Guangzhou

A new Metro line has opened in Guangzhou (China) and another one has been extended.

Shanghai

Tomorrow, a new subway line will open and another one will be significantly extended in Shanghai (China).

Rennes

Our database for Rennes (France) had not been updated for a long time and was in need of a serious refresh.

Since I got no help to do it (same as for Tours, by the way), I have only rebuilt the urban network and left out all suburban routes.

Tours

The bus network in Tours (France) has been overhauled last summer, with additional changes made more recently.

New Year's Eve in Brussels

I found a few errors in our database for the special New Year's Eve service in Brussels (Belgium).

Download the updated "Bruxelles Réveillon" file here (or update your file directly in the MetrO application on your iPhone or BlackBerry).

Berlin (works)

Service on the S5 line in Berlin (Germany) has been extended a bit.

Download the new "works" database here or with our usual online update services.

Next update on (or around) January 3 (?)

Paris (works)

With the reopening of station Jaurès on subway line 2, all services in Paris (France) are running normally for a few days.

Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) January 4.

i-MetrO for Layar

Despite last week's update, we still had performance issues with i-MetrO for Layar. I think that Google App Engine - which I tried out for this service - was the main culprit. Consequently, I have moved everything back to our "regular" server and it now apparently runs smoothly.

Moscow

Subway line 3 in Moscow (Russia) has been extended, with 3 new stations.

New Year's Eve in Brussels

We are pleased to anounce the release of a MetrO database for the special New Year's Eve service in Brussels (Belgium): the subway and a few tram lines will run during the night and the "Noctis" night buses will operate until 5 AM (but they will not go to the city centre before 1:30 AM). Transportation will be free during this time.

Download the "Bruxelles Réveillon" file here (also available on i-MetrO for the WEB, WAP & i-Mode and directly in the MetrO application on your iPhone or BlackBerry).

This database has been built in a rush and may contain errors despite my efforts to make it as accurate as possible. I apologize in advance...

New Year's Eve in Paris

We are pleased to anounce the release of a MetrO database for the special New Year's Eve service in Paris (France): a selection of subway and railway lines will operate after the end of the regular service as well as most of the usual "Noctilien" night bus lines (with modified routes on some of them).

All the RATP & SNCF services will be free from 5PM on 12/31 to noon 01/01.

Download the "Paris Nuit Festive" file here (also available on i-MetrO for the WEB, WAP & i-Mode or directly from the MetrO application on your iPhone or Blackberry).

This database has been built in a rush and may contain errors despite my efforts to make it as accurate as possible. I apologize in advance...

Berlin (works)

The services on the S-Bahn network in Berlin (Germany) will be slightly modified again tomorrow, not much for the better, I'm afraid.

Download the new "works" database here or with our usual online update services.

Next update on (or around) January 3 (?)

Paris (works)

Next Wednesday in Paris (France), station "Jaurès" will re-open on line 4, giving us a few days with normal service on the entire network (hopefully).

Since I am not sure I will be able to deliver the update right on time, I have updated our databases with the change included (the station is still marked "closed" for Monday & Tuesday).

Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) December 30.

México

J. Graterol noticed an error in our file for México City (México), which led me to spot and fix a few undue connections in our data.

Rio de Janeiro

The "Metrô" in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) has improved, with a new station on one line and service extensions on the other.

New York (works)

Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. It also accounts for the Sunday services running on New Year's day.

Download the new database here or with our online update services.

Next update planned on or around Friday, January 1.

Tunis

I realized, quite by chance, that our file for Tunis (Tunisia) was outdated... I also added the TGM railway line to the database.

Manila

P. Pantaleon submitted an additional Jeepney route for our database for Manila (Philippines).

Berlin (works)

M. Ciesielski alerted me to the situation getting worse (again) on the S-Bahn network in Berlin (Germany), with reduced services on the S3 and S9 lines (among others, less critical).

Download the new "works" database here or with our usual online update services.

Next update on (or around) January 3 (?)

Prague

F. Kadlec reported a minor change on the tram network of Prague (Czech Republic), with the X1 replacement bus (for works on a tram section) canceled.

Paris (works)

In Paris (France), station "Odéon" has now reopened on line 4.

Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) December 29.

i-MetrO for Layar

I have worked a bit on i-MetrO for Layar, our service to locate metro, tram, railway, bus... stops in augmented reality on your iPhone or Android phone.

The new version, just released, includes:

• 4 new cities: Atlanta (USA), Lausanne (Switzerland), Lyon (France) & Milano (Italy).
• Up to date information for the other covered cities.
• General improvements on the search engine.
  It appeared our service had some latency problems, leading to errors in Layar because the software would not wait long enough for a response from our servers. I do not yet know whether these errors will be entirely solved but it can only run better!
  

Bratislava

P. Absolon sent a minor update for our Bratislava (Slovakia) database.

Bilbao

Carlos notified us of a wrongly positionned POI ("7 Calles") in our database for Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain).

Milano

After some exchanges with N. Knapp about the suburban railway services in Milano (Italy), I adjusted the description in our database of the "Passante" route, which was recently modified.

Paris

It appears I missed a few changes on the bus network in Paris (France): 2 lines (22 & 69) now have extended services on evening and Sunday and the RoissyBus route has been slightly modified.

Lyon

T. Mognetti informed us of the opening of a new railway station in Lyon (France), leading to some changes on the rail lines in our database.

