i-MetrO for Netvibes

I don't know whether it's due to the change in the Netvibes "ecosystem" or to the update I requested lately while trying to improve compatibility with the iPhone but the link to our i-MetrO widget has a new url...

I guess that if you want to keep your version up to date, you will have to remove the old one and install the new widget on your Netvibes page.

Melbourne

D. Pickett reports the extension of one of the railway lines in Melbourne (Australia), with 2 new stops.

Madrid

N. Knapp relayed an information about the Madrid (Spain) metro: the southern part of line 1 will operate later in the night (same times as the rest of the route).

Salzburg

Our data for Salzburg (Austria) required an extensive update but nobody seemed prepared to help us. I finally found a few spare hours for the job (and now it's 3 AM...).

Beijing

According to various sources, the new subway line 5 should open on October 7th in Beijing (China). L. Freund provided the corresponding information for our database.

Toulouse

After the recent major changes on the network in Toulouse (France), M. Dulerm has provided a few other updates for some bus services.

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 - it has to be DIRECTLY installed on a memory card - and will be recognized only by the latest version (5.6.0) of the program.

Next update planned on or around Friday, October 5.

Geneva

R. Pache reports a few minor service changes in the Geneva (Switzerland) bus network.

Baltimore

The light rail system in Baltimore (USA) has evolved with a redesigned red line service. Information received from Hymie!

Los Angeles

J. Lee reports the opening of a new station on the Orange County line, for our Los Angeles (USA) database.

Online service interruption

After the latest update for Paris and because of an error I made in the process, our online MetrO download services have been unavailable for the last couple of days. They are now running normally again.
My apologies for the inconvenience and thanks to Jérôme for the notice.

Trenčín

P. Absolon prepared a database for yet another city in Slovakia: Trenčín.

Paris (works)

Starting today, the subway station Exelmans (on line 9) is closed in Paris (France) and next week-end, the service on line 5 will be shortened. Download the updated "temporary" files:

• 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 the new version (5.6.0) of the program and directly install the file on a memory card.
  

Next update planned on (or around) September 30.

i-MetrO

A new version of i-MetrO is now online, with two new major features:

• The service now remembers the last city you selected and will open it directly on your next call. Of course, there is an option to return to the selection page and change the city.
• For cities where we have coordinates, a new icon next to the route title lets you open a schematic display of the calculated route on a map.

Our work on the iPhone compatibility is still in progress. This new version hopefully solves the previously reported problem with text entry - please post a comment if it does - and the Netvibes version is just waiting for a refresh from the Netvibes team to get the same fix.

Copenhagen

C. Hindsgaul reports important changes on the "S-tog" network in Copenhagen (Denmark) as well as the extension of the M2 Metro line to the airport next week.