Edinburgh launches on-street bus tracking system

Edinburgh has launched an on-street bus tracking system at hundreds of travel stops across the Scottish capital.

All of the city’s 322 new digital trackers display real-time travel information, as well as 42 signs in Midlothian and six in West Lothian.

Live departure information

Making travel easier for passengers planning journeys within, to and from Edinburgh, the displays offer live departure information and will soon offer details of diverted routes and service disruptions for multiple transport operators, including train and air travel at key locations.

“We’ve been planning to roll out our new travel trackers for some time so I’m really pleased to have the displays up and running,” said councillor Stephen Jenkinson, “Edinburgh’s transport and environment convener.

“This is real-time data that will make journeys easier to plan for all passengers”

“It has been a complex exercise to integrate all our systems, and we have needed to go through a process of testing and developing fixes, but we’re confident we now have a strong system in place. This is real-time data that will make journeys easier to plan for all passengers.”