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Transport Direct

Transport Direct - a world first in delivering comprehensive travel information for both public and private forms of transport - was launched on 31 December. The service aims to offer people choice and enable them to make better informed decisions when planning journeys within Great Britain.

The £16.7m service, which won Computing magazine's award for Public Sector Project of the Year 2004, works by joining up existing sources of travel information, offering multi-modal door-to-door journey planning as well as more traditional planning for either car, air, coach or train. Transport Direct's journey plans take the form of step-by-step instructions supported by detailed maps that can be viewed at a range of scales.
Transport Direct also contains 'live travel' information, including real-time information on the running of services to and from Britain's 2500 railway stations. Travellers can check as to the likelihood of delays on road and rail routes and see whether choosing a different route, departure time or transport mode might suit them better.