Public Transportation Open Data Council Begins Providing Real-time Information to Apple Maps

The Public Transportation Open Data Council (Chairman: Ken Sakamura, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo) announced that from April 9, 2026, it has begun providing real-time information for 10 new public transportation operators to Apple Maps via the Public Transportation Open Data Center. Previously, the Council had already provided real-time information for 18 railway and bus operators, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Bus, Toei Subway, Tokyo Sakura Tram) and Yokohama City Transportation Bureau (Yokohama City Bus, Yokohama City Subway), to Apple Maps. With this latest addition, real-time information for a total of 28 public transportation operators is now available on Apple Maps, expected to further enhance convenience for public transportation users. The 10 newly added operators are (in no particular order): Hokkaido Takushoku Bus Co., Ltd., Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd., Kanto Bus Co., Ltd., Funaki Railway Co., Ltd. (Bus), Iyo Railway Group Co., Ltd. (Bus), Joshin Kanko Bus Co., Ltd., Gunma Chuo Bus Co., Ltd., Kan-etsu Kotsu Co., Ltd. (Bus), Akiba Bus Service Co., Ltd., and Shimotsui Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (Bus). The Public Transportation Open Data Council is engaged in activities aimed at creating an ecosystem for the open distribution of public transportation data, with numerous public transportation operators, local governments, and ICT companies participating. The Public Transportation Open Data Center, which began operations in May 2019, has been providing data from various public transportation operators, including real-time location information for railways and buses, to domestic and international ICT operators (including transfer guidance services) and general developers. Through the operation of the Public Transportation Open Data Center, a data collaboration platform connecting numerous domestic public transportation operators with diverse data users worldwide, the Council aims to achieve Digital Transformation (DX) in Japan's mobility sector.