LINE Yahoo Corporation
[LINE Yahoo] Yahoo! Transfer Guide and Yahoo! Maps begin providing real-time approach and delay information for “Kyushu Sanko Bus/Sanko Bus” and “Kumamoto City Bus”, which operate route buses in Kumamoto Prefecture
Eliminates the anxiety felt when traveling by route bus and
strengthens support for comfortable travel
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“Yahoo! Transfer Guide” (iOS version, Android version) and “Yahoo! Maps” (iOS version, Android version) provided by LINE Yahoo, Inc. (hereinafter LINE Yahoo) will operate route buses in Kumamoto Prefecture today. Kyushu Sanko Bus, Sanko Bus, and Kumamoto City Bus have started providing a function (hereinafter referred to as this function) that displays real-time approach information, delay information, etc. on the route search results screen.
With this function, “Yahoo! Transfer Guide” and “Yahoo! Maps” can now display real-time information on route buses by utilizing real-time data published as open data (*1). .
*1: Bus Kitakuma-san (https://km.bus-vision.jp/kumamoto/view/opendataKuma.html
“Yahoo! Map”: https://map.yahoo.co.jp/promo/
“Yahoo! Route Information” official blog: https://blog-transit.yahoo.co.jp/ *2: You can now see the current location of the bus from the search results! (July 23, 2019 “Yahoo! Route Information” official blog) https://blog-transit.yahoo.co.jp/info/android201907buslc.html *3: Yahoo! Transfer Guide provides real-time delay status of route buses in Toyama Prefecture (Press release on August 26, 2020) https://www.lycorp.co.jp/news/archive/Y/ja/ja20200826_A.pdf
*4: Railway operators: JR East, Seibu Railway, Odakyu Electric Railway, Tokyo Metro, Toei Subway, Yokohama Municipal Subway Bus operators: Seibu Bus, Keio Bus, Toei Bus, Odakyu Bus, Tokyu Bus, Enoden Bus, Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu Bus, Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus, Kawasaki City Bus, Yokohama City Bus, Toyama Prefecture Route Bus, Tsuruga City Community Bus, Mie Transportation, Uno Bus, Ryobi Bus, Hiroshima Electric Railway Bus, Hiroshima Bus, Hiroshima Kotsu, Kumamoto City Bus, Kyushu Sanko Bus/Sanko Bus