Waiting happens here: a signpost, sometimes with a bench or a small shelter attached, marking exactly where a bus is supposed to pull over. It's used for the literal wait, a commute stalled at the curb, and loosely for anywhere someone's paused mid-journey, killing time until whatever's next finally shows up.
What 🚏 means
A tall pole with the sign of a bus on one side, bus numbers and bus timings on the other. The 🚏 Bus Stop emoji represents the signpost of a bus, thus indicating the arrival of a bus at the very same spot. It signifies waiting for a bus and boarding or deboarding a bus.
How and when to use it
- Just like a lot can happen over coffee, a lot can happen at a bus stop too. If you're texting your bestie about some bus stop romance you've been up to, use 🚏. Like, "We've been seeing each other at the bus stop for about 2 weeks now, and guess what! He smiled today! 🚏" (aww).
- While posting or reposting pictures or videos that involve a bus stop in any way, use 🚏 in the caption. It can be an emotional video, a bus stop love story (like the prev point), a news post, etc.
- If you're texting someone to wait for you at the bus stop, use 🚏. For example, "I could potentially punch you in the face if you ditch me 🚏".
- To indicate that you're waiting for a bus, or that you're getting late, you could drop in the 🚏. For instance, "It's been an hour and I'm still here 🚏. So sorry, babe. I really wish I could make it on time".
- If you're sharing pictures of new bus stand in your locality, 🚏 is a mandatory emoji to have in the caption.
Other Names
- 🚏 Bus Stand
- 🚏 Fare Stage
- 🚏 Halt
- 🚏 Waiting for a Bus
- 🚏 Bus Stop Point
- 🚏 Bus Point
- 🚏 Bus Station
- 🚏 Stop Area
- 🚏 Bus Depot
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places › transport-ground
- Codepoints
U+1F68F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:busstop::bus_stop:Discord- Keywords
- bus, busstop, stop
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🚏 Bus Stop or 🇸🇳 Flag: Senegal?