Intercity bus
telematics
Vehicle trackers for intercity and long-distance coach operators, reporting location and the telemetry each vehicle exposes. Model approval is planned into the project for markets that require it, drawing on our AIS-140 related design experience.
THE PROBLEM
Passengers want a live ETA. Regulators want a compliant device
An intercity bus operator sells seats on routes hundreds of kilometres long. Passengers expect a live arrival time at their stop, booking partners want status feeds, and the control room needs to know when a coach is running late, has stopped unexpectedly or has left its route.
In several markets the tracker is also a regulatory item. In India, public service vehicles fall under AIS-140, which sets requirements for the vehicle location tracking device, emergency buttons and reporting to government backends. Other countries have their own approval schemes. Approval is therefore part of the device plan from day one, alongside the hardware itself.
Coaches also travel through long stretches of weak coverage between cities, so a complete journey record depends on how the device handles those gaps.
HOW WE SET IT UP
Qualified variants for each market and each fleet
The right variant for your regulator
We configure tracker variants to the requirements of your market. Where regulatory model approval is needed, the approval work is carried out to that standard as part of the project, and we bring earlier AIS-140 related design experience to it.
Location plus available telemetry
The vehicle interface is customised to your coaches, so the telemetry each model exposes, such as ignition or other vehicle signals, reports alongside position.
Feeds for passengers and partners
Data flows to RIOD Live or your own server, and an API passes live positions to your booking site, passenger app or partner platforms for ETA displays.
Complete journeys across dead zones
Our devices are designed to keep the record when the network drops and send it once coverage returns, so the full journey is available for review and reporting.
AT A GLANCE
Intercity bus telematics
- What is measured
- Location and the telemetry available from each coach
- Hardware
- RNDSquare GPS and telematics tracker, in variants configured per market
- Connectivity
- GNSS positioning, cellular reporting, MQTT over TLS 1.2
- Where data goes
- RIOD Live, your own server, and approved backends where regulation requires
- Integration
- API for booking platforms, passenger apps and partner feeds
- Regulatory
- Model approval carried out to your market's standard, such as AIS-140, as part of the project
FAQ
Questions buyers ask us
What is AIS-140 and does it apply to intercity buses?
AIS-140 is the Indian automotive standard for vehicle location tracking devices and emergency buttons in public transport vehicles. It applies to buses carrying passengers under permits, including many intercity services. We have AIS-140 related design experience and carry out approval work to the standard as part of a project.
Can bus tracking data feed our booking website and passenger app?
Yes. Positions reach RIOD Live or your own server, and an API passes them to your booking site, passenger app or partner platforms for live ETAs.
What telemetry can a bus tracker report beyond location?
That depends on what each coach model exposes. We customise the vehicle interface to your fleet so available signals, such as ignition, report together with position.
How do you handle bus tracking on routes with poor coverage?
Positioning works from satellites everywhere on the route. Our devices are designed to keep the record when the network drops and send it once coverage returns, so journey history stays complete.
Equipping a coach fleet?
Tell us your markets, coach models and the systems that need live positions. We will propose the tracker variant and the approval path.