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Live positions for five core Reading Buses routes — how far away each one is, in plain words, straight from the operator's own vehicles.
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22 buses out right now
On the routes this page tracks · live as of 10:56
Reading Buses runs one of England's busiest municipal bus networks — over 30 numbered routes radiating from Friar Street and Station Road. These are five of the core routes, tracked live from the operator's own vehicles rather than a fixed timetable, so you can see where a bus actually is right now.
Live positions updated . The feed refreshes about once a minute.
Wokingham Road (Three Tuns) — town centre — Tilehurst (Water Tower)
Destination not reported — in Reading now
From Three Tuns. Position reported 10:55.
Destination not reported — in Reading now
From Three Tuns. Position reported 10:55.
Destination not reported — in Reading now
From Water Tower. Position reported 10:56.
Destination not reported — under a mile away on the Tilehurst side, heading this way
From Water Tower. Position reported 10:55.
7 more buses further out on this route.
Scheduled service: Scheduled about every 10 minutes through the day, Monday to Saturday. Full timetable
Reading Station — town centre — University of Reading — Lower Earley (Asda)
Destination not reported — in Reading now
Positions checked 10:56. Live bus positions from the Bus Open Data Service (dataset). Bus positions from the Bus Open Data Service (data.bus-data.dft.gov.uk), Department for Transport, Open Government Licence v3.0. Scheduled frequencies are from published timetables, not live data. Operator updates: Reading Buses: timetables and service updates.
Destination not reported — about a mile away on the Lower Earley side, heading this way
From Marefield. Position reported 10:55.
Destination not reported — about 2 miles away on the Lower Earley side, heading away
From St Marys Butts. Position reported 10:56.
Destination not reported — about 3 miles away on the Lower Earley side, heading this way
From Marefield. Position reported 10:55.
Scheduled service: Scheduled about every 20 minutes on weekdays. Full timetable
Green Park — town centre — Royal Berkshire Hospital
Destination not reported — about a mile away on the Lower Earley side, heading away
From St Marys Butts. Position reported 10:55.
Destination not reported — about 2 miles away on the Green Park side
From Reading Green Park Station. Position reported 10:55.
Scheduled service: Scheduled roughly hourly through the day, more often at peak times. Full timetable
Reading Station — town centre — Southcote — Calcot (IKEA)
Destination not reported — in Reading now
From IKEA. Position reported 10:55.
Destination not reported — under a mile away on the Tilehurst side, heading away
From Blagrave Street. Position reported 10:56.
Destination not reported — about 2 miles away on the Tilehurst side, heading this way
From IKEA. Position reported 10:56.
Destination not reported — about 2 miles away on the Tilehurst side, heading away
From Blagrave Street. Position reported 10:55.
Scheduled service: Scheduled about every 15 minutes on weekdays. Full timetable
Town centre — Caversham Bridge — Caversham
Destination not reported — about a mile away on the Caversham side, heading away
From Friar Street. Position reported 10:55.
Scheduled service: Scheduled roughly every 45 minutes on weekdays. Full timetable