Apple Maps Expands Transit Directions Across Great Britain

Apple Maps has been updated with comprehensive transit data for Great Britain, beyond the London area already supported.

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Transit directions by bus, train, or tram are now available within and between large metropolitan areas such as Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Bradford, Bristol, Portsmouth, Nottingham, and Cardiff, as well as other regions in England, Scotland, and Wales.

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Transit coverage extends to a number of mid-size cities, small towns, and rural areas as well. Directions are available between Bath and Brighton, for example, and most other searches between any two areas in England, Scotland, and Wales yielded at least one available route in Transit mode.

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Apple Maps now supports the National Rail network in many areas of Great Britain, including the CrossCountry, TransPennine Express, Great Western Railway, Grand Central, Northern Rail, East Midlands Trains, Virgin Trains, Virgin Trains East Coast, Arriva Trains Wales, Hull Trains, and other train services.

While transit coverage is now comprehensive throughout much of Great Britain, directions remain unavailable in Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland, which lies within the United Kingdom. Transit directions are likewise unavailable in the neighboring Republic of Ireland.

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Mac Rules Avatar
111 months ago
Southern Rail is easy; there are no bloody services running :)
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GadgetBen Avatar
111 months ago
There won't be anything running when it starts snowing
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GigabitEthernet Avatar
111 months ago
Southern Rail is easy; there are no bloody services running :)
Southern Rail directions would just be to take a car.
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darkpaw Avatar
111 months ago
We don't talk about New York and say, New York, New York.
You're right, we talk about New York, but we sing about New York, New York.
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StevieD100 Avatar
111 months ago
('https://www.macrumors.com/2016/12/19/apple-maps-transit-united-kingdom/')


Apple Maps has been updated with comprehensive transit data for the United Kingdom, beyond the London, England area already supported.
Why do you say London, England when you have already referred to the UK? Do you think that your readers will get this London confused with say, London, Ontario?
Then later the article goes on to mention a number of towns and cities without mentioning the country where they are located?
Please be consistent. We don't talk about New York and say, New York, New York.
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Creek0512 Avatar
111 months ago
So, only trains? What about buses, underground, etc.?
Maybe you should read the article, it might answer your question.
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