Has anyone found, one single, local bus time table app, which works for
the entire country?
https://bustimes.org/
Also has live tracking of some buses.
On 31/05/2025 19:19, Theo wrote:
https://bustimes.org/
Also has live tracking of some buses.
I already have that one, but I was looking for an app, which allowed the planning of a route city to city, rather than just within a city.
On 31/05/2025 19:19, Theo wrote:
https://bustimes.org/
Also has live tracking of some buses.
I already have that one, but I was looking for an app, which allowed the >planning of a route city to city, rather than just within a city.
https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Covers most major destinations, and a few along the way.
On 01/06/2025 00:36, Custos Custodum wrote:
https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Covers most major destinations, and a few along the way.
No, just one which works out local city to city routes, via local bus services...
It seems that every city area, has it's own system, and the only way is to download the local app for that one area, despite there being local buses that run from one area to another.
I was seeking an app which enabled the planning of a complete route, end to end, without having to resort to multiple apps.
Has anyone found, one single, local bus time table app, which works for
the entire country?
On 01/06/2025 06:00, Harry Bloomfield Esq wrote:
I was seeking an app which enabled the planning of a complete route,
end to end, without having to resort to multiple apps.
https://www.traveline.info/ manages some long journeys using several
buses, but may give up with too many legs (e.g it will do Manchester to Northampton and Northampton to Great Yarmouth, but not the single journey).
On 01/06/2025 10:48, Nick Finnigan wrote:
On 01/06/2025 06:00, Harry Bloomfield Esq wrote:
I was seeking an app which enabled the planning of a complete route, end >>> to end, without having to resort to multiple apps.
https://www.traveline.info/ manages some long journeys using several
buses, but may give up with too many legs (e.g it will do Manchester to
Northampton and Northampton to Great Yarmouth, but not the single journey).
The google maps app will do Manchester to Great Yarmouth on National
Express via London
On 01/06/2025 00:36, Custos Custodum wrote:
https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Covers most major destinations, and a few along the way.
No, just one which works out local city to city routes, via local bus services...
It seems that every city area, has it's own system, and the only way is
to download the local app for that one area, despite there being local
buses that run from one area to another.
I was seeking an app which enabled the planning of a complete route, end
to end, without having to resort to multiple apps.
On 01/06/2025 06:00, Harry Bloomfield Esq wrote:
On 01/06/2025 00:36, Custos Custodum wrote:
https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Covers most major destinations, and a few along the way.
No, just one which works out local city to city routes, via local bus
services...
It seems that every city area, has it's own system, and the only way
is to download the local app for that one area, despite there being
local buses that run from one area to another.
I was seeking an app which enabled the planning of a complete route,
end to end, without having to resort to multiple apps.
Next you will be wanting a single parking app which works, reliably,
pretty much anywhere in the country.
Has anyone found, one single, local bus time table app, which works for
the entire country?
On 01/06/2025 20:42, Sam Plusnet wrote:
On 01/06/2025 06:00, Harry Bloomfield Esq wrote:
On 01/06/2025 00:36, Custos Custodum wrote:
https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Covers most major destinations, and a few along the way.
No, just one which works out local city to city routes, via local bus
services...
It seems that every city area, has it's own system, and the only way
is to download the local app for that one area, despite there being
local buses that run from one area to another.
I was seeking an app which enabled the planning of a complete route,
end to end, without having to resort to multiple apps.
Next you will be wanting a single parking app which works, reliably,
pretty much anywhere in the country.
Clickety Clack into Google....... Tada!
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/05/parking-payment-app/
Don't you just love 'news articles' that start with:
"You should soon be able to pay for parking across the UK"
Where "soon" is doing an awful lot of work in that sentence.
However, I was more intrigued by this:I read it that the BPA is providing a common framework, and existing
"The system is being developed and run by parking trade body the British Parking Association (BPA), though parking payment apps JustPark,
PayByPhone and RingGo have all been involved in the process."
So the people who earn money from the existing apps, are involved in a development which will put them out of business?
