Metra Times
Sean McCauley Travel iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Metra Times is a free Travel app for iPhone and iPad by Sean McCauley. Rated 4.5/5 from 4 ratings. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated September 20, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.5
- 4 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 4 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 20
- 2026 · v1.8.0
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About Metra Times
Metra Times is a fast, clean way to see when your next Metra train leaves: a live departure board for every Metra line in the Chicago region. Build a board around how you actually commute. Favorite the routes you ride and they're one tap away, with live status the moment you open the app. FEATURES • Live departure board for all Metra lines • Network map: see every Metra line and tap any station for live departures • Track a train and watch it on your Lock Screen. A Live Activity counts down to arrival and advances stop by stop as the train moves, even with your phone locked • Favorite the trips you ride for a board that's all yours. Where two lines serve the same trip, you see both together • Full schedule browser: pick any line, station pair, and date • Real-time service alerts • Dynamic Island support • Choose your look: a clean classic board or a split-flap departure-board theme • Get-off alerts: be notified N stops before your destination, even when your phone is locked • Precise on-board tracking (optional): once you confirm you're riding, your phone's location makes get-off alerts more reliable and can detect boarding automatically PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your device and isn't collected or shared. Metra Times is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Metra or the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad. Schedule and real-time information come from Metra's public data feeds.
What’s new
Version 1.8.0 · Updated September 20, 2026
Metra Times is built for iPad now, not stretched to fit it. • Every journey you have saved sits in a sidebar with its own live next departure, beside one journey's full departure board • Pick a journey on the left, read it on the right, instead of scrolling past the trains you are not catching • Portrait or landscape, on every iPad from the mini to the 13 inch • The timetable browser, the network map, service alerts and the Home Screen widget all come with it Also in this release, on iPhone and iPad both: • If you use Get-off alert with Precise on-board tracking, the boarding prompt now appears when you reach your station even if the app was closed. That was exactly the case where it used to stay silent. • Asking Siri for your next train, or walking into your station with the app closed, no longer loads your whole departure board in the background. The app uses less of your data when you are not looking at it.
App privacy
The developer, Sean McCauley, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Analytics
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metra Times | 4.5 / 5 (4 ratings) | Free | September 20, 2026 |
| Live Metra Map: GPS Tracker | 4.7 / 5 (13) | Free | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Metra Rider - Train Schedules | 4.2 / 5 (5) | Free | May 19, 2025 |
| onTime Metra, CTA | 4.0 / 5 (874) | Free | May 14, 2026 |
| Transit Stop: CTA Tracker. | 4.6 / 5 (32,522) | Free | Aug 21, 2026 |
| ParkOakPark | 1.7 / 5 (33) | Free | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Park Evanston | 4.3 / 5 (763) | Free | Apr 20, 2026 |