CitySwift

At a glance

• Editor score
  Not yet scored
• Pricing
  Pricing on request
• Best for
  Agencies seeking data-driven network optimization
• Real-time vehicle tracking
  No
• Founded
  2016 · Galway, Ireland
• Facts checked
  24 Sep 2026

• Where it wins

  • Cleans and enriches schedules, vehicle positions, and passenger-demand data
  • Simulates timetable and runtime changes before implementation
  • Calculates KPIs and automated settlements for contract oversight

• Where it doesn't

  • Designed to complement existing scheduling systems, not replace them
  • Does not provide live vehicle tracking
  • Web-based cloud deployment with email support

Our verdict on CitySwift

CitySwift is a cloud, web-based data and performance optimisation platform for bus operators, transport groups, and public transport authorities. It combines schedule, vehicle-location, and passenger-demand data, then cleans, validates, and enriches those inputs for network analysis. Its audience includes mid-market and enterprise organisations that need structured evidence for service planning, operational review, and performance management rather than a standalone scheduling application.

The platform’s main depth is its treatment of network and passenger data. It provides punctuality, efficiency, and demand analytics; examines vehicle locations at regular intervals; and evaluates boarding, alighting, occupancy, and capacity. Users can model runtime and timetable scenarios before implementation, receive route-optimisation recommendations, and forecast the effects of proposed changes. KPI calculations and automated settlements extend the analysis into contract oversight, giving authorities and operators a way to connect service results with contractual measures.

CitySwift fits organisations that already have scheduling processes and want an analytical layer around them. The documented deployment is cloud-based and accessed through the web, while GDPR is listed as a compliance area. Vehicle-position information supports analytics, but the documented 22-second interval does not constitute live vehicle tracking. Organisations seeking a dedicated scheduling replacement, continuous vehicle-location monitoring, or broader support channels should evaluate alternatives. CitySwift is better suited to agencies and operators prioritising network optimisation, demand insight, scenario planning, and KPI-based oversight.

CitySwift pricing

CitySwift fact sheet

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