{"id":486044,"date":"2025-10-09T16:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486044\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:06:10","slug":"what-is-the-best-transport-app-for-travelling-around-the-uk-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486044\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is The Best Transport App for Travelling Around the UK Capital?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to London! You\u2019re in one of the best cities in the world, home to\u00a0spectacular cultural happenings<\/a>, unrivalled restaurants<\/a>, world-leading\u00a0nightlife<\/a>\u00a0and so much more. But you\u2019re not going to get to enjoy all of that if you can\u2019t navigate the city properly. And you can\u2019t do that on your own \u2013 thank god\u00a0navigation apps exist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even if you know the route to your destination, or prefer the analogue way of navigating, map apps are useful for letting you know exactly how long it\u2019ll take you to get there. Most Londoners trust Citymapper or Google Maps to get them around efficiently, but they\u2019re not the only options.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ultimately there\u2019s not one app that\u2019s the\u00a0absolute\u00a0best,\u00a0its down to personal preference, but here\u2019s our breakdown of the pros and cons of each of the main maps apps\u00a0that help you get around\u00a0London.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The best maps apps for navigating London
\nCitymapper\u00a0<\/p>\n

Citymapper is specifically designed\u00a0for\u00a0city navigating. You can compare costs and travel times of basically every mode of transport, from Ubers to e-scooters and it lets you filter for routes with step-free access, minimal walking\u00a0or the cheapest fares. More than that, it tells you the best exit at your arrival station \u2013 which I\u2019ve found particularly useful for the larger, more confusing stations like Bank \u2013 and it\u2019ll let you know which part of the train you should get on to minimise walking when you alight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arrival time aren\u2019t\u00a0always 100 percent accurate, and\u00a0I’ve found that I sometimes have to scroll down a little to find the most efficient route, but it\u2019s certainly reliable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Google Maps\u00a0<\/p>\n

We all know Google Maps. It provides travel info for driving, public transport, bikes and walking, including live disruptions (though sometimes these can be behind) and fares.\u00a0There\u2019s the option to put it into street view so you know exactly what you should be seeing as you walk and it\u2019s useful\u00a0for when\u00a0you want to make detours along your way \u2013\u00a0you can just select \u2018add stop\u2019 and add has many as you like.\u00a0There aren\u2019t as many filters as Citymapper, but you can\u00a0narrow down your options\u00a0by type of transport or routes with the least amount of transfers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both Google Maps and CityMapper let users save their routes so that you can still see where you need to go, should you find yourself in one of London\u2019s many phone signal dead zones<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TfL Go\u00a0<\/p>\n

With this one, you\u2019re getting live London public transport info straight from the horse\u2019s mouth. It\u2019s got a pretty slick, user-friendly interface, offers live status updates of Tubes and buses, and gives you useful station information like the times they are quietest and where to find toilets.\u00a0It handily\u00a0lets you manage your payments for the city\u2019s transport. You can use it to purchase an Oyster card, to top it up and to see your journey history but it doesn\u2019t work for\u00a0concessionary Oyster photocards,\u00a0like the\u00a016+, 18+ and Apprentice cards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As of a few months ago, you can also use\u00a0TfL Go for cycling around the city. Based on reviews, it seems like it prioritises sticking to official cycleways and quieter routes, as opposed to getting you from A to B as quickly as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Transit\u00a0<\/p>\n

Transit is the underdog of the maps app. It does most of what the other guys do, tracking public transport, providing real life data, showing you the fastest trip, etc, etc. To take away some of\u00a0that stress before you leave somewhere, it also\u00a0sends you notifications to alert\u00a0you to when\u00a0you should get going in order to catch your bus or train.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re planning ahead, you can also check out Time Out\u2019s weekend travel disruption guides. Find the full list of tube and train closures for October 10-12 here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0<\/strong>follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay in the loop: sign up to our\u00a0<\/strong>free Time Out London newsletter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to London! You\u2019re in one of the best cities in the world, home to\u00a0spectacular cultural happenings, unrivalled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,11648,393,4884,257,11649,183,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-486044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-travel","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-transport-travel","14":"tag-travel","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115345069435262861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}