Guidance

Transport Direct bus timetables

Local authorities work in partnership with bus operators and RTI-system suppliers to produce bus timetables based on real-time information.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 29 June 2007

This publication was withdrawn on 30 September 2014

Transport Direct closed on 30 September 2014.

Details

The development of Real-time Information (RTI) bus systems has been going on in some areas for many years, one of the biggest examples being London buses’ countdown system, a new version of which will be rolled out over the next couple of years.

In 2002, the Department for Transport, through the Transport Direct Programme, allocated £20 million to 19 local authorities to develop bus real-time information systems. This has acted as a catalyst to further implementations and extensions, as indicated in the annual survey of bus RTI systems, which shows growth in RTI provision each year.

• Transport Direct bus timetables
• Development of bus real-time systems in the UK (PDF, 236 KB)

Published 29 June 2007