Sunday, December 30, 2007
Nice
J. Cagnol has provided additional lines for our Nice (France) database, including the evening services and some railway routes.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Shanghai
The subway network in Shanghai (China) is undergoing important changes today with 2 lines extended and 3 entirely new lines.
Brest
M. Pouliquen reports a few changes on the bus network in Brest (France), planned on the beginning of next month.
Moscow
A new subway station is due to open today in Moscow (Russia), adding a connection between line 10 and lines 1 & 6.
Friday, December 28, 2007
New York (works)
Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. Download the new database here or with our online update services.
Attention Palm users: this database MUST NOT be installed in main memory on Palm devices (see the installation guide for details).
Next update planned on or around Friday, January 4.
Attention Palm users: this database MUST NOT be installed in main memory on Palm devices (see the installation guide for details).
Next update planned on or around Friday, January 4.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
MetrO, your companion on New Year's Eve
We are pleased to anounce the release of MetrO databases for the special New Year's Eve services in Paris (France) and Brussels (Belgium).
Paris: a selection of subway and railway lines will operate after the end of the regular service as well as the usual "Noctilien" night bus lines. All the RATP & SNCF services will be free from 5PM on 12/31 to 12PM on 01/01.
Download the "Paris Nuit Festive" file here.
The database contains the regular subway services (valid until 2AM) and the special services. If you want to try it out, don't forget to set the appropriate day (Tuesday) and time (12PM-6AM) in the program.
Brussels: the subway, a few trams and most of the "Noctis" night buses will run from midnight to 6AM on 01/01. Transportation will be free during this time.
Download the "Bruxelles Réveillon" file here.
The services change at around 1:30AM: set the time in the program at 2AM for services after 1:30. If you want to test the database, don't forget to set the appropriate day (Tuesday) and time (12PM-6AM) in the program.
These services are also available on i-MetrO for the WEB, WAP & i-Mode.
These databases have been built in a rush and may contain errors despite my efforts to make them as accurate as possible. If you find errors before next Monday, please report them quickly.
Thanks to L. Debacker for the information for Brussels!
Paris: a selection of subway and railway lines will operate after the end of the regular service as well as the usual "Noctilien" night bus lines. All the RATP & SNCF services will be free from 5PM on 12/31 to 12PM on 01/01.
Download the "Paris Nuit Festive" file here.
The database contains the regular subway services (valid until 2AM) and the special services. If you want to try it out, don't forget to set the appropriate day (Tuesday) and time (12PM-6AM) in the program.
Brussels: the subway, a few trams and most of the "Noctis" night buses will run from midnight to 6AM on 01/01. Transportation will be free during this time.
Download the "Bruxelles Réveillon" file here.
The services change at around 1:30AM: set the time in the program at 2AM for services after 1:30. If you want to test the database, don't forget to set the appropriate day (Tuesday) and time (12PM-6AM) in the program.
These services are also available on i-MetrO for the WEB, WAP & i-Mode.
These databases have been built in a rush and may contain errors despite my efforts to make them as accurate as possible. If you find errors before next Monday, please report them quickly.
Thanks to L. Debacker for the information for Brussels!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
San Francisco
The BART services to Millbrae in the San Francisco Bay Area (USA) will change on January 1st. Information by V. Lei.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Newcastle upon Tyne
M. Dulerm has entirely redesigned our database for the bus network in Newcastle upon Tyne (England).
Friday, December 21, 2007
New York (works)
Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. Download the new database here or with our online update services.
Attention Palm users: this database MUST NOT be installed in main memory on Palm devices (see the installation guide for details).
Next update planned on or around Friday, December 28.
Attention Palm users: this database MUST NOT be installed in main memory on Palm devices (see the installation guide for details).
Next update planned on or around Friday, December 28.
Berlin (works)
Works on subway lines U1 & U3 in Berlin (Germany) have ended this morning (sorry for the delay). Download our special database here or with our usual online update services.
Next update planned on 2/2 (or earlier).
Next update planned on 2/2 (or earlier).
Madrid
N. Knapp suggested some fine adjustments on the connections between the Cercanías & Metro networks in Madrid (Spain), for smarter route advices.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wien/Vienna
I had to rush the new version of our Wien/Vienna (Austria) database to include it in our latest release but Albin reported a few minor errors requiring a fix.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Paris (works)
Subway stations "Danube" & "Rue du Bac" in Paris (France) reopen this morning. Download the updated "temporary" files:
Next update planned on (or around) January 4.
- Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
- Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks). To use this one on a Palm device, you must get a recent version (5.6.0 or later) of the program and directly install the file on a memory card.
