The Official MTA App

Name: The Official MTA App
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.0387275218963623 (7566 reviews)
Author: MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

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About this app

Get live transit updates straight from the source. The official MTA app is the best way to get real-time arrival info for subways and buses, plus service status updates, maps, a live customer service chat, and more.

• Know exactly when the next train or bus is coming with our up-to-the-minute arrival board for every station and stop in the system.
• Save a subway line or bus route for easy and quick access to arrival info and status updates for your frequently used stops and stations.
• See real-time service updates, planned service changes, and information about elevator and escalator outages.
• Our live customer service chat connects you with an MTA employee who can help you with your ride.

The MTA app is built by MTA riders for MTA riders. We update the app regularly based on your feedback.

Get live transit updates and real-time arrival info for subways and buses.

Updated on

Nov 10, 2026

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
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

7.44K reviews

Richard Siegel

March 30, 2026

Recent update nuked the app. I can't see my favorite stops unless my location is on and I'm near the stop, and "status" no longer allows me to just look up a train or bus line, pick a direction and stop, and see arrival times. Now, status literally just shows whether there are delays. If I search a train or bus line, I get a scattered list of stops in both directions of the line with apparently meaningless arrows pointing in random directions. bring back the useful status functionality

28 people found this review helpful

Cristen Kennedy

June 2, 2021

When the app works, it's great. You get real time updates on bus and train arrival. However, for the last week, the app has just lost all usability. It won't show any train or bus lines whatsoever. When you try to add a favorite line, the app crashes. As someone else mentioned, there haven't been any updates so I'm using the most recent version.

24 people found this review helpful

Tony Chin

June 27, 2022

Previously added favorites (subway, bus, rail) are shown having a star in the "Add Favorites" but the "Favorites" tab in the main screen isn't displaying the starred lines. This used to populate but now it's no longer populating. Someone from the app creation team please fix this. What's the point of navigating through the website on a mobile device just to see the line?

10 people found this review helpful