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 route planning
TrafficMap - real-time
road information from the Highways
Agency
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.
