Bustimes.org is a transportation information website created to take advantage of Bus Services Act 2017 requirement for bus operators in England to provide bus timetables, fares and vehicle locations in an open data format, which can be utilised by app and website developers.
[3] The site uses data from AVL tracking to determine and transmit the geographic location of a vehicle, such as data from Ticketer machines and the iBus system, in order to display live bus positions on a map.
[citation needed][3] The site also uses data from the National Public Transport Gazetteer, and bus stop locations from NaPTAN.
"[4] with fares for companies operating the Passenger MyTrip system being added in 2022.
[3] The website was criticised by Centrebus Group owner, Julian Peddle, as lacking authority, not being an "official website", and questioning if trust can be placed in its information[6] in an article in Buses Magazine about bus timetable information.