At 5.57pm on Tuesday 13 November, yournextbus delivered its 2,000,000th real-time bus information text message.

Launched in September 2005, yournextbus was developed by Metro in response to bus passengers telling us they wanted accurate, up-to-the-minute information about when their bus was going to arrive.

yournextbus provides passengers with the arrival times of the next few buses at their stop and, if this information can’t be displayed, the scheduled time instead. All they have to do is text their unique bus stop number to 63876 - which spells Metro on the phone keypad - to find out when their next bus will arrive.

As well as text messaging, many thousands have also accessed the service through WAP services or the web site. Increasingly passengers can find the information on yournextbus shelter displays being installed at 800 key stops across the county.

More than half of bus passengers surveyed recently said they were aware of the service with 13% saying they used buses more as a result of it.

The 1,000,000th message was delivered in February this year.