From the Universities Transport Study Group mailing list, UTSG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK, posted by Glenn Lyons.

You may already be aware but at midnight today the multi-modal door-to-door journey planner Transport Direct closes down after 10 years of service. Transport Direct was a vision back in the early days of the web – before Google became involved in journey planning – that the Labour Government committed to in its 2000 Ten Year Plan for transport. The service launched in 2004 and by 2012 had handled over 110 million enquiries with over 378,000 enquiries then being handled per week. In the two years since the level of use has continued to increase. Transport Direct was a world first in what it delivered and many other countries took interest in learning from its approach. In 2012 the Olympic Delivery Authority selected Transport Direct to develop a bespoke online portal to guide event ticket holders to and from the Olympic venues. The Spectator Journey Planner had 2.75 million unique users.

Today is your last chance to use a piece of ‘integrated transport history’ and plan a journey: http://www.transportdirect.info/

After today, going to this link will instead point you to a number of other services in the travel information marketplace that together can be used as a substitute for Transport Direct. Transport Direct Closedown Letter

Farewell old friend!

Glen