Google Transit trip planner arrives in Europe

November 20, 2007 | Online Travel

Google launched Google Transit trip planner in Switzerland, Italy and the UK. The service assists travelers in planning their journey using public transportation with helpful information like lines serving a station and next departures for many cities.

Google announce the launch of Google Transit trip planner in Europe. For quite some time, Google Maps has featured transit stop icons with helpful information like lines serving a station and next departures for many cities. But now you can plan your entire journey using public transportation! So far we have information for the following places and transport companies:

- Travel South East, UK
- SBB, Switzerland (train, ferries and long distance bus coverage)
- VBZ, Zurich, Switzerland
- Turin, Italy
- Florence, Italy

Get the full story at Google’s Lat Long Blog

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