The Official MTA App

MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

About this app

Get live transit updates straight from the source. The official MTA app is the best way to get real-time arrival info for subways and buses, plus service status updates, maps, a live customer service chat, and more.

• Know exactly when the next train or bus is coming with our up-to-the-minute arrival board for every station and stop in the system.
• Save a subway line or bus route for easy and quick access to arrival info and status updates for your frequently used stops and stations.
• See real-time service updates, planned service changes, and information about elevator and escalator outages.
• Our live customer service chat connects you with an MTA employee who can help you with your ride.

The MTA app is built by MTA riders for MTA riders. We update the app regularly based on your feedback.

Ratings and reviews

Used to be able to check my local station's arrival time and train status easily in 0 seconds, just looking at the widget on my phone's home screen. But now the widgets are all gone? Any plans to bring them back? Other than that, the new app works fine. Smooth, fast, clean design. It's cool you can look at transfers without making a whole itinerary. But bring back the widgets.

This new update is awful. Before, I could track my train down to the minute and leave my office in time to be on the platform when the train arrives. Now, I have to move the map cursor over my favorite station to see it and I can't even filter out the different train lines I don't need! 👎👎👎👎 Oh and if a train is delayed (which it often is, they won't even give an eta on it's arrival. Sure, the old system wasn't accurate but it was something!

Recent update nuked the app. I can't see my favorite stops unless my location is on and I'm near the stop, and "status" no longer allows me to just look up a train or bus line, pick a direction and stop, and see arrival times. Now, status literally just shows whether there are delays. If I search a train or bus line, I get a scattered list of stops in both directions of the line with apparently meaningless arrows pointing in random directions. bring back the useful status functionality

What’s new

All-new subway and bus experience, redesigned from the ground up. The essential companion for riding the MTA subway and bus system just got even better.
- Performance and reliability improvements throughout the app.