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Transport Direct is a non-profit web site funded by the UK Department for Transport the Welsh Assembly Government and the Scottish Executive. It is operated by a consortium lead by Atos Origin. The goal of the website is to provide a service to all UK residents that calculates the fastest door-to-door journey within the UK, using all available forms of transport, including private car, train, bus, taxi, ferry, metro, cycling and walking, and any possible combination thereof. Comparison of different journey types, both in terms of estimated cost and time is also possible. A notable feature of Transport Direct is the integration of the many timetables of different local public transport operators into a unified national journey planner.

Transport Direct claims to be the only website that offers information for door-to-door travel for both public transport and car journeys around Britain. Its aim is to provide users with comprehensive, easy-to-use travel information to help them plan their journeys effectively and efficiently.

The first build of the Portal was completed in December 2003 and was made publicly available in July 2004. This was replaced by an enhanced version on 20 October 2004 and was officially launched on 31 December 2004.The service will continue to be enhanced at regular intervals over the coming years and is already available via mobiles phones and PDA.

Door to Door planner - providing integrated journeys for using any modes between any two points in the UK

Find a Place - find where you want to go in the UK on a map

Find a train - rail only all day journey plans, includes the ability to search for the train journeys which may have cheaper fares

Find a flight - air only internal UK flights

Find a coach - plan a journey by coach and express bus

City to City - compare journeys between major UK cities by trunk modes air, rail and coach

Plan a car journey - to your destination or to the park and ride service for your destination

Find nearest car park - find the car parks for your destination then your journey to them plan to them

Find nearest Station and Airport - find the most sensible station or airport for your journey

Live travel and traffic news - travel incidents and real time train running information

Transport Direct also offers a real time travel news and real time train running information available on mobile phones and Digital TV.

Transport Direct leads the development of standards for the exchange of information about transport. These are then used in the Portal; including

• National Public Transport Access Nodes (NaPTAN)
• National Public Transport Gazetteer (NPTG)
• JourneyWeb
• Real Time Information Group XML (RTIGxml)

• Transport Direct web site
• BBC article
• DfT Site on Transport Direct

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