First Bus
Bus Times App, Buy mTickets
Free
5.8.2for iPhone, iPad and more
Age Rating
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About First Bus
Plan a journey, buy a great value mobile ticket (mTicket) or find where your bus is with live bus times – you can do all this and more with the First Bus App, making bus travel even easier.
PLAN YOUR JOURNEY
With our door to door route planner you can check your quickest route to work or plan a new adventure and help you to get around at the weekend. Just enter a destination to view your route options and we’ll show you which of our bus services can get you there with step-by-step instructions.
CHECK LIVE BUS TIMES
The First Bus App is the best way to get live bus times and route information. You can save your favourite stops, routes and locations and revisit recently searched journeys. The map shows the bus stops nearby where you can see live updates to check where and when your bus is coming letting you head to your bus stop just before your bus is due.
BUY YOUR MOBILE TICKET (MTICKET)
You can buy your great value bus ticket on the First Bus App before you travel so with mTickets there’s no need to carry cash or worry about having the right change. Some of our tickets are cheaper on the app so get it downloaded for our best bus ticket prices. Payments are secure and there’s a handy ‘buy again’ button with one-tap checkout making repeat purchases even quicker and easier to do.
The app also features:
• Tickets for Heathrow RailAir, Buses of Somerset and First Kernow.
• Payments via Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Google Pay and Apple Pay.
• The ability to gift tickets to a child or young person.
PLAN YOUR JOURNEY
With our door to door route planner you can check your quickest route to work or plan a new adventure and help you to get around at the weekend. Just enter a destination to view your route options and we’ll show you which of our bus services can get you there with step-by-step instructions.
CHECK LIVE BUS TIMES
The First Bus App is the best way to get live bus times and route information. You can save your favourite stops, routes and locations and revisit recently searched journeys. The map shows the bus stops nearby where you can see live updates to check where and when your bus is coming letting you head to your bus stop just before your bus is due.
BUY YOUR MOBILE TICKET (MTICKET)
You can buy your great value bus ticket on the First Bus App before you travel so with mTickets there’s no need to carry cash or worry about having the right change. Some of our tickets are cheaper on the app so get it downloaded for our best bus ticket prices. Payments are secure and there’s a handy ‘buy again’ button with one-tap checkout making repeat purchases even quicker and easier to do.
The app also features:
• Tickets for Heathrow RailAir, Buses of Somerset and First Kernow.
• Payments via Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Google Pay and Apple Pay.
• The ability to gift tickets to a child or young person.
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.8.2
Last updated on Apr 25, 2024
Old Versions
• Bugs fixes and performance improvements
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Version History
5.8.2
Apr 25, 2024
• Bugs fixes and performance improvements
5.8.1
Mar 1, 2024
• Bugs fixes and performance improvements
5.8.0
Feb 1, 2024
We've optimized performance to help the app run smoother, especially on older devices and fixed a few bugs that were causing issues for some users.
5.7.1
Dec 11, 2023
• Visual updates to how you use the Home screen and we've reshuffled the order of your favourites
• Introducing a 'What's New?' feature so you'll always know what we've changed in-app
• Updates for device fonts and screen sizes enhancing readability and accessibility
• Bugs fixes and performance improvements
• Introducing a 'What's New?' feature so you'll always know what we've changed in-app
• Updates for device fonts and screen sizes enhancing readability and accessibility
• Bugs fixes and performance improvements
5.7.0 (24)
Dec 7, 2023
• Visual updates to how you use the Home screen and we've reshuffled the order of your favourites
• Introducing a 'What's New?' feature so you'll always know what we've changed in-app
• Updates for device fonts and screen sizes enhancing readability and accessibility
• Bugs fixes and performance improvements
• Introducing a 'What's New?' feature so you'll always know what we've changed in-app
• Updates for device fonts and screen sizes enhancing readability and accessibility
• Bugs fixes and performance improvements
5.6.0 (10)
Oct 30, 2023
• Location to location route preview now displayed on map
• Google Places based searches snap to location before starting plan
• New look route preview with journey options, filters and From/To selections
• Depart time shown instead of "now" when journey plan run
• Estimated arrival time now included on journey plans
• Bringing back click-through to departure board from ladder view
• Bug and performance fixes
• Google Places based searches snap to location before starting plan
• New look route preview with journey options, filters and From/To selections
• Depart time shown instead of "now" when journey plan run
• Estimated arrival time now included on journey plans
• Bringing back click-through to departure board from ladder view
• Bug and performance fixes
5.5.0
Sep 13, 2023
• The Departure Board has a new look and feel, making it easier to understand at a glance
• The app remembers your last used favourites tab, making it easier to pick up where you left off
• Free seats now show up to 20 available, for any more it’s now 20+
• Ability to amend an email address within the app from your Profile Settings
• Lots of other smaller improvements based on your feedback!
