Know before you go with real time arrivals, trip planning, favorites, alerts, and AI powered support in the official WMATA app.
Metro Pulse helps you stay informed before you go and while you’re on the move. On bus or rail, across DC, Maryland, and Virginia, you can check real time arrivals, plan trips, save your favorites, chat with us, and get service updates — all in one easy to use app.
The official app of Metro, Metro Pulse has the up-to-the-second information you need to get where you want to go.
Real Time Arrivals
See accurate, real time data for every train and bus. Know when your ride is coming and whether delays or service changes could affect your trip so you can adjust with confidence.
Explore Nearby Service
Use the Explore tab to view Metro service near your current location or anywhere you drop a pin on the map.
Save Your Favorites
Keep your most used lines, routes, stations, stops, and places within easy reach
• Favorite a rail line or bus route to preview arrivals at nearby stations or stops
• Favorite a specific station or stop to see upcoming arrivals anytime
Plan and Customize Your Trip
Find the best way to get from point A to point B using bus, rail, or both.
• Compare route options
• View fare estimates and travel times
• Choose when you want to leave — now or later
• Customize preferences like travel modes, walking distance, access to elevators
AI Powered Chat
Get quick answers about arrivals, delays, service changes, and more. If you need additional help, connect directly with a Metro customer service representative.
Service Alerts
Stay updated on delays, service changes, cancellations, track work, and emergencies so you can avoid surprises.
Designed for Metro Riders
Built for riders across the DMV and redesigned with your feedback, Metro Pulse gives you the information you need when you need it — helping you move through the region with less stress and more confidence.
Metro Pulse keeps your trip on track — before, during, and after your ride.
I think there is a lot of room for improvement but these are the few changes i think would have the biggest impact on usability1. display bookmarked stations in the “nearby” page even if they are not nearby. This is the biggest thing that would allow me to see the important things without having to tap anything after opening the app. Especially because the location displayed is often not up to date and instead a location i was at yesterday2. save preferences for filtering by bus / rail in the nearby tab after closing the app. for commuting to work only take the train and it would be great to not have to do those extra selections every time3. please let us add specific station tiles like they appear in the nearby section as widgets on the home screen, this would be amazing
Developer Response
We appreciate your detailed feedback, and our developers will review this for future updates with the app. Thanks for checking out the app! -KB
Where do I see bookmarked stations?
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App looks great and I appreciate the lack of ads, the only thing missing is a tab at the bottom to quickly look at your bookmarks instead of looking through the nearby stops
Developer Response
Please feel free to chat with us in the app. We're here to help! If you click on "Plan" you can click on Favorite and view the bus stops and stations you have bookmarked. -KB
Needs Work
every_nick_name_is_taken!?!?!
This app needs a lot of work to be useful. For starters - the inability to filter out only the routes I use is a problem - sure it’s nice to see everything when I’m in a different location - but day to day I want to see only my bus and metro route. I also can’t seem to favorite stops and see only those stops. Again, I don’t need to see arrivals for every bus. For stops at the beginning/end of line - it’s only showing data for one direction. I need the ability to switch from North to South (for example on the A27 at Pentagon). For metro - just copy what Metro Hero is doing. It’s so much better.
Developer Response
If you click on "Plan" at the bottom of the page, you can click on "Favorites" to see what you have saved. We've shared your feedback with our developers about the end-of-the-line stops. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. -KB
Hilariously bad
DMV john
Not sure what this is for. I downloaded it to see if any local bus service was operating after our winter storm. There was nothing that obviously had status data for buses. I tried the trip planner and it told me there were no services nearby, so presumably that means the bus that stops at the corner is not running now (not surprising given road conditions) - but just having a list of routes with status would be 100x more useful. The trip planning duplicates what’s in the SmarTrip app so I’m not even sure what this app is for.
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. During winter storms, delays, detours, or service suspensions may affect trip planning. If no trips appear nearby, service may be temporarily suspended or operating on a snow plan. You can also view operating bus service at wmata.com/snow –RT
Streamlined user experience based on customer feedback
Next generation chat experience with interactive AI services and Live agent support
Multi-lingual support for English and Spanish speakers
Improved accessibility and various bug fixes
Version 2.0.0
The developer, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Contact Info
Search History
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Location
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authory
Size
70.1 MB
Category
Travel
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
