Press Release

Year

"Journey Pro by NAVITIME" iPhone App Upgrade Includes Bus Routes and Postcode Search

Tokyo, Japan -- NAVITIME JAPAN released the latest version 1.2 of the "Journey Pro by NAVITIME" application for iPhone covering the UK, and is now available for free on the App Store. 676 bus lines covering the Greater London area are now included, and a new feature that allows public transport stations and stops to be searched from postcodes have also been released.

 

Routes are searched across all transport methods available within the app, and provides users with multi-modal directions. Buses have been added as the seventh transport method, and routes can be searched from bus stop names, street names, route numbers, and postcodes. Bus lines for the Android application, which was launched on November 2, is planned to be available within the next few weeks.

 

Currently, the following public transportation services and areas are covered in this application:

-- London Tube: All areas; 11 lines; 268 stations

-- Docklands Light Railway (DLR): All areas; 1 line; 40 stations

-- London Overground: All areas; 1 line; 78 stations

-- National Rail: All of Great Britain; 25 operators; 2678 stations

-- Tramlink: Greater London area; 1 line

-- River Service: London area; 9 lines

  -- Bus: Greater London area; 676 lines

 

Further details about the application are available at http://www.navitime.com.

 

About NAVITIME JAPAN Co., Ltd.

Headquartered in Tokyo, NAVITIME JAPAN has been developing and providing navigation technologies since 2001. The multi-modal path-finding and voice navigation solution "NAVITIME" has won numerous awards, and currently serves over 4 million subscribers in Japan. NAVITIME JAPAN also develops and licenses route search engines; provides ASP services for route search and map distribution; and operates white label navigation services for mobile operators.

 

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Press Contact

Mari Sekine, Ryoko Arika

Email : pr_n@navitime.co.jp

 

 

 

Appendix

 

1. About the company

Company name    : NAVITIME JAPAN CO.,LTD.

Address           : 3-8-38 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Japan

President             : Keisuke Onishi, Ph.D.

URL                     : http://www.navitime.com

Areas of Business

<!--[if !supportLists]-->l  <!--[endif]-->ASP service of route search and map distribution

<!--[if !supportLists]-->l  <!--[endif]-->Navigation contents service

<!--[if !supportLists]-->l  <!--[endif]-->Development and licensing of route search engine and map drawing engines

<!--[if !supportLists]-->l  <!--[endif]-->Development and licensing of route search data and map drawing data formats

<!--[if !supportLists]-->l  <!--[endif]-->Development of positioning data processing system utilizing Navitime's proprietary engine and data formats

NAVITIME is a trademark in the U.S. and other countries.

 

2. Service lines

 

lines/operators

Details

London Tube

11

Bakerloo Line, Central Line, Circle Line, District Line,  Hammersmith & City Line, Jubilee Line,  Metropolitan Line, Northern Line, Piccadilly Line, Victoria Line, Waterloo & City Line

Docklands Light Railway (DLR)

1

N/A

London Overground

1

N/A

National Rail

25

Arriva Trains Wales, c2c, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains, First Capital Connect, First Great Western, First Hull Trains, First TransPennine Express, Gatwick Express, Grand Central, Great North Eastern Railway, Heathrow Connect,  Heathrow Express, Island Line Trains, London Eastern Railway, London Midland,  Merseyrail, Northern Rail, ScotRail, South West Trains, Southeastern, Southern, Virgin Trains, Wrexham & Shropshire

Tramlink

1

N/A

River services

9

Embankment-Woolwich Arsenal, Hilton Docklands-Canary Wharf, Tate to Tate, Westminster-Greenwich, Putney-Blackfriars, Westminster-St Katherine's, Hampton Court-Richmond, Westminster-Hampton Court, Woolwich Free Ferry

London Bus

676

Arriva Wandsworth, Blue Triangle, Arriva, Arriva London, Abellio London, First, C T Plus, London Central, London General, Transdev, Metrobus, Metroline, Selkent, East London, Quality Line, Docklands Buses

 

3. Compatibility

 

1) iPhone:

The application is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPod Touch (3rd Gen.), requiring iPhone OS version iOS 4.0 and above.

 

2) Android:

The application is compatible with Android devices with OS 1.6 and above.

 


4. Application Screenshots 

 

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