A Filipino engineer built a live LRT and MRT tracker. Android version lands in August.
TrainSight shows where trains are on LRT-1, LRT-2 and MRT-3, when they should arrive, and how packed they are. RJ Crusem, 28, built it because commuters were tired of guessing.
A 28 year old software engineer named RJ Crusem built an app that shows where Metro Manila's trains actually are. It is called TrainSight, and it covers LRT-1, LRT-2 and MRT-3, with room already set aside for MRT-7 once that line opens.
Instead of a schedule that nobody trusts, the app shows live train positions, an estimate of when the next train reaches your station, and how crowded the coaches are so you can decide whether to squeeze in or wait for the next one.
The data comes from two places. Hardware trackers go on the train sets themselves, and the phones of people already using the app fill in the rest by quietly reporting where they are. The more riders who install it, the sharper the picture gets.
Why it matters
Every rider on EDSA already does this math in their head. You stand on the platform, you count how many trains passed, you guess whether to keep waiting or hail a ride. TrainSight turns that guessing into a number on a screen, which is the same thing commuters in Tokyo and Singapore have had for years. It was built by someone who rides the line, not by a consultant.
The catch to watch
It is not official yet. Crusem says the team is still talking to government agencies about supporting the rollout, and no operator has endorsed it. Crowd data is only as good as the number of riders running the app, so early estimates on a quiet line may be rough. The Google Play version is due in August, with the iPhone version in the last quarter of the year. For now there is only a web version and a direct Android install file.