Travel information on the move

This page contains links to online travel news resources and is optimised for viewing on a PDA or smartphone. For the full web version, see our Travel News page.

Online Road News

AA Traffic News - Searchable by road number, Includes routeplanning
TrafficMap - real-time road information from the Highways Agency
Highways Agency - Present & future roadworks, plus audio feed

Online Rail News

TheTrainline - online timetable, search for the fastest/ cheapest route between UK rail stations. Pre-order tickets
National Rail timetable and journey planner
Live train departures - View departure info for many national rail stations
C2C Rail update (c2c info page)

Online London Travel News

London Transport update (TFL)
Tube status from the BBC

Online General Travel Info

BBC Travel- Great for road, rail and air travel news by region
Airtext - Live flight information and updates to your mobile
Transport Direct - Door to door planning and info
Plan A Journey - UK route planning including rail, air, coach, ferry and tube

Travel news over WAP

http://www.kizoom.co.uk/
http://wap.tfl.gov.uk/
http://www.google.com/ - View any web page over WAP

Phone Road News

Any UK phone: Dial 09003 401 100. Calls cost 60 pence per minute. Traffic data from AA Roadwatch
O2 Trafficline: Dial 1200. (45p per minute, data from TrafficMaster)
Vodafone Mobile Call 2222. (45p per minute, data from AA )
T-Mobile Mobile: Call 2020. (35p per minute, data from AA )
Orange Mobile: Call 117. (40p per minute, data from RAC)

Travel news by text message:

Getting travel and traffic information "pushed" to you in the form of an SMS text message is the ideal solution but may be costly. Here are details of the travel alert services that we know of:

Road updates by text - For less than 10p a day, AA Roadwatch Mobile service includes a daily text alert, email updates and wap access. For details, see the 'Travel and Leisure' section of the AA website
Daily tube status: Register free online with Transport for London, and specify your regular journey details. You'll receive a text message in advance of your regular journey if one of your lines is affected. Register at alerts.tfl.gov.uk/index.
Tube news on demand: You can send a text message to Transport for London on the following number: 07740 11 1234 for an automated tube status message. For details of the short codes, go to TFL SMS services.

Software for your PDA

PocketGPS Safety Camera Database.
AutoRoute
TomTom Navigator
Traffic-i and TrafficTV - Road information apps

Also consider: Make life easier with a TomTom One - GPS with support for real-time travel news, to help avoid the delays