UrbanThings are committed to making travel simple for all and this update brings us one step closer in achieving this.” The ‘Bus Checker X’ update will be launched into iOS and Android stores next month. By integrating BODS data into Bus Checker, we’re providing our users with accurate, live information for even easier journeys. With the app being used more than 3,000,000 times each year, this will improve the reliability and discoverability of real-time information for the masses.Ĭarl continued, “This update comes at a crucial time for the industry, as the government’s National Bus Strategy looks to get passengers using public transport again, with an emphasis on accessible ticketing and RTI. The ‘Bus Checker X’ update will also integrate with UK Bus Open Data System (BODS) data to make it faster and simpler for operators to be included in the app.
Over 7,000,000 departure boards are viewed in Bus Checker each year – transport providers can now sell tickets to their customers in the app that they’re already using.” This will provide operators with the chance to retail their tickets to a large, pre-existing user base across the UK, with no up-front cost.īus Checker’s user base will now be able to plan journeys, see live transport information and purchase mobile tickets, creating a seamless passenger experience without leaving the app.Ĭarl Partridge, CEO of UrbanThings, said, “This is the single biggest change in the app’s history, and one that passengers have been asking for since we launched nearly ten years ago. Ten years after its initial launch, the ‘Bus Checker X’ update will include mobile ticketing capabilities for the first time. Bus Checker mobile ticketing smart ticketing UrbanThings are adding mobile ticketing to Bus Checker, the largest independent bus times app in the UK.
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