MetroConnect

What's New

App updates and release history.

Latest development buildSeptember 2026

Subway planning and live arrivals

  • Bundled MTA subway schedules with transfers at shared station complexes.
  • Supported rail, station-to-station walking, and subway connections in one itinerary.
  • Live subway boards at six major complexes, with line colors, direction labels, and the data source and time of the last update.
  • Nearest-station location shortcut and subway/PATH fare estimates. Confirm current prices with official agencies.
1.2 Latest September 2026 · launching on Google Play

NJ Transit live data through MetroConnect Cloud

  • NJ Transit live updates. Real-time delays, train positions, and station-board track numbers at NY Penn and Newark Penn now come from the MetroConnect cloud service — no developer credentials are needed.
  • NJ Transit Bus advisories. Detours and service notices for every NJT bus route, grouped per route in the alerts tree — sourced from NJ Transit's official advisories feed. (Bus schedules and trip planning: planned for a future update.)
  • NJ Transit Rail alerts with line scoping — pin your line and see only what affects your train.
  • Smarter polling: the app only fetches data for the transit systems you've enabled.
1.1 September 2026

The DepartureVision update

  • Track numbers on departure boards — know your platform the moment NJ Transit posts it.
  • Second-precision delays per train, and delay-adjusted times at every stop on the trip timeline.
  • Live train position — see which station your train is approaching, right on the trip timeline.
  • Train numbers (like NEC #3706) shown on boards, trip results, and timelines.
  • Honest-data tuning: live/scheduled/signal-lost labels calibrated per agency's real GPS reporting cadence.
1.0 September 2026

The foundation

  • Works underground: complete NJ Transit Rail, LIRR, and Metro-North timetables bundled in the app — full schedules with zero signal.
  • One-tap trip planner with direct and transfer routes, saved commutes, and a stop-by-stop trip timeline.
  • Live PATH arrivals at every PATH station, and live LIRR / Metro-North updates.
  • Alerts by line: a collapsible per-line tree for subway, rail, and bus alerts — pin the lines you ride.
  • "My transit" personalization: pick your systems; boards, alerts, and updates focus on just those.
  • Honest data labels everywhere: every time is marked live, scheduled, or signal-lost — so you can distinguish predictions from timetable times.
  • Dark, commuter-first design · favorites & quick-pick chips · nearby stations · system status · official-app handoff for tickets.