Google announced that it has added the public transport information and Railways schedules for eight cities in India to Transit feature of Google Maps in country.

The updated features are available for users and can be accessed through Google Maps apps for iOS, Android and for Google Maps for desktop.

Suren Ruhela, director, Program Management, Google Maps said "Google Transit is part of our effort to make Google Maps more comprehensive, accurate and useful for millions of people around the world who take buses, trains, metros or trams to their next destination. We hope that the addition of the Indian Railways schedules pan India and updated information for eight cities to Google Transit in India will make it a little easier to plan your next trip."

The Google Maps' Transit feature will display schedules for around 12,000 Indian Railways trains and public transport information for bus and metro routes in Pune, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

For using the Transit feature, Google said that the users need to enter the destination into Google Maps and then click the Get Directions button. Then the users will have to select the public Transit icon to find which bus, train or metro is available.