Google
Maps **w has
schedules for
more than one
million public transit stops worldwide
Since 2005, we’ve collaborated with hundreds of
transit authorities around the world to make a comprehensive resource for millions of riders to find out which bus, train, subway or tram can take them to their next destination. Today,
Google Maps has
public transportation
schedules for
more than one
million transit stops worldwide, in nearly
500 cities including New York, London, Tokyo and Sydney.
Public transportation information is especially useful when it’s in the palm of your hand. Today we’re releasing an update to the
Google Maps for Android app (version 6.10) which makes this
transit information even
more useful. We’ve made some changes to the
transit Lines layer, so that you can select a specific mode of
public transportation (train, bus, tram or subway) to display on the mobile map, hiding the other modes. This is helpful in areas where there is a tight concentration of several types of
public transit.
We’ve also updated the layout of station pages to be
more useful. Open it by tapping on the name of the station on your mobile map.
Updated station pages show you departure times, lines serving the station and the distance to nearby stations.
In addition to these new
transit features, we’ve updated region highlighting, My Places and Location History displays in
Google Maps for Android:
- **w, whenever you search for a city or postal code, the borders of that region are highlighted.
- Under My Places you’ll **tice we’ve added new tabs, which will help you access all your information from a single place; from your saved Maps for use offline to your starred places and Custom Maps created on your desktop.
- If you enable Location History, you’ll be able to browse the places you’ve been on a daily basis with an updated Location History dashboard.
Whether you’re looking for schedule and fare information, directions by
public transit or nearby stations,
Google Maps puts comprehensive, accurate and useful
transit information at your fingertips. Update to the latest version of
Google Maps for Android in the
Google Play store.
Posted by Christopher Van Der Westhuizen, Software Engineer,
Google Maps
Google Maps **w has schedules for more than one million public transit stops worldwid