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TRANSPORT DIRECT TO YOUR DESTINATION - NEW JOURNEY PLANNER LAUNCHED
Transport Direct, the travel information and journey planning service for Great Britain, was officially launched today. Now online at www.transportdirect.info, Transport Direct is a world first in delivering comprehensive travel information for both public and private forms of transport, offering people choice and enabling them to make better informed decisions when planning journeys within Great Britain. The award winning service 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. Links to rail and coach ticket retailers mean that public transport users can buy their tickets without having to re-enter their journey details. Road users benefit from journey plans that uniquely take into account historical traffic levels which vary according to the day and time, for much of the trunk road network. Commenting on today''s launch, Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling said: ''For the first time, travellers will be able to see the different travel choices available in one place. Transport Direct will offer people greater choice, putting all the travel information they need at their fingertips. ''Today''s launch represents a real achievement and is an excellent example of the transport industry working together to deliver something of real value to people. ''Of course there will be teething problems but increasingly Transport Direct will bring huge benefits to the travelling public.''
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