Borders Buses

WestCoastMotors

About this app

Our new app has everything you need to get around with Borders Buses. It’s packed full of everything you’ll need to get mobile on the bus.

Mobile Tickets Purchase mobile tickets securely with a debit/credit card and scan when boarding - no more searching for cash!

Live Departures: Browse and view bus stops on the map, explore upcoming departures, or check out the routes from a stop to see where you could travel next.

Journey Planning: Plan your commute, trip to the shops or night out with friends. It’s now even easier to plan ahead with Borders Buses.

Timetables: We’ve squeezed all of our routes and timetables into the palm of your hand.

Favourites: You can quickly save your favourite Departure Boards, Timetables and Journeys, with quick access from one convenient menu.

Disruptions: You’ll be able to keep up to date with service changes directly from our Twitter feeds inside the app.

As always, we welcome your feedback. You can send it to us via the app.

Ratings and reviews

Probably the most useless app ive seen Journey planner does not show bus numbers or any more than 4 times of buses having to refresh constantly. Opening the app instantly takes you to a google map that requires location information which is about as much use as a chocolate starfish when you not even in the area. Great if you know your route number which i dont and many routes go the same direction having to scan multiple rout just to find a time on the tables.

Easy to use app, simple navigation, journey planner works well (like the steps and CO2 saved details) Only minor gripe would be when buying promotional tickets you can't increase (as far as I can see) the quantity you are buying, meaning I have to put the same transaction through 6 times, for example, to buy 6 tickets. Feels like something that would be easy to fix though and hope to see it in a future update!

This app has some useful features. I like the journey planner, the timetables and the disruption alerts. But it falls down in the most important area: the live bus tracker. Unlike apps from other bus companies (such as Lothian and Stagecoach), you can't simply tell it, "I'm at this bus stop. When will the next buses arrive?". You have to use the Journey Planner to specify your journey (which requires you to type in your start point and destination). If there is any way of bringing up a live "departure board" for your current stop, it is well-hidden. Nor is there any obvious way of finding your nearest stop. As far as I can see, the only option is to start at the map showing your current location, and then pan around until you see the symbol for a bus stop (and these are only visible above a certain zoom level). Since downloading maps takes more bandwidth than viewing a simple list, this is bad news for anyone who is using mobile data and paying per megabyte. A final problem: there is a Favourites Stop feature, but the method of marking a given stop as a favourite is completely baffling. Apart from the above, however, it is a useful app.

What's new

General app maintenance and bug fixes