Pioneering New iPhone Application for Scottish Travellers
LONDON, UK | December 02 2010 New multi-modal service launched for Traveline Scotland and Traffic ScotlandLONDON, UK, 2 DECEMBER 2010 – Trapeze’s specialist mobile technology team has successfully delivered a groundbreaking new travel application for Traveline Scotland in partnership with Traffic Scotland. The application gives iPhone users in Scotland an unparalleled range of travel information in one convenient service.
Building on expertise gained on projects such as the popular thetrainline.com application, the new personalised, location-aware service brings together information on multiple modes of transport – public and private – within a clear and intuitive user experience.
Covering the whole of Scotland, features include live and scheduled bus times, road traffic updates from Traffic Scotland, ferry departures and Glasgow Subway information. Users can easily pinpoint nearby stops, stations and ferry terminals nearby, view them on an interactive map, or alternatively search by street, town and postcode. Returning users benefit from an innovative graphical favourites page, and there are even carefully selected local taxi numbers wherever you are, plus live news updates from Traveline Scotland and Traffic Scotland.
“In my 10 years involvement with Traveline Scotland this is the most impressive application of technology so far. A big thanks to all at Trapeze who worked to make it happen”, said a delighted John Elliot, Chief Executive of Traveline Scotland.
The application is free to download from the travel section of iTunes - search for Traveline Scotland or go directly tohttp://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/traveline-scotland/id401685994?mt=8
“This application builds on years of experience in handling complex data feeds and using them to deliver innovative, high quality travel services for the public”, said Tim Johnson, product manager at Trapeze. “We’ve collaborated on something that is richly functional and designed with flair and imagination. It’s great to be able to bring together all this travel information in one place to give Scotland a really compelling new service. We look forward to further developments in future.”
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