MTA TrainTime Software
Company Name: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
About: Metropolitan Transportation Authority provides subway, bus, and commuter railroad transportation
services to customers with disabilities.
Headquarters: New York, New York, United States.
MTA TrainTime Overview
What is MTA TrainTime? The Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad official app, TrainTime, allows users to plan their railroad trips and buy tickets in one place. The app offers features such as in-app ticket purchasing, trip planning, real-time train tracking, real-time seat availability, service alerts, customer service chat, station information, trip sharing, saved trips, and a long press shortcut.
Features
- In-App Tickets: Securely buy and use Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad (East of Hudson only) tickets in the same app you use to plan your trip
- Trip Planning: Check schedules, view track assignments, and see how full trains usually are
- Realtime Train Tracking: See exactly where each train in your trip is, check when it will arrive, and follow it throughout your trip
- Realtime Seat Availability: See the list of cars on your train and how full each one is for the best chance of snagging a seat
- Alerts: Service alerts straight from the source, presented in the context of your trip
- Chat: Text with customer service without leaving the app
- Station Information: Check upcoming departures, elevator and escalator status, and ticket office hours
- Trip Sharing: Send your trip details to friends and family
- Saved Trips: Save all your favorite trips/trains for quick and easy access
- Long Press Shortcut: Long press on the app icon for a shortcut to show your tickets right away.
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MTA TrainTime Pricing Plans
| Duration | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|
| Billed Once | $10.00 |
**Pricing data is based on average subscription prices reported by Justuseapp.com users..
Product Details and Description of
The official app of the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad brings TrainTime to MTA eTix. You can now plan railroad trips and buy tickets all in one place without having to switch between apps. Whether you’re new to the system or a daily commuter, make your trips as seamless as possible with: • In-App Tickets: Our biggest request! Securely buy and use Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad (East of Hudson only) tickets in the same app you use to plan your trip • Trip Planning: Check schedules, view track assignments, and see how full trains usually are • Realtime Train Tracking: See exactly where each train in your trip is, check when it will arrive, and follow it throughout your trip • Realtime Seat Availability: See the list of cars on your train and how full each one is for the best chance of snagging a seat • Alerts: Service alerts straight from the source, presented in the context of your trip • Chat: Text with customer service without leaving the app • Station Information: Check upcoming departures, elevator and escalator status, and ticket office hours • Trip Sharing: Send your trip details to friends and family • Saved Trips: Save all your favorite trips/trains for quick and easy access • Long Press Shortcut: Long press on the app icon for a shortcut to show your tickets right away
Top Reviews
By Britty27
Time Saver and Ease of Use
Convenience is great with this app. I’m a Uni. Student who has to take the LIRR every four days out of the week. I’ve only bought a paper ticket once and have had no issues with buying or activating tickets, yet. Been using this app for about 2 months regularly and it’s great. Especially when I’m just able to catch a train without taking time to buy a ticket at the station. Less chance of misplacing my phone instead of my ticket. Don’t need to fumble my bag for my ticket. I just buy the amount of tickets I need for two weeks and stockpile ‘em for use. Just easier overall. However, I’m not keen on their refund policy for mistakenly ordered/ unused tickets- but the convenience is just too great. Unless there is a major problem, I’ll continue to keep using this time saver of an app.
By jain.......Aj
This app is amazing!
Idk why the overall rating is so low! The app is a blessing. Incredibly user friendly and very convenient for a commuter. I love the feature of the ticket activation because it it lets you use tickets only when you activate them. There is also a benefit of getting refunds within 5 minutes of buying the ticket. If one happens to make an error, they’ll most probably catch the error within minutes and can get a refund. That isn’t possible with paper tickets. Also, and my most fav reason of all, it’s environment friendly and is a huge step head of the digitization of the MTA.
By RTN222
Good app
I was reluctant to use the app because of other reviews about the slow ticket loading and other problems. Yesterday I gave it a try because I didn’t want to carry around paper ticket. I purchased my usual 10 trip ticket with iPhone XS Max, had no difficulty. I activated my ticket as we departed train station. The ticket screen was easy to get back to after I switched to another app or after turning off my phone. I did not appear to have problems getting to ticket screen with poor/no internet connection. I will not be going back to paper ticket anymore.
