MBTA Rail 17+

Commuter Rail Train Tracking

Sealight LLC

Designed for iPhone

    • 4.0 • 456 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

MBTA Rail provides experienced Boston commuters with as much information as possible about the location and status of their trains. This app is designed for seasoned commuters who are already familiar with their line's schedule.

This app is NOT affiliated with the MBTA, Keolis, or MassDOT.

Features include:

• Train location data (next stop, current stop, GPS location, predicted arrival time, and vehicle speed)
• Crowd-sourced information. Is a prediction wrong? Train delayed mid-trip? Wondering if your train is standing room only? Discuss through the "Reports" feature
• Boarding track numbers
• See your train on a map along with other trains along your route
• View historical coach numbers, boarding tracks, and average on time percentages
• Full schedule view with predicted arrival times for each stop
• Service alerts (delays, cancellations, track changes, etc.)
• Works with CapeFLYER and Gillette Stadium special event trains!
• Clean, user-friendly, and ad-free interface

Note: data is sourced directly from the MBTA's real-time feeds which is collected using PTIS equipment installed on the trains. We don't make any predictions ourselves; this app is simply an interface for the MBTA's data. This app is as accurate as the MBTA's data allows us to be.

Terms of use: https://www.mbtarail.app/terms
Privacy policy: https://www.mbtarail.app/privacy

What’s New

Version 2.55.0

- Added a filter to the departures tab to only show trains that stop at Back Bay
- Fixed a bug changing routes

Ratings and Reviews

4.0 out of 5
456 Ratings

456 Ratings

Mark69#1 ,

Not reporting broading track information anymore

Love this app. Would give it 5 stars BUT for some reason the MBTA Rail App not posting “boarding track information” anymore. I’m using the newest iOS version from apple App Store. Using iPhone 12 max pro phone. And 5g for internet connection. I’m running iOS 17.2 I recently upgraded. Maybe this is why? I’m leaving south station. No trains a posting boarding track information. I take the Foxboro train. If that helps. Mark O

Developer Response ,

Hi - the MBTA had an issue a few weeks ago that prevented boarding track numbers from appearing in their data. The outage lasted a couple days but it’s since been fixed. Thanks for using the app!

erik_price ,

Makes you into a commuting cyborg

This app 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, this app 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.)

Sggtvj ,

More than just train times

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 this app 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.

App Privacy

The developer, Sealight LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • User Content
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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