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An SMS to let you know arrival times of urban and suburban buses.

More information to more people

A service that supplies information on all bus arrival times at any bus-stop.

The system was created by ATC Bologna in co-operation with Vodafone.It is a way of communication more information to Bologna transport passengers to make it ever easier to get around the city and the surrounding area.

A simple SMS message lets you know the arrival time of the next bus.

Thanks to the satellite tracking system present in all ATC buses, this service delivers to your mobile, the arrival time of the bus at any given bus-stop.

Even if you need to change buses to reach your destination, the system will allow you to programme the route related to any time of day.


For information on urban and suburban bus routes, send an SMS as follows:

For information on the next 2 consecutive route changes at whatever time of the same day, add the following to the SMS message:

Within a few seconds you will receive an SMS reply. The cost of the operation will change according to the network supplier and the chosen tariff.

Now available on suburban routes

From today the service is also active for routes: 87, 88, 89, 90, 81/91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98. For these routes a forecast arrival time will be supplied.

Hellobus vocal: all the information to your land line

All the same information can be obtained by calling (in multifrequency mode) the ATC call centre on: 051 290 290.

for further information phone:  ATC call centre  +39 051 290 290   email  atcitta@atc.bo.it