MUMBAI : Indian Railways timetables will now be accessible on Google Transit, a highlight on Google Maps.

Google Transit, a highlight in Google Maps, helps in arranging open transport trips effectively, and is accessible through Google Maps application on any Android or iOS gadget, and in addition on the desktop.

The present redesign will permit access to data for 12,000 trains, and in addition overhauled points of interest for transport and metro courses from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi and Pune, the announcement said.

“Google Transit is a piece of our effort to make Google Maps more thorough, exact and valuable for a great many individuals around the globe who take transports, prepares, metros or cable cars to their next destination,” Google Maps executive, program management, Suren Ruhela said.

“We trust that the expansion of the Indian Railways timetables container India and overhauled data for eight urban communities to Google Transit in India will make it a little less demanding to arrange your next outing,” he said.

Google Maps has open transportation plans for more than one million travel stops worldwide in 2,800 urban communities, including New York, London, Tokyo and Sydney.

Since 2005, Google has teamed up with many open travel organizations worldwide to make their calendar data available to all Google Maps clients