Berlin (works)

Evening works on line U8 in Berlin (Germany) are suspended until early January but works on line U1 are extended for 2 more weeks.

Download the new "works" database here or with our usual online update services.

Next update on (or around) January 3 (?)

New York (works)

Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. It also accounts for the Sunday services running on Christmas day.

Download the new database here or with our online update services.

Next update planned on or around Friday, December 25.

Košice

P. Absolon suggested a minor change (on a stop name) for our database for Košice (Slovakia).

Nitra, Ružomberok, Trnava

P. Absolon sent minor updates for Ružomberok and Trnava (Slovakia) as well as more significant changes for Nitra (Slovakia too).

MetrO 5.8.5

We have just released the latest version of MetrO (version 5.8.5) with many city updates and improved compatibility with Windows Mobile 6.5.

Check the details here and download the new version from our home page.

Munich

L. Freund sent a notice about some changes on the S-Bahn network in Munich / München (Germany), along with a new tram route.

Barcelona

A new TMB Metro line (L9) has opened in Barcelona (Spain).

Hannover

C. Immler sent a list of stop name changes in Hannover (Germany) and I also spotted some changes on 2 "Stadtbahn" lines.

Istanbul

To better reflect the actual services, L. Freund suggested a minor update to our database for Istanbul (Turkey).

Paris (works)

Until our next release is published (soon!), our "works" databases for Paris (France) already include the changes on the RER E & Paris Est SNCF services that entered in operation today.

Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) December 20.

Padova

T. D'Angelo sent an update for Padova (Italy) with the tram line being recently extended and some bus routes changed accordingly.

Geneva

Tram lines 14 & 16 in Geneva (Switzerland) have been extended, bringing along some changes on the bus services.

Help for iPhone users

Seeing that the help page for MetrO for the iPhone was still not written, A.-F. Gaillard did the job and produced a complete user guide (in French only).

Berlin

Starting tomorrow, the transporation system of Berlin (Germany) will change a little and O. Spauka sent a list of updates for our database.

Brno

F. Kadlec reports a timetable change on one tram line (10) in Brno (Czech Republic).

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.

Next update planned on or around Friday, December 18.

Paris (works)

Week-end works on the RER E in Paris (France) ended last night.

Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) December 13.

Dresden

The bus network in Dresden (Germany) has been completely overhauled a few days ago.

With help from R. Böhm and R. Lippold, we hastily built a new database that was used by the DVB call center (on i-MetrO) to answer inquiries by customers in the weeks before the changes took effect.

Now that the new network is in operation, I took some time to prepare our file for full release.

Nuremberg

C. Eyrich reported a few stop name changes in Nuremberg (Germany).

Düsseldorf

L. Freund reports that, next week, the S-Bahn services in the Düsseldorf (Germany) area will change.

Košice

P. Absolon reported a minor change on one bus route in Košice (Slovakia).

Shanghai

A new metro line (7) has opened in Shanghai (China), running only during daytime for the time being.

i-MetrO

The "auto-suggest" feature on i-MetrO (as well as on our Netvibes widget) has just got better and more friendly to our users who don't have easy access to accents on their keyboard.

When you start typing text, the suggested stops are now insensitive to whitespace, control and accented characters. It means that, for example, you can type "aero" to find "Aéroport" and "stla", "st-la" or "st la" to find "St Lazare".

Thanks to I. Mills for pointing out the issue!

Paris (works)

Week-end works on the RER D in Paris (France) have now ended.

Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) December 11.

Sevilla

The metro line in Sevilla (Spain) has been recently extended with 3 new stations.

Berlin

M. Ciesielski reported a minor error in our database for Berlin (Germany) and confirmed the renaming of U-Bahn station "Zinnowitzer Straße" to "Naturkundemuseum" on December 13th.

Paris

On December 13th, in Paris (France), some services on the RER E & "Paris Est" networks will change.

In addition, after a user "complaint", I have adjusted the trip times on the Air France bus services to the airports.

Lausanne

P. Schweizer sent an update for our Lausanne (Switzerland) database, including new POIs and route changes due on 13/12.

London

Richard sent a description of the "Chiltern Railways High Wycombe" line to add to our database for London (England).

However, it should be noted that these kinds of irregular routes are not optimal additions to MetrO, since the program can't tell which services serve which stops.

Berlin (works)

Works on tram lines M1 & 12 in Berlin (Germany) have now ended.

Download the new "works" database here or with our usual online update services.

Next update on (or around) December 18 (?)

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.

Next update planned on or around Friday, December 11.

Prague

F. Kadlec reported a few more changes on the tram network of Prague (Czech Republic).

West Los Angeles

After the update for Los Angeles, J. Abbate sent a few changes for our West Lost Angeles (USA) database.

MetrO on BlackBerry Storm

I have had a few reports recently about issues with MetrO on the Blackberry Storm and Storm 2: the setup screens do not show any "OK" button, making it impossible to change the options.

After some exchanges with A. Godfrind & Affy (thank you both!), we have been able to spot the problem: after installation, the BlackBerry sets MetrO in "legacy mode" by default and it proves to be the wrong choice.

I will try to fix the issue but, in the meantime, you can just switch off this legacy mode, with a few steps:

• Go to Options / Advanced Options / Applications
• Highlight the "MetrO" application
• Open the context menu and select "Disable Legacy Mode"

In some cases, the option may be available directly from the application list on the main screen.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Paris (works)

Station Dupleix (on subway line 6) reopened this morning in Paris (France).

Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) December 6.