AMTS boards Google bus

AHMEDABAD: Has the hassle of knowing the right bus number to your destination stopped you from boarding an AMTS bus? Well, now the information is just a mouse click away. AMTS route information, complete with bus numbers, will now be available on Google Maps.

Google India on Tuesday announced about inclusion of AMTS bus services and DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) to Google Transit. The company has already made available details of Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune bus services on Google Maps.

"A team of two officials from a private company had visited Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation some six months back. The officials said that they wanted information about the AMTS routes which they will then provide to Google," said M S Patel, transport manager, AMC.

AMC had provided the company officials with complete route map and details about the AMTS fleet. However, the corporation has yet not received any intimation from Google about inclusion of AMTS routes on Google Maps.

"We are yet to receive any official confirmation about AMTS bus route being available on Google Maps. But the move will be handy to thousands of commuters who come to Ahmedabad and not aware about directions to various places, especially those arriving at Kalupur railway station. We are hopeful with AMTS making its way on Google map, Ahmedabad BRTS routes will also be included soon," said a senior AMC official.

While making the announcement, Google India said, "More people, in our metro cities, use local bus services to commute than any other transport network/medium. However, the availability and dissemination of route and schedule information of this service have tremendous scope for improvement."