Next update planned on (or around) January 4.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Lisboa
Tomorrow, two new subway stations will open on the blue line in Lisboa/Lisbon (Portugal). Information by "RavenMaster".
Monday, December 17, 2007
MetrO 5.6.3
The new version of MetrO is available, with:
See our home page for details and downloads.
- Minor changes on the program (Windows Mobile & Symbian versions);
- 3 new cities;
- Important updates on the Charlotte, Dresden, Geneva, Grenoble, Nice, Nuremberg, Perth, Strasbourg, Wien/Vienna networks;
- Minor evolutions on many other cities.
See our home page for details and downloads.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Wien/Vienna
Albin assembled the data for all the bus lines in Wien/Vienna (Austria) that were missing from our database. It's unfortunate but it makes too much data for MetrO and we had to filter a few services out...
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Strasbourg
C. Contal noticed that one of the tram lines in Strasbourg (France) has been recently extended, bringing along a few changes on the bus network.
Perth
On a tip by J. Harris, I have updated our database for Perth (Australia), starting with a new railway line that should open soon and then fixing other changes and/or errors.
Friday, December 14, 2007
New York (works)
Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. Download the new database here or with our online update services.
Attention Palm users: this database MUST NOT be installed in main memory on Palm devices (see the installation guide for details).
Next update planned on or around Friday, December 21.
Attention Palm users: this database MUST NOT be installed in main memory on Palm devices (see the installation guide for details).
Next update planned on or around Friday, December 21.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Paris (works)
Subway station Exelmans in Paris (France) reopens this morning. Download the updated "temporary" files:
Next update planned on (or around) December 19.
- Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
- Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks). To use this one on a Palm device, you must get a recent version (5.6.0 or later) of the program and directly install the file on a memory card.
Next update planned on (or around) December 19.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Zürich
A. Lang sent a few updates for our database for Zürich (Switzerland) including a tram line extension that we missed a while ago and minor changes on some bus stops.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Grenoble
After the recent opening of a tram line in Grenoble (France), S. Blanchard reported a few additional changes on the bus network.
No more freewares on PalmGear
Motricity has recently merged PalmGear with its new PocketGear platform, removing all freewares from their catalog in the process. While the old site boasted more than 30,000 softwares for Palm, they now have only about 5,000 left...
With 320,000 downloads since its first appearance on PalmGear 8 years ago, MetrO has been among the top 10 favorite softwares for several years and certainly drew quite a bit of traffic to the site. Motricity apparently does not see any value there...
You may remember they went the same road when they upgraded PocketGear not long ago. In that case, some freewares, including MetrO, were later restored but our updates have not been taken into account for the last 3 months.
With the mess that Handango has become, it looks like the large software distribution platforms are almost dead.
With 320,000 downloads since its first appearance on PalmGear 8 years ago, MetrO has been among the top 10 favorite softwares for several years and certainly drew quite a bit of traffic to the site. Motricity apparently does not see any value there...
You may remember they went the same road when they upgraded PocketGear not long ago. In that case, some freewares, including MetrO, were later restored but our updates have not been taken into account for the last 3 months.
With the mess that Handango has become, it looks like the large software distribution platforms are almost dead.
Friday, December 07, 2007
New York (works)
Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. Download the new database here or with our online update services.
Attention Palm users: this database MUST NOT be installed in main memory on Palm devices (see the installation guide for details).
Next update planned on or around Friday, December 14.
Attention Palm users: this database MUST NOT be installed in main memory on Palm devices (see the installation guide for details).
Next update planned on or around Friday, December 14.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Nürnberg
A new subway station will open soon in Nürnberg/Nuremberg (Germany), bringing a few changes on the tram & bus network. While I have tried to update our file, I guess it would be worh being checked by someone living there...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Seattle
The monorail in Seattle (USA) is operating again - it probably was reopened a while ago - but the vintage streetcar - the only other line we have for the city - is still replaced by a bus service.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Paris
Starting this week, service in the Paris (France) subway will be extended one hour on Friday nights (the last train will reach the end of each line at 2:15).
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Hong Kong
B. Tsang reports the merger today of MTR & KCR, the transit operators in Hong Kong (China), implying changes on the KCR line names.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Valencia, Venezuela
A few days ago, a new subway began its commercial operation in Valencia (Venezuela). Although it makes a very small database, we want to keep our promise to cover all the subway networks in the world ;-)
Geneva
A new tram line will open in Geneva (Switzerland) on December 8th, bringing important changes on other parts of the bus and tram network. Although details are still missing, I have prepared our database for the update.
Stuttgart
Andreas reports changes on the "Stadtbahn" network in Stuttgart (Germany), planned for December 8th.
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