Make MKMapView Transit mode available to third party apps

Originator:m4ttcheetham
Number:rdar://26881567 Date Originated:19-Jun-2016 01:40 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS SDK Product Version:10.0 Beta 1
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:N/A
 
Summary:
As a developer of a train time app it would be great to be able to set the maps that I display stations on to transit mode to highlight the train lines across the country. Currently there is no way to access the train routes that are drawn on the map in the Maps app which makes it impossible to have nice train routes represented in third party apps. 

Ideally it would just be another MKMapType or perhaps a property like "showTransitLines".

Steps to Reproduce:
N/A

Expected Results:
MKMapView has a property or mode that allows the map to display transit lines just as pressing "Transit" in the maps app does

Actual Results:
MKMapView does not have the transit mode functionality publicly exposed

Version:
iOS 10

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Configuration:
iPhone 6S Plus

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