MBTA Rail Commuter Rail Reviews

MBTARailCommuterRail is amazing but some times isn’t correct and the tracker isn’t always reporting which is ehh but over all it’s great!

Very nice app. Shows train schedule accurately and neatly. No annoying ads. I wish MBTARailCommuterRail had option to save/bookmark the multiple routes instead of searching every time. And option to search the station by typing first few letters instead of scrolling and searching the station name in the list. Keep up the good work.

It’s a great app to track the arrival time and boarding tracks for commuter rails. It also shows the history of timeliness/tracks and allows posting. I wish it shows a Favorite tab to show all trains/lines that I flagged as favorite instead of having to choose an individual line first in order to see my favorite train/time under that line.

MBTARailCommuterRail is great, and I recommend. However, one update is needed. Train routes and comments disappear once a train is supposed to have arrived at its final destination. This means that if a train is 20 min delayed to its arrival at north station, one cannot comment for the last 20 mins that the train is in progress. This leaves people uninformed.

My only problem with it is that it doesn’t have any subways or busses. Otherwise it is amazing and I would recommend it to anyone who needs to know where their train is or for any train enthusiasts.

MBTARailCommuterRail is the perfect combination of schedule data and crowdsourced comments. If you want to know exactly what’s causing a delay, up to the minute, this is it. Also great for knowing what track a train is departing from way before it’s announced. But shh, don’t tell TOO many people!

Downloaded the latest update and MBTARailCommuterRail it still crashing on launch.

EDIT: Developer has since fixed and update. No longer crashes at startup.

Issue has since been fixed - 5 stars because I love MBTARailCommuterRail!

For the last couple of days the “boarding on track” info hasn’t been showing. Is this an app glitch or an MBTA issue? If it’s app-related, can you fix it? MBTARailCommuterRail is my lifeline!

Whoever (or whatever team) went ahead to make this, put a huge amount of upfront effort in to make people’s everyday lives better. It seems like a small thing but spread over thousands of commuters that check MBTARailCommuterRail a couple times per work day, it makes a such a massive impact. Little things like knowing what the train layout is or when you need to leave your house make the everyday commute so much better
Virtual fist bump to that team

Shout out to all those people who post to the community every day with train layouts and updates🙌

Feedback: Allow to sort by departure time from chosen destination please

It is my go to app for commuting with great crowd sourced information that is often more timely and accurate than the official MBTA alerts.

I also appreciate the moderators for handling posters who dominate or become too aggressive with other commenters. A recent addition of avatars lets you identify who is reliable and who isn’t.

Keep up the good work!

Have been using MBTARailCommuterRail for years; it’s the best $1 I ever spent! So, so worth it - train tracking, alerts, and updates from fellow riders about everything. Passengers are able to post information/updates in realtime: track numbers, delays, breakdowns, track issues, and train configuration, which cars have heat or A/C, number of conductors, which doors are opened, and so forth - much more detailed info and provided earlier than the MBTA does. Users can favorite their lines & train numbers, app pinpoints on map where train is located (great when running for the train), and shows ETAs for stations along the line. Depending on the users, there are sometimes even funny debates - at Halloween for instance, whether candy corn is great or a product of the devil (spoiler alert - I happen to like it ) Highly recommend!

MBTARailCommuterRail has become the brains of my commute; I got to spend an extra five minutes playing Exapunks this morning since I could see my train was going to be late and I knew exactly where to stand for the double decker car so I could get a table. It has features not available from the MBTA API, such as train lateness trends, platform number likelihood (so you can decide where to stand in the station as you swig from that brown paper bag) and crowd-sourced reporting on timeliness and train car hygiene (“car number 2 smells like a squirrel died in a container of bad yogurt”).

In summary, MBTARailCommuterRail has earned its status as the only React Native app on my home screen.

(Was going to deduct one star because no watchOS app yet, but then I remembered that using App Store reviews to coerce developers into adding pet features is a jank move.)

I would be lost without MBTARailCommuterRail, and have significantly more gray hair. MBTARailCommuterRail helps to alleviate some MBTA commuting stress. App has always been dead-on accurate (on Fitchburg trains) & has saved me from wasting countless hours of valuable time trying to cope with an outrageously inadequate, unreliable & sub-par Boston train system. A big THANK YOU to MBTARailCommuterRail developer & to users who keep people informed & often laughing with their cheeky comments.

I’ve had MBTARailCommuterRail for a couple of years. Nice aggregation of schedule and gps info. The messaging feature is a lifesaver—riders on the train can post updates (and pithy commentary) for other riders, and this info is often better and more timely than the MBTA updates.

I also appreciate that the devs do a good job of rolling out new features. For example, they just incorporated a pdf view of schedules. It’s a small add, but makes it easier to plan your trip with MBTARailCommuterRail .

I was very pleasantly surprised by everything MBTARailCommuterRail has to offer! It has a great interface that clearly shows each trains' status, real time GPS info, and best of all, the ability for passengers to post updates and communicate. This is especially helpful when passengers on a delayed train can inform those of us waiting on the platform about why the train hasn't arrived. Well worth the purchase!

If you commute in to Boston daily MBTARailCommuterRail is for you. It can help you get a jump on the crowds boarding the trains at south station and confirms if your guess was correct after you’re on the train. Really well done. Community comments can get a little annoying but they are still more useful than not. Would be cool if you could implement a reddit comment rating system so the gold would flow to the top and the nonsense would drift down into obscurity, a feeling commuters can appreciate.

I use MBTARailCommuterRail almost every day and not once have I noticed an issue. The subscription is perfectly reasonable for an app that provides consistent value. However, the devs of MBTARailCommuterRail keep providing value! They just added a new feature that lets commuters chat and let each other know what’s going on with the trains. A huge benefit. Kudos to the devs for making a simple and excellent experience.

I just started taking the commuter rail and MBTARailCommuterRail has saved me so much time and frustration. Not only does it surface delays so I don’t wait outside on the track, but the Reporting feature allows passengers to share real-time updates on specific trains. This morning there was a long delay due to a disabled train, but a “mystery train” showed up and was running 5 minutes ahead. Was able to track that status through other passengers and actually get a window seat.

To the developer, I’d love the ability to sort or filter by inbound/outbound trains, since I’m only ever looking at one direction.

Worth the $5. I used Google Maps to find out if my train was running late. (Put in you parking lot for the train station and it will display fairly accurate times.) However if the trains are really late Google is less accurate. The reason to pay for MBTARailCommuterRail is both most up to date train info from MBTA and passenger comments. So someone on the train will report what the conductor said & whether the train is now running smoothly or going slow. If you are trying to decide to drive in or take a later train it’s very useful.

The alerts and location tracking already makes this a world-class app but the community that has been created because of MBTARailCommuterRail is what truly sets this apart. Having first-hand information as to why a train is delayed is truly a god-send and has saved my commute quite a few times in the 4 months I’ve had MBTARailCommuterRail. Bravo!