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Manchester App Developers Celebrate 30 Million Milestone

Manchester-based developers, Mapway, are celebrating hitting 30 million downloads across their portfolio of public transport apps.

The company which first launched the London Tube Map in 2009, reached two major milestones last month; 15 million lifetime downloads for the London Tube Map app and 30 million lifetime downloads across its entire collection. Mapway have 26 apps in its portfolio including international apps such as New York Subway and Paris Metro and sister company mxData work with Transport for Greater Manchester to develop their Metrolink app.

Mapway CEO David James commented, “We are absolutely thrilled to have hit this new milestone and I cannot thank our users enough for their support. The continued success of Tube Map London Underground has been astounding but it’s also amazing to see our other apps, like Bus Times London and myTrains, help people plan routes using other types of transport systems. The next big milestone for us is to have Mapway apps used one billion times by 2017.”

Mapway’s award winning Tube Map app uses the iconic Harry Beck Tube map and Transport for London open data to help users navigate around the Underground.

Phil Young, Head of Online at Transport for London said: “This is a great milestone and shows the huge success of our open data approach in providing tailored services for customers while supporting successful technology businesses.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Emma Allison .