Transport for London (TFL) is testing a beta website that provides commuters to know the arrival time of their buses.

The new service will allow London commuters, at approximately 19000 bus stops, to allow how long they will have to wait for a particular bus. Some bus stops already are equipped with the electronic countdown ticker listing the number of minutes until a bus arrives, but the number of such bus stops is small.

But, now commuters will be able to use their smartphones to log on to TFL’s mobile optimised website, where they can enter a 5-digit code for their bus stop to get an idea about the arrival time of their buses.

Speaking on the new service, a TfL spokesman said, “TfL has commenced user testing of the new ‘countdown’ system which will provide real bus arrival information for all 19,000 bus stops across London via the web and SMS.”

TFL has warned that the new website is subject to errors as it is still a test version. The service is expected to become fully operational sometime in the autumn this year.

TFL’s Trackernet, which is hosted on software giant Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, already offers travel data on the trains and tubes to outside developers.