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Google has updated its Maps database with coast-to-coast public transport information from the UK, letting you plot a route to practically anywhere in the country without having to jump in a car for the first time.
Until recently, Google had transit data for most of Great Britain, but didn’t cover much of Wales, the Midlands and northern England. The new data now extends that coverage nationwide, with departure times and bus routes as well as train, tram and ferry times. The gaps in the coverage were plugged using data from Traveline, the public transport information service set up as a partnership between transport operators and local authorities in 2000.
Apart from London, where real-time data is used to plan journeys, the rest of the country will use preset timetable information rather than live transport updates for the time being, but Google plans on adding live data to the service at some point in the future.
