TreKing (CTA • Metra • Pace)

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.5
1.42K reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

With this feature-packed app, you can get real-time and scheduled arrival information, save favorite stops, see nearby transit options, and much more.

Some features (+) require TreKing Gold 👑, an affordable monthly subscription that supports ongoing development, removes ads, and unlocks all advanced features for just $1 per month.

Feature List


📡 Fast and accurate transit tracking
- Real-time CTA bus tracker
- Real-time CTA train tracker
+ Real-time Metra train tracker
+ Real-time Pace bus tracker
+ Scheduled South Shore Line train tracker
+ Set a destination stop and get estimated trip time
+ Multitask by tracking arrivals in your device’s notification area
+ Quickly track any favorite stop with a homescreen widget

⚠️ Service alerts
- Quickly see if any stop or route you’re tracking is experiencing a disruption so you can plan accordingly

⭐️ Save your favorite stops, routes, trip searches, and directions
- Easily organize saved stops with labels (like Gmail!)
- Reorder, edit, and delete favorites easily
+ Save the routes you actually use to quickly filter out the ones you don’t
+ Save trip planning queries to quickly get transit directions to frequent places
+ Save transit directions for offline use

🔔 Never miss your ride or your stop
- Set an alert for an approaching vehicle to get notified of its arrival
+ Set an alert for your destination stop to get notified when it's time to get off
+ Configure alert sounds to easily distinguish them from other notifications

⭕️ Quickly find and track arrivals at nearby stops
+ View all CTA bus, CTA train, Pace, Metra, and South Shore Lines stops near you
+ See all routes at the nearby stops and their direction of travel
+ Quickly and easily get predictions for multiple stops to find the best option

🗺️ Visualize Chicago’s transit system with powerful mapping capabilities
- Plot any saved stop on a map to see its exact location
- View predictions right on the map
+ View all CTA bus, CTA train, Metra, Pace, and South Shore Line stops in an area
+ View real-time arrival information for CTA and Pace buses and CTA, Metra, and South Shore Line trains
+ View route paths for CTA and Pace buses and CTA, Metra, and South Shore Line trains to see exactly where any bus or train will take you
+ View the locations of CTA and Pace buses and CTA and Metra trains to see exactly where they are and where they’re headed

↔️ Plan trips with transit directions powered by Google
+ Step-by-step directions via public transit
+ Choose to get directions immediately or plan ahead for a specific time in the future
+ Save frequently used searches (like going home) for faster planning
+ Save generated directions for later or offline use

🛠️ Enjoy other features to enhance your experience as a user
- Import and Export your data across devices with Google Drive or Dropbox
- Fast loading and offline use of some features thanks to on-device caching
- Built-in error- and bug-reporting so any issues are resolved ASAP

👨🏽‍🔧 Dedicated and responsive developer
- Ongoing development since 2009!
- Just email me with any suggestion or problem - no email goes unanswered!

Learn More


Visit https://sites.google.com/site/trekingandroid/ for:
- Complete user guide / help pages
- Transit system limitations
- Detailed FAQs
- Permissions explanations

Notice: this app uses Google Analytics for gathering ANONYMOUS app-usage statistics.
Updated on
Aug 15, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Files and docs, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
1.41K reviews
A Google user
February 16, 2018
Great app when Iam going to work
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