Japan Transit Planner is a comprehensive query tool designed specifically for transportation in Japan. It brings together detailed and real-time updated information on Japan's railways, subways and various public transportation, including transfer guides and precise timetable inquiries.Users only need to simply enter the starting point and destination station to easily plan their itinerary, which covers a wide range of transportation modes, including trams, specific cable car lines, express buses, airport liaison buses, and late-night express trains.In addition, this tool also provides detailed Japanese transportation route maps to help users intuitively understand the distribution and geographical location of stations, making travel more convenient.
Japan Transit Planner features
·Time to stop at the station along the way
·The station number can be input or displayed
·Switch IC card/ticket fares with one click
·Weather conditions at departure and destination
· Search for the nearest station using your current location
·Seat assignment (reserved seat/unreserved seat/first class)
·Set the priority search area for the entered station name
·Enable quick input through the station name association function and input history
·Set the display order (duration required/cost/number of transfers)
· You can search for routes using Japan Rail Pass or Tokyo Subway Ticket as conditions
Japan Transit Planner Features
Timetable
Check the timetable for stations across Japan.
The Shinkansen displays information up to the train number.
Switching between weekdays, weekends and holidays is also easy
When viewing timetables, there are two display modes: "list" and "station timetable"
Share function
Share your search results with family or friends.Search results can be shared via email or calendar.
Search History
Support offline reading.
Automatically save up to 50 search histories.
Carry route and timetable information with you.
Value-added model
A more convenient experience.
Displays the departure and arrival platform (platform number).
Provides ride location (car number) information to facilitate transfers.
By specifying priority trains, the priority search function for Shinkansen or local trains (trains that stop at each station) is realized.
Extremely useful. Wish some of the paid features were free.
Of little help to those who can't understand Japanese
Suddenly changed to English. No longer gives delay information when the trains are running late. I've been using this app for years in Japanese, it's been fine. Now you've forced a derated English version on me because my phone's language is English! I would be ok with that but the train delay information is gone and replaced with a tab trying to sell me tickets that I don't need. Put the delay information back please.
The webpage Jordan.co.jp finds trains that the app does not find. This week I went to Tokyo and from a Sotobo line station. The app was wrong in both directions. There is usually about one train an hour aty station, so missing a train makes a big difference. Why do Japan Transit Planner -Norikae (green icon) and Norikae Annai (orange icon) give different answers when both are Jordan apps?
As a Western Tourist from Canada in April 2023, I found this app was excellent and better than Google maps. We had a Japanese Rail Pass and the app, below the 'From and To" options has a bar called "Route Options" which lets you select Japan Rail Pass so you get only the trains you can take without payment. I could not get Google maps to do this. I also found the JR rail English speaking floating reps, when they were out of the office taking to us, used this app on their phone to help us.
Can't choose the train, whether you could choose the cheapest one, with certain pass or with limited train. Uninstall this.
A lot of relatively easy trips indicated "no route found". The desktop version runs flawlessly but the app isn't very useful.
The old app was much better. The date and time selector is awful, it's confusing what you are actually setting, the date or the time. Also some translations are not great, for example when setting the time there's a 'decision' button which makes no sense in English. On top of that the ads are extremely annoying and distracting with multiple ads plastered all over your screen at once.
As a foreign user, unfamiliar with the metro system, this is by far the best app. Easy to use and very accurate. Highly recommended!