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admin admin 1.1 1 = **Finding Your Bus Stop Code** =
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4 The at-stop printed schedules/signs for routes served by MTA Bus Time have been updated. These bright green MTA Bus Time signs will make it easy to find your:
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6 * [[Stop Code at a Bus Stop>>#HStopCodeataBusStop]]
7 * [[QR Code at a Bus Stop>>#HQRCodeataBusStop]]
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9 You can also look up a bus stop code online by searching for a route or location using MTA Bus Time for [[Desktop Web>>Help.DesktopSearching]], [[Mobile Web (and Text-only)>>Help.MobileSearching]] or by SMS/text messaging an intersection (add your route for best results) to [[SMS/Text Messaging>>Help.SMSSearching]].
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11 = Stop Code at a Bus Stop =
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13 At bus stops, look for the green "MTA Bus Time" signs on bus stop pole boxes that have instructions on how to access [[MTA Bus Time via SMS/text message>>Help.SMSSearching]] for the stop you're currently at (the top sign), or any other stop along the route (the bottom sign). Text the 6-digit stop code (also add your route for best results) to 511123 to get info on upcoming bus arrivals for that stop.
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15 [[image:busstopids1.jpg||alt="bus stop pole and guide-a-ride schedule box"]]
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17 [[image:busstopids2.jpg||alt="bus and guide-a-ride schedule box close-up"]]
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19 If you have a smartphone, you can also scan a QR code using the instructions below to be directed to a mobile webpage for that stop.
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21 = QR Code at a Bus Stop =
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23 If you're at a bus stop you can also use your web-enabled smartphone to scan a Bus Time QR Code located on the Guide-A-Ride, i.e., the bus stop pole's rectangular box that displays the route maps and bus schedules.
24 [[image:MobileQRCode.png||alt="diagram of QR code on bus stop pole box guide-a-ride"]]