Travel and transport

Travel and transport

 

 

Plan your journey and get live travel news

 

Find your quickest route from A to B anywhere in Great Britain by car or public transport. You can also plan a cycle route in England and get live traffic information

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The Highway Code

• Signs and markings
• Drivers and riders
• Cyclists
• More about the Highway Code

Know your traffic signs

• Warning, regulatory and speed limit signs
• Motorways, information and direction signs, road markings and parking
• Traffic signals and signs, signals and markings for crossings, buses, trams, cycles and pedestrians

 

 

 

 

Passports

• Renewing your adult passport
• Applying for your first adult passport
• Child passports
• More about passports

Road safety advice

• Drink driving: limits and penalties
• Using a seat belt
• Mobile phones and driving
• More road safety advice

 

 

 

Getting about in the UK

• Rail travel
• Bus and coach travel
• Taxis and private hire vehicles
• More about getting about in the UK

Using motorways and roads

• Traffic information and journey planning
• Breakdowns and driving in different road conditions
• Keeping traffic moving
• More about using motorways and roads

 

 

 

Cycling

• Getting your bike ready to ride
• Cycling safely
• Cycle training
• More about cycling

Foreign travel

• Before you travel
• If things go wrong
• Bringing goods or cash into the UK
• Air travel

 

 

 

Motoring

• Driver licensing
• Owning a vehicle
• Learners and new drivers and riders
• More about motoring

Boating and travelling by water

• Using rivers and waterways
• Registering pleasure craft including yachts
• Using pleasure craft safely
• Keeping safe at the coast

 

 

 

See also...

• Travel, holidays and breaks (disabled people section)
• Driving in GB on a foreign licence (motoring section)
• Greener travel and leisure (environment and greener living section)

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/index.htm