NJ Rails

The NJ transit authority should pay this developer to design their official app for them, because this app is a thousand times better than the official app. In fact, the NJ transit authority recently paid god knows how much to have their app updated by some other firm (probably paying off their uncle’s third cousin who knows somebody who knows something about app programming if you pay ‘em 10x the going rate, knowing how Jersey works), and although it now looks like slightly more modern it’s more useless than ever. At least with this unofficial app you can still see what track your train will be on! Basics like that the official NJ Transit app can’t even get right. So all the stars to this app for understanding what commuters actually need. Amazing the program gives this app away for free. Must be a saint! And the small cost of the in-app purchases are totally worth it just to support this developer, even though the unobtrusive ads in the free version mean it’s a good app regardless.

I have the NJTransit official app for buying tickets that includes live train schedules. A have two more apps with schedules. I can go to the NJTransit page and get them, so why this? This app is the fastest way to see what train (and which track) is coming. Plus, I can follow a train once it leaves the station. Perfect if I know a friend left New York on the 4:57 and I am picking them up from the train station. I can see if the train is on time (and make sure I’m at the station) or is delayed for the innumerable reasons trains get delayed (and not waste my time at the station).

Thanks for this convenient app. It would be great if i could reorder the entries on the main screen. Also, I’d like to be able to name the entries. For example, the entry for a specific train is named “train # 123”, I’d like to change to “NB 4:40 55 min” to indicate that it’s a train leaving from the NB station at 4:40 that takes 55 min to arrive at my destination. When you have many trains on the screen, it’s hard to remember which train is which train. Thanks!