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Apple Maps Transit Data for Australia Extends to Melbourne, Victoria

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Apple Maps has recently been updated with new transit data for Melbourne, Victoria, allowing users to navigate the city with the addition of public train, tram, and bus networks.

Before the update, Sydney, and New South Wales as a whole, were the only areas in Australia with Transit information available.

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Transit directions became a helpful feature with the introduction of iOS 9, and has since expanded to be supported in 16 cities around the world.

Including Sydney, Transit directions can be found in Seattle, Austin, Baltimore, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Montreal, Toronto, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. There are also a few dozen cities in China that include Transit directions in Apple Maps.

(Thanks, Mike!)

Top Rated Comments

126 months ago
Finally!
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ErikGrim Avatar
126 months ago
Be nice if they could add Brisbane too...
Yes. Brisbane next please.

In the meantime, Embark is excellent. Superior to Citymapper even.
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126 months ago
Be nice if they could add Brisbane too...
Translink can't even get an App right, i don't think apple has a chance
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dotnet Avatar
126 months ago
Thank you jesus!!!
Is this a figure of speech? Otherwise I believe your gratitude is misplaced ;)
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Fzang Avatar
126 months ago
Tried to demo my new Apple Watch to my girlfriend. Asked for directions to somewhere with Siri was all great, until she tapped "public transport", and I had to explain to her it wasn't available in our country, at all. One less Apple watch sold to the average consumer.
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126 months ago
Be nice if they could add Brisbane too...
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