The Department for Transport (DfT) is seeking views on using powers introduced by the Bus Services Act 2025 to

• fully digitise the registration, variation and cancellation processes for local bus services
• newly require bus registration type information from certain local transport authorities
• request and publish new data about bus services from operators

The aim is to create a single, open source of information about a wider range of local bus services. The new system should make it simpler for operators and users to input data and easier for the public to access bus service information.

We intend to link the new information provision system to the pre-existing Bus Open Data Service (BODS).

We are seeking feedback from:

• the public
• local bus service operators
• local transport authorities
• representative organisations

We want to understand how an effective and functional system can be developed. We also want to find out what data we should collect and publish from operators.