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How to get information about your bus trip on the MTA app.

Written by TS
Updated over 2 weeks ago

The Bus tab shows you real-time arrivals at bus stops near your current location, which is indicated by a blue dot. The latest arrivals appear below the map and are listed by stop and line. A direction arrow is next to each stop to show that stop's direction of travel. Real-time bus arrivals are shown in black with a Wi-Fi symbol, while scheduled times are shown in gray.

The map shows you bus lines that cross your current map view, with lines color-coded to match the route badge color. If you have set favorite bus routes, only your favorite routes will appear on the map and on the page with other lines in gray.

An animated GIF of the bus tab showing the user moving their dot, changing the bus arrival options. Favorites are selected.

Otherwise, you will see all routes when zoomed in.

An animated GIF of the bus tab showing the user moving their dot, changing the bus arrival options. Favorites are not selected.

The map allows you to change the location you are looking at by moving your dot on the map. The list of stops will update based on your map view (you can tell if you're in this mode if you see a purple dot instead of a blue dot).

You can also search directly for a stop or a route by tapping on the magnifying glass.

Tapping on a stop brings you to the Stop page, which lists more upcoming arrivals. Tapping on a trip on the arrivals list brings you to the Trip page, which allows you to see the bus's current location and the time it will arrive at each stop.

A screenshot of the bus stop page for Broadway/Morris St showing upcoming M55 arrival times.
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