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Poole bus stops send travel information to smartphones

22 August 2011
Bus passengers in Poole can check their phones to get real time bus information
Bus passengers in Poole can check their phones to get real time bus information

 

Passengers in Poole, Dorset, can now check bus times by touching their smartphones to tag readers installed in ‘magic bus stops’. The system, developed by AZO Consulting, has been trialled at 10 bus stops since January, and Poole council plans to roll it out to 800 bus stops later this month.

Nick Phillips, accessibility team leader at Poole Council, predicts that 100,000 passengers will use the service in the first year. The system is also due to be installed in Weymouth for Dorset...

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