Following from the rebranding of Nokia's mapping apps to the HERE brand, HERE Transit (formerly Nokia Transit) has been updated to support 46 UK cities. This marks a great improvement for UK users as previous versions had only included support for the London public transport system. Regions covered by the update are: East-Anglia, East-Midlands, London, North-East, North-West, Scotland, South-East, South-West, Wales, West-Midlands, Yorkshire. Read on for more details.

Update information pages on HERE Transit

As reported on MyNokiaBlog, the full list of cities included in the HERE Transit update is as follows.

South-East Brighton, Oxford, St. Albans, Chichester – Bus, Ferry, Metro, Train

Scotland Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen – Bus, Ferry, Tram

North-East Sunderland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Carlisle – Bus, Ferry, Metro, Train

London London, Westminster – Bus, Light Rail, Tram,

North-West Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, Lancaster, Preston, Chester – Bus, Ferry, Tram

Yorkshire Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Wakefield, Hull, York – Bus, Tram

Wales Cardiff, Swansea, Newport – Bus

West-Midlands Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton – Bus

East-Midlands Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Peterborough – Bus, Ferry, Train

East-Anglia Norwich, Cambridge – Bus, Ferry, Train

South-West Bristol, Plymouth, Southampton, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Exeter, Gloucester, Winchester – Bus, Ferry, Rail

Sheffield and Manchester - only bus routes are shown, not tram or metro routes

While HERE Transit has excellent support for bus and tube routes in London, metro train and tram networks, e.g. Manchester or Sheffield, do not appear to be included in the database of routes.

It should be noted that the latest version of Google Maps also uses bus routes rather than tram and metro train routes. However, anecdotal tests suggest that HERE Transit has a better knowledge of bus routes than Google Maps. For example, bus routes in my home town of Kingston Upon Hull are much more detailed in HERE Transit than by Google Maps.