, you aren't able to decide when your ticket is activated. This normally wouldn't be a problem if not for the fact that you cannot refund activated tickets. Truly a grimy business practice. For a company that claims to not have money, yet: adds fins to turnstiles, spiked railing, blocking off stations with fencing, and having enough to pay for 'MTA Police', seems they have plenty. This is widely accessible PRIVATE transportation.

Effortless! Saves time and money. One doesn't have to wait on a queue to buy a ticket or get charged extra for buying a ticket on the train. As long as you have wifi, you can put in the stations and one way or round-trip as well as discount statuses and purchase your ticket effortlessly. It also shows you the train times and track number. Since I found this app, I use it everyday I have to go to the city and back.

Laggy and slow. The number of times I couldn't purchase tickets, forcing me to pay full price on the train, is unacceptable. Better off just getting physical tickets. 09/05/2023 update: just got charged twice for a Peak ticket. Then I get an error message stating that the ticket couldn't be purchased. I checked my bank account. The payment went through, but the ticket wasn't given? This app gets worse everytime.

What’s new

Minor bug fixes & improvements.