YEG Bus shows when the next Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) bus or LRT train reaches the stops you use. This guide covers everything it does, from finding your stop number to getting times when your phone has no data.
Find your stop number
Every ETS stop has a four or five digit number on the sign at the stop, usually under the route numbers. LRT stations have one number for each platform. You don't need to know the number to use YEG Bus, but it's the fastest way to add a stop.
If you don't have the number, tap Add stop and type what you know: a street ("102 Avenue"), an intersection ("100 Street and Jasper"), or a place like Southgate, West Edmonton Mall, the University of Alberta or the Royal Alex. Places come up first, then the stops closest to them. You can also tap Near me to list the stops around you on a small map with numbered pins, closest first.
Save the stops you use
Tap Add next to a stop and it stays on your home screen. Most people save two or three: the stop by home, the one by work or school, and maybe a transfer point. Your stops are kept on your own phone, not on our server, so there's no account to make.
Open a stop's settings (the slider button on its card) to:
- Pick your routes, so a busy stop only shows the buses you ride.
- Set a walk time. The big number becomes when to leave instead of when the bus comes, it says Go now when it's time, and buses you can't reach anymore drop off the list.
- Put stops in groups like Home and Work. Chips at the top switch between them, and the app opens on the group closest to where you are.
- Watch a transfer. Pick the bus you get off and the bus you get on, and the card tells you if the connection is on track, tight or missed.
Live times and scheduled times
Each bus shows minutes until it arrives. A green live dot means the time comes from the bus's own GPS position through ETS's real-time feed, updated every 30 seconds. Scheduled means ETS has no live position for that trip yet, often because the bus hasn't left the garage or the start of its route, so you see the timetable time instead. Due means the bus is arriving now.
Under each route, "then 18, 45 min" lists the next buses after it. Tap a route to see more of them, and tap Next bus on map to watch the bus move toward your stop.
No data? Text 31100
YEG Bus saves each of your stops' timetables on your phone, so when you're out of data or in a dead zone you still see scheduled times. For live times without data, ETS runs a free text service: send your stop number as a text to 31100 and you get a reply with the next arrivals. On a phone, each saved stop shows a button that opens a text to 31100 with the number already filled in. Standard text rates from your carrier may apply.
Closed and moved stops
Construction and events close stops all the time in Edmonton. When ETS posts a closure for a saved stop, its card shows a yellow notice with the routes affected, how long it lasts, and the replacement stop, with a button to add that stop in one tap. Stops that show a closure in search results are marked too. If ETS removes a stop for good, the card says so and offers the stops nearest to it.
Keep it handy
On Android or iPhone, open your browser menu and pick Add to Home screen or Install app. YEG Bus then opens like an app, full screen, with your stops ready. There's also an Android app with a home screen widget that shows your next buses without opening anything.
Wall board
Turn a phone or tablet sideways, or set Wall board to Always in Settings, and YEG Bus switches to big text with a clock and keeps the screen on. It works well on an old tablet by the front door, so everyone in the house can see when the bus is coming.
Where the times come from
All times and stop information come from the City of Edmonton's open data: the ETS GTFS schedule and the GTFS real-time feeds for trip updates, vehicle positions and service alerts. YEG Bus isn't run by ETS or the City. For trip planning across the whole system, fares and accessibility services, see ETS at edmonton.ca.
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