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Existing audio visual information systems for buses

  • Nottinghamshire

In 2003, the Trent Barton company relaunched their Rainbow service, which serves Nottingham, Long Eaton, Derby and East Midlands airport. This service was launched with 25 new buses, all with audio visual information and low floors.

The new service has been well-received, with a customer survey in 2008 revealing that 85 per cent of all passengers found on-board announcements very useful or quite useful.

Trent Barton is currently looking at expanding the number of buses in its fleet which have audio visual information.

http://www.trentbarton.co.uk/

  • London

Transport for London has now completed its roll-out of the iBus system. This now means that every bus operating in London – more than 8,000 buses – has audio visual information on board.

This is one of the largest projects of its kind.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk

Stephanie and Vegas at a bus stop
Visual display on bus for Sloane Square
Visual display on bus for Sloane Square

Ideally the audio announcement on a bus should give the current stop, the next stop and the final destination.

This can be done through the driver or conductor making the announcement or through an Audio Visual Information System.




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