For NJ Transit rail commuters

The train app NJ Transit should have built.

Live tracking, real delays, smart transfers and heads-up alerts — in a clean little app that just works. And it's free.

Get started — it's free

Just your email. No password, no app store, no catch.

The back-story

I got tired of fighting the official app.

I moved to Jersey and suddenly I was riding NJ Transit all the time. The official app? Slow, clunky, and buggy right when I needed it — squinting on a cold platform trying to figure out if my train was late and which track it was on.

So one weekend I built something better with my AI pal. Something that opens instantly, shows me exactly what I need, and pings me when my train's running late. My wife and I ended up using it every single day.

It got good enough that keeping it to ourselves felt a little selfish. So here it is — free, for any NJ Transit commuter who wants a calmer ride.

— Max, a fellow NJ Transit commuter

Why RailDash

The stuff you actually gripe about? Fixed.

Even NJ Transit calls its own app “outdated and confusing.” Here are the complaints riders repeat the most — and what RailDash does instead.

“Where even is my train?” The official app guesses from track switches — not GPS.

See your train's real position on the line, updating live as it moves.

“Which track?!” — then the whole platform stampedes the board at once.

Your departure track sits right in the train list. Walk over early; skip the sprint.

The schedule still lists trains that already pulled out of the station.

Your next train is front and center; the ones that left quietly fade away.

Once you're aboard, you can't see which stops are coming up.

Full stop-by-stop route, your live position on it, and your stop highlighted.

Delays and cancellations show up late — or never make it to the screen.

Live delay & cancellation overlay, plus real service alerts — minus the marketing fluff.

“Session expired.” Log in again. Forgot your password. Again.

Passwordless — one emailed code and you're in. There's nothing to forget.

Not a knock on the folks running the trains — just a lighter tool for the daily ride.

What you get

Everything you actually need. Nothing you don't.

Built around real commuting — not a corporate feature checklist.

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Live train tracking

See your train move in real time, with an honest ETA into your stop — not just the timetable.

Live train position with visual delay predictions

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Delays & track updates

Real-time lateness and the departure track, right in the train list — so you're never guessing on the platform.

Train list with live track numbers and time updates

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Smart transfers

Going somewhere without a one-seat ride? RailDash finds the best transfer and shows you both legs.

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Make your connection

Catchable connecting trains surface automatically, with the time you've got to make the change.

Connection timing between two train legs

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Heads-up alerts

Opt in and get pushed when your train is late, cancelled, or your stop is coming up next — even with the app closed.

Push notifications alerting you that your train is delayed or your stop is next

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Live service alerts

Real disruptions — police activity, cancellations, adjusted schedules — surfaced right on your route. The noise and marketing copy are filtered out.

Live NJ Transit service alerts shown on the route

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Your routes, one tap

Save the trips you take every day and jump straight to live times — no re-typing stations.

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One honest catch: no ticket buying.

RailDash tells you everything about your train — but it can't sell you a ticket. You'll still grab those in the NJ Transit app or at the station. And no, I sadly can't offer you a discount on your fare either. Believe me, I tried.

Get started

Up and running in under a minute

No app store. No password to remember. Just your email.

Open the app

Head to raildash.app — on iPhone open it in Safari, on Android in Chrome.

Add to Home Screen

On iPhone: tap Share → Add to Home Screen. On Android: tap ⋮ → Install app. Runs full-screen and enables alerts.

Launch it

Open RailDash from its new Home Screen icon.

Sign in

Enter your email, pop in the 6-digit code, and you're in. No password, ever.

On Android, Chrome usually offers to install it for you — just tap the prompt.

Open RailDash →

Privacy first

We don't want your travel data.

Seriously. There's nothing to sell and no one to sell it to.

✓We store exactly two things: your email address, and the time you last signed in. That's the whole database.
✓We never record where or when you travel. Your stations, routes, searches and trips are never tied to your account or saved.
✓No ads. No trackers. No analytics selling. No third parties get your data — because we don't collect it.
✓Your email is used for one thing: sending your sign-in code. No newsletters, no spam.
✓Free, and open to anyone. This is a passion project from a commuter, not a startup chasing your attention.