This is a Alpha release of a mobile bus app designed to help people on the Isle of Man use the available Isle of Man bus services on the island, the App's and Website are currently in development. Contact us to give feedback and suggestions on how we can improve the App's and website. Download the iPhone App from the iTunes App Store here and the Android App from the Google Play Store here.
Find all you need to know about the Isle of Man Bus Services running on the island. Bus positions updated from last known locations.
Bus-Man is proud to announce winning the Bus Feed Competition held by MICTA.
Plan your bus journey using Bus-Man, enter the 'from' and 'to' locations, the date and time of the trip and search for the available bus services running between the two locations on the date and time of your trip. You can also plan a return trip.
See what bus services are running on the Isle of Man bus network and touch or click the markers to find more details zoom in further to find the bus stops on the island.
Use the bus service timetables with Bus-Man, select the service timetable for your journey.
Find the all the above Bus-Man functionality on our companion website at wwww.Bus-Man.com
Sorry, the Bus-Man apps and website are no longer active. Bus-Man was a proof of concept to win Manx ICT Association competition. I was told at the end of the competition that there would be further funding to further develop the apps by Ian Longworth and Mark Lewin but this never materialised. Bus-Man was a great project, but unfortunately I could not fund the further development myself when Bus Vannin were indirectly paying for the development of another mobile app and could afford to purchase of 53 Mercedes mini buses. In May 2017 Ian Longworth refused to give the new timetable information in order to update the Bus-Man apps with the current information.
I suggested adding Electric Trams, Horse drawn Trams and the Steam railways timetables to the Bus-Man apps but he refused giving the excuse that the timetables could not be altered to the bus format. The Bus-Man apps could have really been a benefit to Bus Vannin and the Isle of Man tax payer but they have squandered the opportunity.
At the beginning of February 2019 the real-time bus feed from Bus Vannin stopped. On Monday 11th of February, Richard Crammer at Bus Vannin stopped the bus feed from being restarted.
The Bus-Man project was well recieved from the public and most people I have spoken to preferred it over the government funded apps and was the best app the government could offer for a couple years at times with over 2800 users per week and with a total of over 48,000 users during the three years it was running.
I only hope the new 53 Mercedes minibuses improves the Bus Vannin service and the new Department of Economic Development brings real returns for the Isle of Man tax payer.
Information used in the Bus-Man Apps and website has been provided by Bus Vannin. The Bus-Man Apps and website has been developed in conjunction with Bus Vannin, MICTA and the Digital Strategy.
