Socioloza

Trains and buses across Gauteng

Your commute, connected.

Realtime trains and buses, kept honest by the people riding them. Socioloza pools check-ins, delays and crowding from commuters on Gautrain, Metrorail and the Gauteng bus networks, then wraps it in a social layer worth opening every day.

Free to download. Launching on all three stores soon.

Departures near you Live
  • GautrainNorth-South · Sandton14:32On time
  • MetrobusM2 · Noordwyk Terminal14:35+6 min · reported
  • MetrorailMabopane · Pretoria14:47Likely
The M2 Midrand to Noordwyk bus route: every stop, with the next departures counting down in minutes.

1 The transit layer

Where the train or bus actually is, not where the timetable wishes it was.

The train and bus operators publish no live feeds. So Socioloza builds one from the platform up, and labels every reading so you know how much to trust it.

Live times for trains and buses

Schedules for Gautrain, Metrorail and the Gauteng bus routes, always available offline, plus the realtime picture layered on top.

  • Works on the platform with no signal
  • Rail, bus and BRT

Confidence you can read

Every arrival is tagged verified, likely, reported or estimated, so a rider guess never reads like gospel.

  • Verified from multiple check-ins
  • Delay deltas in plain minutes
The social screen: line channels, rider posts and kudos from other commuters.

2 The social layer

A commute full of people who have your back.

The reason to open it every day. Channels for your line, kudos for good tips, and a wave when a friend boards the same train or bus. Utility and social stay in their own lanes, on purpose.

Channels for your line

Join the Mabopane line or your home station and swap the updates that actually reach you before the operator does.

  • Station and route channels
  • Mute the noise you do not need

Kudos, waves and buddies

Thank the rider who called the delay. Share your position with a friend over NFC when you are close. Earn a little standing for showing up.

  • Proximity sharing over NFC
  • Every social feature is opt-in
The operator directory: Joburg Metrobus, A Re Yeng, Tshwane Bus Services, Metrorail, Gautrain and Taxi, filtered by rail, bus and BRT.

3 The whole network

Every train, bus and taxi in Gauteng, in one place.

Metrobus, A Re Yeng, Tshwane Bus, Metrorail, Gautrain, PUTCO and the taxi routes. Browse any operator, each in its own colours, or filter down to just the mode you ride.

One directory, every operator

Search across every service in the province, so you never have to guess who runs your route or where it goes.

  • Rail, bus, BRT and taxi
  • Filter to the mode you ride

Tuned to how you ride

Gautrain riders get a quiet timetable. Metrorail and bus riders get reliability up front. One app, two postures.

  • Reliability nudges you can silence
  • Smart alerts for your route only

Four taps from timetable to community.

The realtime layer only works if riders feed it, so we made feeding it the easy part.

  1. Download and pick your commute

    Choose your home stations and the lines you ride. Gautrain, PRASA, or both.

  2. Check in when you board

    A tap when you get on tells the network where your train or bus is. That is the whole data engine, powered by riders.

  3. Read the live picture

    See delays, crowding and arrivals for your route, each tagged with how confident the crowd is.

  4. Connect with your carriage

    Join your line channel, thank a good tip, wave a friend over. Or keep it quiet and just ride.

Ready when your line is.

Socioloza launches across Google Play, the App Store and AppGallery soon. Grab it the day it lands and help build the realtime map for Gauteng from the first ride.

  • Get it onGoogle Play
  • Download on theApp Store
  • Explore it onAppGallery

Coming soon to all three stores. Free, and free of ads.