Colombo Bus Route – Android App

Being the super app it is, Google Maps is what most people would use when they want to find directions from A to B. However if you plan to travel by bus, you would need to find out which bus route to take. This is where Colombo Bus Route steps in to help you. This android app will provide you options on which bus to take to get to your destination within the Colombo area.

Colombo Bus Route gives the user 4 options to find details on Bus Routes.

Route Number – Displays the bus route information of a particular route number
Place to Place – Displays the possible bus routes to take from start to destination
From Current Place – Display bus routes starting from your current location
Through Current Place – Display bus routes going through your current location

When viewing a particular route number, you are given the ordered main locations of the route, which you can also view on a map. When you search for the routes between to locations, you are presented with a list of bus routes or combinations of bus routes depending on query. To specify the start and destination, you can either enter the location through the keyboard on specify the location on the map. In the case where multiple buses need to be taken, the app highlights the locations where you need to get down and take the other bus. The visual representation of this on the map with the routes and main locations marked gives a clearer picture.

In the case you search for the bus routes starting or going through your current location, the app picks your current location through GPS and provides you relevant bus routes accordingly.

The app is easy to use, and provides you the required information on bus routes. However we would like to see some modifications in the next update. In the case where multiple bus routes need to be taken, the options should be sorted according to shortest distance first. Otherwise the user has to go through each to find the best method. Also when maps are loaded in the app it should be loaded in the optimum zoom level. We had to zoom in several times to see the location details.

The Colombo Bus Route is a great app which provides you all the info you need to know on Colombo bus routes. It already has 10,000 to 50,000 downloads, and with a few small tweaks this could end up being a very popular and successful app.

Check it out on Google Play