Description

RuterReise: Ruter’s official travelplanner

Ruters travel planner app makes it easy for you to plan yourjourney and get real time information about departures on allMetro, tram, ferry and train services in Oslo, Akershus, Buskerud,Hedmark, Oppland, Telemark, Vestfold and Østfold.

You can:
• plan your journey by selecting the type of service and yourdeparture and arrival times
• obtain real time information about departure times (real timecounts down in minutes)
• obtain information about delays and cancellations for allservices in Oslo and Akershus search for departures from stopsclose to your current location mark stops, services, addresses,areas and planned journeys as favourites
• decide when you want departures displayed on your favouritespage
• always find your way home – mark an address as a favourite andthe app will plan a journey from your current location
• add widgets to your phones home screen for easy access to yourfavourite stops
• display planned journeys in the Notification Area
• display maps showing your current location, stops, sales outlets,travel suggestions and journeys
• display all the stops on the routes you plan to take
• easily compare different service options using our new,colour-coded display features

To make your travel and real time searches as easy as possible, theapp must have access to:

Your location
When it knows your location the app can display nearby stops andsearch results sorted according to where you are now. You can alsoplan journeys to and from your current location.

Data services
Internet access is essential if you want to obtain journey and realtime information. Knowing your network status means that the appcan reduce the number of requests to the RuterReise server. Thismeans lower power consumption and a faster user interface.

Maps
We need access to read/write to your mobile’s storage in order tocache map tiles. We employ Google's APIs so that you can use GoogleMaps to display map views of journeys, stops and salesoutlets.