• The app remembers your last used favourites tab, making it easier to pick up where you left off
• Free seats now show up to 20 available, for any more it’s now 20+
• Ability to amend an email address within the app from your Profile Settings
• Lots of other smaller improvements based on your feedback!
5.4.0 (202306061333.19)
Jun 28, 2023
Various bug fixes, performance improvements and security updates.
5.3.0
Jun 12, 2023
• New look live bus tracking view, you can now see all First Bus services calling at the stop moving in real-time
• Journey planning enhancements, giving you a cleaner look, with more customisable route preferences
• More realistic journey times, with a journey time range, helping you to better plan your day
• No more back and forth between your planned journey and finding your bus; we've put it all into one screen now so you can follow your journey door-to-door in all one place
We've listened to your feedback and made a few more quality of life changes including:
• Map stays on where you pan to rather than your location
• We've made some big changes, so we added tooltips to help you out the first time you see it
• Added new and enhanced labelling for better accessibility
• Journey planning enhancements, giving you a cleaner look, with more customisable route preferences
• More realistic journey times, with a journey time range, helping you to better plan your day
• No more back and forth between your planned journey and finding your bus; we've put it all into one screen now so you can follow your journey door-to-door in all one place
We've listened to your feedback and made a few more quality of life changes including:
• Map stays on where you pan to rather than your location
• We've made some big changes, so we added tooltips to help you out the first time you see it
• Added new and enhanced labelling for better accessibility
5.2.0
Jan 30, 2023
We’ve given the app a new look and feel:
• The home screen has a new look, making it easier to use the map, find your stops and your favourites
• Searching for locations, stops or services is now easier than ever before using the new buttons to tailor your search all from one place
• Trimmed down the navigation
• The home screen has a new look, making it easier to use the map, find your stops and your favourites
• Searching for locations, stops or services is now easier than ever before using the new buttons to tailor your search all from one place
• Trimmed down the navigation
5.1.0
Dec 6, 2022
We've given the home screen a new look and feel and made it easier to find and access your favourites.
5.0.3
Aug 18, 2022
Bug fixes and performance updates
5.0.2
Jul 25, 2022
Bug fixes and improvements
5.0.1
May 25, 2022
Performance improvements and bug fixes
5.0.0
May 9, 2022
We’ve made it even easier to find what you’re looking for and to get in touch with us for when you really need to.
- Improved navigation
- FAQs on all things First Bus
- All your useful links and profile now in one place
- Now even easier to chat with us via Live Chat
- General tidy-up
- Improved navigation
- FAQs on all things First Bus
- All your useful links and profile now in one place
- Now even easier to chat with us via Live Chat
- General tidy-up
4.13.0
Feb 14, 2022
Bug fixes and performance updates
4.12.0
Dec 13, 2021
- New addition to our seat tracking, see where only standing room is available on your bus.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.11.0
Jun 3, 2021
Bug fixes and performance improvements
4.10.0
Mar 15, 2021
What's new text:
- Introducing Space checker – plan a quieter journey before you travel.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
- Introducing Space checker – plan a quieter journey before you travel.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.9.1
Dec 14, 2020
We've made it easier for you to get in contact with us.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.9.0
Dec 9, 2020
We've made it easier for you to get in contact with us.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.8.2
Oct 8, 2020
Support added for First Bus Space Checker!
The new tool from First Bus which allows you to plan ahead and see when your a service is typically at its busiest, allowing you to choose a quieter time to travel.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
The new tool from First Bus which allows you to plan ahead and see when your a service is typically at its busiest, allowing you to choose a quieter time to travel.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.8.1
Jul 21, 2020
Bug fixes and security updates
4.8.0
Jun 18, 2020
We've extended our real-time seat capacity tracking to now include the availability of the wheelchair space.
You can now see our seat tracker from the bus stop screens too.
You can now see our seat tracker from the bus stop screens too.
4.7.0
Jun 2, 2020
We’ve introduced real-time bus capacity tracking.
You can now see how many seats on the bus are still available to help you in planning your journey.
View the real-time seat capacity from any live bus tracking screen.
You can now see how many seats on the bus are still available to help you in planning your journey.
View the real-time seat capacity from any live bus tracking screen.
First Bus FAQ
Click here to learn how to download First Bus in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of First Bus.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
First Bus supports English
