Reading Buses

Reading Buses

About this app

Our new app has everything you need to travel with Reading Buses.

Note: you will need to sign up for a new account if you are upgrading from our old app.

NEW! Discover your fare: Find the fare for the journeys you are planning whether you want to buy a mobile ticket in advance or pay on the bus.

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

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

Journey Planning: It’s now even easier to plan ahead with Reading Buses.

Timetables: We’ve squeezed the whole timetable into the palm of your hand.

Contactless Journeys: View the journeys you have made using your contactless cards and a breakdown of charges and savings.

Favourites: You can quickly save your favourite Departure Boards, Timetables and Journeys, with quick access from one convenient menu, or add a widget to your home screen for even quicker access.

Service updates: You’ll be able to keep up to date with disruption information from our Twitter feed inside the app.

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

Ratings and reviews

Map won't load for live buses This app is very useful but I have a couple of gripes. The map won't load so I can't check live bus location. The direction of the buses are defaulted from home and not from where I am so I always have to change it on the way back. Be great if it recognised your location. Otherwise good.

I've been experiencing an error in this app whilst trying to buy tickets. I get a message saying 'payment failed' however the money comes out of my account and I get no ticket. The money is then refunded a couple of hours later. It's been occurring for about a week, and even with the latest version of the app.

Amazing just amazing can't believe how long the busses take though I wish they would come faster but it's not the apps fault or the bus it's the traffic because someone was stupid enough to make the 33 go around tilhurst I'm not sure if I spelt that correctly but it's just annoying over all really good bus drivers and app.

What's new

It is now clearer when stops are either set down only or pick up only on any given service and favourite stops are easier to identify on timetables.