Online Travel European rail info and timetable search (5 Feb 2000)
Subway Navigator for many cities from RATP Paris (5 Feb 2000)
Rail - UK
UK National Rail (*10 Sep 2005) - this site has been rewritten and may decide your browser is a PDA, but if it works the Quick Journey Planner now appears on the front page
The Train Line: journey planner that works, and book online (*10 Sep 2005)
UK Railways on the Net with links to operating companies and others, plus rail news (*14 Jul 2001)
Eurostar (*10 Jan 2000)
London Underground (*18 Sep 2007) and see Transport for London home page for all the other modes (*2 Jul 2002)
UK information: as an alternative to booking on line, try the travel bureau in the ticket office of Llandrindod
Wells railway station (tel 01597 822053). Talk to a real person, tickets despatched by first class mail. Profits support the Ffestiniog Railway. No this is not a hoax although I haven't used it personally (7 Jan 2006)
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Ferries
Yahoo! ferries (*17 Jun 2006)
Transmanche Ferries Newhaven-Dieppe (8 Sep 2007)
P&O Stena Line Dover-Calais, Hull-Rotterdam/Zeebrugge, Portsmouth/Bilbao (*8 Sep 2007)
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Rail - outside UK
The Man in Seat 61 knows how to not travel by air (10 Mar 2008)
Amtrak (*22 Sep 2001)
Deutsche Bahn English travel page / auf Deutsch / en français: search rail services Europe-wide but note the likely need for either German or local spelling (*16 Apr 2008)
Rail France: the main SNCF site is impenetrable even in English. Try these:
Voyages SNCF en français, includes local services. The UK flag at the foot of the page does not link to an English version of this site. (10 Aug 2008)
Gares en Mouvement en français, with timetable search, includes local services and fares plus real-time information(10 Aug 2008)
RATP Paris en français, key pages also in English, auf deutsch (*17 Jun 2006)
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Road travel - car
- UK
Traffic England (UK) current and planned disruptions and roadworks from the Highways Agency (3 Jul 2008)
Automobile Association (*11 Nov 2004)
Traffic Information (AA Roadwatch) (11 Nov 2004) Route planner (11 Nov 2004)
RAC (Royal Automobile Club) (*11 Nov 2004)
Traffic Information (*17 Jun 2006)
Route planner (UK and Europe) (*17 Jun 2006)
London Jam Cams from BBC London (*27 Aug 2007)
Five Minutes Away - alternatives to service stations (19 Nov 2001)
TeleAtlast navshop software and maps for GPS systems (9 Jan 2008)
- US
Traffic Beat traffic and weather links (*17 Jun 2006)
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Road travel - public transport
National Express Coaches part of the National Express group (*19 Jun 2008)
London Transport Buses and and see Transport for London home page for all the other modes (*18 Sep 2007)
or see Transport Direct (link at top of page) for UK public transport
Go-Ahead Buses (23 Sep 2008)
Brighton & Hove (23 Sep 2008)
Stagecoach Buses (23 Sep 2008)
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Car rental
National Car Rental (UK) (22 Aug 2006)
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Flight finder from destinationfinder.com, find which airlines
fly your route (18 Nov 2008)
Airwise worldwide top airports (17 Jun 2006)
air schedules (currently not available 18 Nov 2008)
arrival tracking, news and more
Yahoo! airports and airlines (*17 Jun 2006)
QuickAID major airports (*17 Jun 2006)
American Airlines (*14 Jul 2001)
British Airways UK and internationally (*17 Jun 2006)
bmi (British Midland) UK and international – once you have been to a national site, www.bmi.com returns you there automatically (17 Jun 2006)
United Airlines (26 May 1998)
US Air (6 Dec 2004)
Virgin Atlantic (28 Jul 1999)
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Airports
Most airport websites list arrivals and departures
BAA Major UK airports (*7 Jul 2008)
Heathrow (*27 Aug 2007)
Gatwick (*27 Aug 2007)
also Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen
flight times, how to get there, airport parking — now on the individual airport sites
London City (*22 Sep 2001)
Luton not really a London airport ... (6 Jan 2008)
New York area Kennedy, Newark, La Guardia (25 Aug 1999)
Philadelphia (24 Aug 2001)
Los Angeles International (21 Aug 1999)
Raleigh Durham Intl (15 Jul 2001)
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