There's the Moovit app but it won't let me use it on the PC without my turning off ad blocking and I don't have an up-to-date-enough mobile
phone to use it on that. There's Rome2Rio too which is quite good and
fairly accurate but I struggle to make it insist on bus-only journeys
rather than a hybrid approach and on the now rare occasions I want to
bus long-distance, I usually sweat over a computer screen and scribble
the routes down on a piece of paper.
Are you thinking about cross-country journeys such as described in Bus
Pass Britain (ISBN 9781841623764) or Bus Pass Britain Rides Again (9781841624655)? Most of the journeys in those books are actually
single bus routes rather than linked and so far I haven't come across
any books or web sites that do the linking for me but I'd like know if anybody else has.
On 03/06/2025 10:31, Nick Odell wrote:
There's the Moovit app but it won't let me use it on the PC without my
turning off ad blocking and I don't have an up-to-date-enough mobile
phone to use it on that. There's Rome2Rio too which is quite good and
fairly accurate but I struggle to make it insist on bus-only journeys
rather than a hybrid approach and on the now rare occasions I want to
bus long-distance, I usually sweat over a computer screen and scribble
the routes down on a piece of paper.
I made the mistake of installing Moovit on my phone, but it was awful -
huge numbers of pop-up ads that made it almost impossible to use, so I >uninstalled it again. I have been using UK BusChecker but the latest
version also imposes full-screen video ads that I find very
objectionable, and it also doesn't have up-to-date bus info for my area.
The timeliness of information is easy to check as the local bus
company has changed the number of a local service twice in two months,
just to be helpful.
On 03/06/2025 10:31, Nick Odell wrote:
Are you thinking about cross-country journeys such as described in Bus
Pass Britain (ISBN 9781841623764) or Bus Pass Britain Rides Again
(9781841624655)? Most of the journeys in those books are actually
single bus routes rather than linked and so far I haven't come across
any books or web sites that do the linking for me but I'd like know if
anybody else has.
That is exactly what I am attempting to do, I have had a free bus pass
for a while now, and just trying to make good use of it, deliberately
going on the back road, to see the countryside.
We did Leeds to Whitby, Whitby to Scarborough, Scarborough to Leeds, on
three buses, last week and quite enjoyed it, not having to drive.
On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 12:37:04 +0100, Harry Bloomfield Esq <[email protected]> wrote:
On 03/06/2025 10:31, Nick Odell wrote:That's a superb route Harry - or it certainly was last time I tried
Are you thinking about cross-country journeys such as described in Bus
Pass Britain (ISBN 9781841623764) or Bus Pass Britain Rides Again
(9781841624655)? Most of the journeys in those books are actually
single bus routes rather than linked and so far I haven't come across
any books or web sites that do the linking for me but I'd like know if
anybody else has.
That is exactly what I am attempting to do, I have had a free bus pass
for a while now, and just trying to make good use of it, deliberately
going on the back road, to see the countryside.
We did Leeds to Whitby, Whitby to Scarborough, Scarborough to Leeds, on
three buses, last week and quite enjoyed it, not having to drive.
it. It doesn't leave much time to enjoy either Whitby or Scarborough
though. Or at least not for me since I actually start from
Huddersfield. Leeds - Whitby only or Leeds - Scarborough only leaves
me a bit more time to enjoy the coast.
On 01/06/2025 10:48, Nick Finnigan wrote:
On 01/06/2025 06:00, Harry Bloomfield Esq wrote:
I was seeking an app which enabled the planning of a complete route,
end to end, without having to resort to multiple apps.
https://www.traveline.info/ manages some long journeys using several
buses, but may give up with too many legs (e.g it will do Manchester to
Northampton and Northampton to Great Yarmouth, but not the single
journey).
The google maps app will do Manchester to Great Yarmouth on National
Express via London
I have no idea whether that's a better journey than via Northampton (probably, because it suggests Northampton to Great Yarmouth via London anyway)
It doesn't leave much time to enjoy either Whitby or Scarborough
though. Or at least not for me since I actually start from
Huddersfield. Leeds - Whitby only or Leeds - Scarborough only leaves
me a bit more time to enjoy the coast.
Thanks for that, Clive. Now I know not to accede to Moovit's request
to remove the ad blocker.
Nick
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