Transport Direct Portal

The Transport Direct Portal was a distributed Internet-based multi-modal journey planner providing information for travel in England, Wales and Scotland.

[2] The portal offered a door-to-door journey planner which allowed the user to compare different transport modes including car, rail, bus and coach, air, walking and cycling.

Following a two-year period of development and testing[10] and was officially launched by Alistair Darling, the Secretary of State for Transport on 31 December 2004.

Functionality to find cheaper rail fares and a day trip planner were added as well as information about the location of car parks and other points of interest.

[17] Usage of the Transport Direct Portal grew significantly since its launch[18] and 2008 was operating at an annual rate of about 18.5 million user sessions.