On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 21:45:31 +0100, Mizter T
wrote:

All TfL routes have realtime tracking - elsewhere it's basically up to
the bus company whether they want to install the kit on their buses.
They should - it makes all the difference - but it's a deregulated
industry...

Or it can be up to the county council, or transport authority where it
exists... and the bus company may do their own thing as Stagecoach
recently announced.

Back to railways and their PIS - it's not just Thameslink stations that
use the 'x mins' until terminology - there's a bit of a mix out there.

SWT recently introduced this format on London-bound platforms at some
stations -- not all -- but missing out the time of the service, which
certainly masks whether the train is late or not... Southeastern, on
the other hand, show the timetabled departure time as well.

Richard.