Subway Now: Live NYC Train Map

Sunny Ng

In-app purchases

About this app

Subway Now (formerly The Weekendest) is the ultimate companion app to ride the NYC Subway. Simply open it to see all nearby arrival times in zero taps, and go!

Subway Now is the first and only realtime New York City Subway map app, you can:
- Track live locations of trains
- Lookup nearby train arrival times across stations
- View current subway service patterns on a map, not just what is "scheduled" for a typical weekday
- Track your train's estimated arrival time and connection times outside of the app with Push Notifications*
- Check transfer times before you arrive at your transfer station
- Get more accurate train arrival times that has been additionally processed

From the Press:
"With one tap, [Subway Now] identifies your location and current travel options... look ahead to transfers. Service Changes are in view as part of the complete picture of possible rides." - PIX11 News

"Several voices on Twitter pointed out that a digital MTA map, arguably superior, already exists. At a transportation conference in Brooklyn last year Sunny Ng unveiled an open-source creation he calls The Weekendest — a riff on the name of the MTA’s previous service-change map, called The Weekender." - Bloomberg CityLab

"To go beyond the MTA service alerts, you need to look at headways, which is the time between trains on a line. I can use [Subway Now] to easily see where the trains are bunching or slowing due to issues and plan accordingly." - VICE Motherboard

Additional Features:
- Our own data-driven service alerts, delay detection, integrated with MTA official alerts
- Save favorite subway stations for easy access
- Customizable Train Arrival alerts, be notified when your train is about to arrive*
- Light mode/dark mode support
- Station accessibility notices, and accessibility station filter
- Optimized for intermittent offline viewing (you know how it is underground)
- No ads!

* Background Train Tracker and Train Arrival Alerts require paid in-app subscription add-on

Subway Route Symbols: ® Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Used with permission.

Subway Now's app data and map are generated from MTA's open data feeds, used with permission. This app is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or operated by the MTA, or any official government entity. If you suspect any inaccuracies, check MTA's website for official notices at mta.info.

Ratings and reviews

This is the best app I've used for train trip planning. The real-time train arrivals is so convenient--if you're on a part of the platform that doesn't have an arrival time sign, or if you're on your way to the station, just open the app and you'll easily see when the next train comes, so you'll know if you need to hurry up. Just yesterday, this app let me convince a friend to take the B instead of waiting for the Q and I got home 5 minutes faster.

This app is such a game changer! The NYC Subway system is volatile and unreliable, so it's incredible to see all the relevant information you need in an intuitive, cohesive format. Allows you to quickly strategize on the fly based on where you are and what trains are close by. Also great that the information is dynamic, so if trains have partial line jumps at certain times, the app reflects that. A great alternative and upgrade from the often glitchy and slow-to-load Transit app!!

By far the greatest app for navigating New York City Transit and it's not even close

What’s new

- Report '25 is here! Check out your stats on how you used Subway Now to ride the subway in 2025!
- Updated 23 St–Baruch College station name