Transport Minister Simon Corbell has announced that Google Maps has added ACTION timetable data enabling the use of google maps trip planning with Canberra’s local bus routes. This works both for the maps app on smartphones as well as google maps in web browsers.

“The Google Transit journey planner is the latest tool to help ACTION customers use the public transport system with greater ease,” Mr Corbell said.

“It is an easy and stress-free way for people to work out how to get from point A to point B, including bus routes, timetables, bus stop locations and directions.”

The planner works by a person entering in the starting and destination point of their journey into the journey planner on the ACTION website or into “Get Directions? on Google Maps which would then provide them with a list of bus services and scheduling times suited to the desired journey.

More info at https://www.action.act.gov.au/googletransit/default.html