What is this, bro?
I saw a tram approaching and the app said 31 minutes 🤣
Absolutely underrated app
I don't understand why so many people have been saying tramTRACKER is so bad, because in my personal experience it's the best and I wish there was a suburban train equivalent.
First of all, the app works perfectly fine. Everything loads, there are no bugs, and the ETAs are accurate enough. The only issue I've had is when I go to the list of tram routes and tap on "Network", nothing loads. I believe this was supposed to be an image of the tram network map that just won't load anymore, but there are so many other places to find the Melbourne tram network map, such as inside trams, at tram stops, and online, so you don't really need it to load on tramTRACKER. I've also found that I don't get push notifications for service disruptions despite having turned that on and allowing push notifications from tramTRACKER, but again there are many other ways of finding out about service disruptions.
Already tramTRACKER is good enough for telling people how long until the next tram, but there's even more. You're able to filter upcoming tram arrivals by whether or not they are low floor, which is great for people with physical disabilities, and you can also filter stops by if they have a raised platform, if they have a shelter, and if they have myki machines. You can also favourite stops and give them names and stuff so you can easily access their arrival times in the future. This may seem pretty basic, but surprisingly the PTV app (which soon should be the Transport Victoria app, for those reading this in the near future) doesn't have any of this.
A couple more features I like:
1. You are able to search up the location of individual trams by their number. This also shows the scheduled departure times for each upcoming and previous stop, and the route number and terminus is shown at the top of the screen too. From here you can scroll left on a stop to send a push notification to your phone a couple minutes before that tram reaches the selected stop.
2. When looking at the upcoming tram arrivals for a stop, you get a little picture of what your tram will look like. This I personally like because I can then tell from that picture what tram class I will be getting on, and although most people won't really care about that, it might still be helpful to have a picture of what your tram will look like.
In conclusion, I think tramTRACKER is great when it works. In all the years of me using it I have had little to no issues with it and will keep using it until it gets shut down for some reason or until I die. It's just that great.
First of all, the app works perfectly fine. Everything loads, there are no bugs, and the ETAs are accurate enough. The only issue I've had is when I go to the list of tram routes and tap on "Network", nothing loads. I believe this was supposed to be an image of the tram network map that just won't load anymore, but there are so many other places to find the Melbourne tram network map, such as inside trams, at tram stops, and online, so you don't really need it to load on tramTRACKER. I've also found that I don't get push notifications for service disruptions despite having turned that on and allowing push notifications from tramTRACKER, but again there are many other ways of finding out about service disruptions.
Already tramTRACKER is good enough for telling people how long until the next tram, but there's even more. You're able to filter upcoming tram arrivals by whether or not they are low floor, which is great for people with physical disabilities, and you can also filter stops by if they have a raised platform, if they have a shelter, and if they have myki machines. You can also favourite stops and give them names and stuff so you can easily access their arrival times in the future. This may seem pretty basic, but surprisingly the PTV app (which soon should be the Transport Victoria app, for those reading this in the near future) doesn't have any of this.
A couple more features I like:
1. You are able to search up the location of individual trams by their number. This also shows the scheduled departure times for each upcoming and previous stop, and the route number and terminus is shown at the top of the screen too. From here you can scroll left on a stop to send a push notification to your phone a couple minutes before that tram reaches the selected stop.
2. When looking at the upcoming tram arrivals for a stop, you get a little picture of what your tram will look like. This I personally like because I can then tell from that picture what tram class I will be getting on, and although most people won't really care about that, it might still be helpful to have a picture of what your tram will look like.
In conclusion, I think tramTRACKER is great when it works. In all the years of me using it I have had little to no issues with it and will keep using it until it gets shut down for some reason or until I die. It's just that great.
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No Longer Works
When it was functioning it was a very helpful app. Now it won’t even load and appears others are having the same issue. RIP tramTRACKER.
Not working anymore
It's a great app until it was working, now it's been 4 weeks and it doesn't work and no one even triea to fix it! This was the only good app for tracking the trams and now it's gone
No times
Data feed no longer provides actual times
