Peterborough commuters and shoppers can now plan their trip with new Stagecoach app

Stagecoach is launching a new smartphone 'busy bus' indicator to help you plan your journey across Cambridgeshire.

The new feature on the Stagecoach bus app will use extensive data and artificial intelligence to provide a traffic light indicator to help customers choose quieter services and maintain social distancing.

The app is now being rolled out to iOS and android users and is planned to be fully in place by Thursday, June 18 via the app store and Google Play platforms. The 'busy bus' tracker will provide a regularly updated guide to how busy individual bus services are in networks across the UK.

Each service in the live map on the app will be colour coded, with quieter buses showing in a green bus icon indicating ‘not too busy’, through to amber ‘quite busy’ and dark amber ‘very busy’.

Customers can also see where their bus is on the map and when it will be arriving, providing all the information they need at their fingertips.

Michelle Hargreaves, Peterborough's managing director of Stagecoach East, said: “We are pleased to be welcoming more people back on to our buses.

“We have already put a range of extra measures in place to make sure our customers feel confident in using our services, including strict cleaning regimes and social distancing measures, which we know are the biggest priorities for travellers.

"The launch of our new busy bus indicator is an extra step to give people an easy, at a glance guide on the best times to travel and to easily plan their journeys to avoid busier times.”