Bee Network 4+

Transport for Greater Manchester

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Description

Say yellow to the Bee Network app, brought to you by Transport for Greater Manchester. You can find your nearest stop, get live departure times, track your bus, plan a journey and buy and use tram tickets.

Use the Bee Network app to:
• Track bus live locations
• Find your nearest stops and departure times, save your favourites for quick access
• Plan your journey on public transport or by active travel
• Buy and display tram, bus and multi modal tickets
• View active, purchased and expired tickets
• Rate your journey


BUS TRACKING
View the live locations of buses on a map and track them along the route to your stop. You can also see the locations of subsequent buses and where they are currently are on the route.


LIVE TRAVEL UPDATES
Get live departure times for bus, tram and train. Find your nearest stop, select it as a ‘favourite’ and stay updated.


JOURNEY PLANNING
You can plan public transport journeys on buses, trams and trains as well as active travel via cycling, cycle hire and walking. Filter results by travel mode or step-free access. Park and ride options are provided when available.

We will let you know the right ticket for your journey and either give you the option to buy it in the app or provide you with pricing information and instructions for other retail channels.


BUY, SAVE AND DISPLAY TICKETS FROM THE APP
You can buy selected bus and tram tickets on the Bee Network app, including our new Bee AnyBus+Tram tickets and use the app to display or scan your ticket when boarding or for inspection.

You can now pay easily with Apple Pay and Google Pay as well as the option to save your payment details, to make it quicker and easier when you’re buying your tickets.


RATE YOUR JOURNEY
Let us know about your bus and tram journeys in Greater Manchester. We will use your feedback to shape the Bee Network.


For further information go to beenetwork.com

Please note that you must have a valid ticket to travel on public transport otherwise you are liable for a Penalty Fare.

If you are using the app to buy and display tickets for travel, make sure your phone has enough battery to display your ticket for the duration of your journey.

Bee Network: Powered by Transport for Greater Manchester.
Every journey. Every day.

What’s New

Version 1.1.5

We’ve made a variety of functionality, performance, and stability improvements.

Ratings and Reviews

2.2 out of 5
65 Ratings

65 Ratings

Cucumber89 ,

Great idea, poor execution…

The previous Bee Network app was very basic, but it was good to have a map of the trams handy if needed. When that app was deleted, I really hoped they’d bring out another. And of course, they did!

The theory behind this version of the app is great - all the information you could need in one place.
However, it has been poorly carried out. There are a huge amount of faults with it. I was playing around with the route planning aspect, and the routes it gives you are terrible. For example, I set the start of the journey to Piccadilly Gardens, and the end of the journey to Oldham Road / New Cross (Stop EF). The route it gave me was to get the 76 Bus at Piccadilly Gardens, get off the bus at Thompson Street (the bus stop AFTER New Cross), and walk back to New Cross. It makes no sense. This has happened with a few of the examples I have come up with.
Fix silly things like this, and you’re on your way to a really great app!

I also think it would be a great asset to put all train, bus, and tram timetables into the app.

For now, I would recommend getting information from the website on Safari/Search Browser.

JamesThomasB2 ,

Requires improvement

Need to retail single bus ticket as this is what I and many users will buy (unless you’re getting 3+ buses a day which is rare!). I was infuriated this morning in particular as I waited at the stop, no disruptions highlighted and real time information showing the bus was due in a few minutes. The bus then drove past me with the driver pointing at the stop. The stop said that stop was closed but everyone waits in the shelter and not the stop and so no one saw it (Bury New Road Stop near Moor Lane on the way to Manchester City Centre). If your app correctly highlighted the closed stop, I would have avoided an expensive Uber alternative. Infuriating experience lacking any focus on the user whatsoever. I challenge your team to get out on the network and use this app for a few weeks testing, to feed into improvements from a users perspective. Need to do better for your customers given this app has had £2m+ spent on it!!!

Jaybee395 ,

Poor user experience

The ‘live’ bus tracking information is not live at all even though some of the developer comments on earlier reviews state that live tracking is now available - it isn’t!! It still shows buses that are timetabled to arrive and then just disappear off the app once the time has passed for arrival. Please fix this! Bring back the proper tram journey planner that was available on the GetMeThere app. It was far better than what is available on the Bee Network app. The new version doesn’t work - to get from Oldham Mumps to St Peter’s Square it is telling me that I have a 16 minute walk from Shudehill? There’s a tram stop at St Peter’s Square on the direct route on the Rochdale to East Didsbury line!!

App Privacy

The developer, Transport for Greater Manchester, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • Identifiers
  • Other Data

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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