Which places have Talking Buses?

Only London has 100% Talking Buses!

  • London (All Talking Buses)

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.

  • Nottinghamshire (Some Talking Buses)

Nottingham City Transport has a roll out programme for on-bus displays and announcements which is nearing completion. The remaining 40 routes will be completed by 2014.

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 will introduce on-bus audio announcements for all their commercial routes into Nottingham by 2014.

  • Reading (Some Talking Buses)

Five years ago, Reading Transport and Reading Borough Council together started a massive investment in upgrading the quality of Reading's main bus routes. These "Premier Routes" give travellers audio visual on-board announcements.

  • Coventry and Warwickshire (Some Talking Buses)

In February 2012, Travel De Courcey became the first operator in the West Midlands to introduce audio announcements to help blind and partially sighted passengers.

The audio bus announcements will be launched on the Coventry to Leicester X6 service and will be fitted as standard on any new buses added to the firm’s fleet.

  • Edinburgh (Some Talking Buses)

Edinburgh Council has backed our campaign. Lothian Buses (the main operator in the city) has introduced audio visual announcements on its busy “Route 10”. These buses began their journey in the Scottish capital in September 2011.

Are their Talking Buses where you live (that aren't on our list)? If so, please email the Campaigns Team to let us know.

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