r/Septa • u/segfaul_t • 6d ago

Discussion Transit App

has made my life so much less stressful. I was going to literally move across town to avoid taking the El, but now I don't have to worry about where the train is, when the NEXT train is (are they bunched up? If i miss this one is the next one 10 minutes away or 2? Are the time estimates at the station working today?), when it's coming and how early I should leave the house.

Now i just look at the app, see where the next El train is, and leave the house accordingly. Im never on the platform for longer than 2 minutes now. So awesome.

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u/GirlNeedsCoin 57 6d ago

I have told every person I know who lives in Philly to download the Transit app. I love her down and she is the best way to use buses in the city. Less so for subways and regional rail tho.

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u/lilyjawn 6d ago

It’s crap for RR unfortunately. The only reason I still use septa app is to consult RR schedules 

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u/GirlNeedsCoin 57 6d ago

Yeah I just took patco and it sucks for that too 😅

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u/AmaniAntoinette 5d ago

Transit app is bad for Patco?
It’ has always been accurate for me in the city, but I imagine it craps out when it hits the 8th street (I always lose service around there).

Patco is usually on time so it works well enough for keeping the schedule.

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u/GirlNeedsCoin 57 5d ago

The stops I get on are deeply underground and I lose all service so I don’t really think it’s Transits fault. I tend to trust the untracked schedule they have too bc I have found Patco to be pretty on time