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About MetroNow DC

When is my train? MetroNow DC answers in one glance — and keeps answering all the way to the platform. Arrivals come straight from WMATA's track circuits, the same hardware signals that run the railroad — not GPS guesses. MARC and VRE commuter rail are built in, every train in the region moves on a live map, and a Lock Screen countdown follows your train so you don't have to keep checking your phone. REAL-TIME ARRIVALS Boarding, arriving, and minute-by-minute countdowns for every Metrorail station. The board refreshes faster as your train gets close, and rolling numerals tick down in place. TRACK ANY TRAIN Follow any departure on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — even scheduled trains 30+ minutes out. The countdown updates by push, so it stays live while your phone is in your pocket. LIVE SYSTEM MAP Watch every train in the system move in real time. Tap any train or station to jump straight to its board. MARC & VRE COMMUTER RAIL All 61 MARC and VRE stations: live delays and cancellations, service alerts, journey timelines, Lock Screen tracking, and dedicated live maps for both systems. SYSTEM STATUS How each line is really running — measured headways, "gaps forming" or "recovering," and callouts naming the stations where riders are actually stuck. Not just the alerts: the numbers behind them. CROWDING, BEFORE YOU BOARD The first train after a long service gap has been collecting riders the whole time. Your board says so before the doors open. JOURNEY VIEW Tap any train to see its full run on a map, with live position from track circuits. Swipe the timeline to peek at exact clock arrival times for every station. PLAN AHEAD Tomorrow's full timetable one tap away, the last trains of the day flagged, and To DC / Outbound filters for busy boards. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Your station's next trains at a glance — one tap opens the board. HONEST DATA Real-time numbers and estimates are never mixed silently: anything not confirmed by WMATA's own board is clearly marked with ~. And when a feed goes down, MetroNow says so instead of guessing. No account. No ads. Just the next train. MetroNow DC is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA), or the Virginia Railway Express (VRE). Train data provided by WMATA, MDOT MTA, and VRE.

What’s new

Version 1.6.0 · Updated October 13, 2026

Going to: pick where you're headed and the board keeps only the trains that go there, with your arrival time under each one. It remembers your choice for every station. Can you still catch it? Walking to the station, the board shows the walk to the entrance and greys out the trains you can't reach in time. Opens to your nearest station, measured to its nearest entrance. Pick another any time; the next open is back on the nearest. Your direction first. The board learns which way you ride in the morning and in the evening and puts that direction on top. Pin a direction to override it. A better widget: one row per destination with the trains after it, narrowed to the direction you ride, with car counts, a refresh button and how long ago it updated. A Nearest Station widget follows you around. Press and hold a train's time to track it. Lock Screen tracking is on by default, the ride shows its stop count from the start, and your Apple Watch shows the minutes. MARC and VRE boards get the same destination list as Metro. Plus: a one-question first launch, the right line colors at Yellow and Silver stations WMATA's list missed, and the departing train stays on the board at terminals.

App privacy

The developer, Bojan Mihovilovic, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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