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This page provides links to timetable and/or journey planner information. Many of these links are to external web sites. Bath & North East Somerset Council is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

• Information - timetables and journey planners, maps, getting to know the area
• By travel mode - car, buses, coaches, motorcycle, park & ride, trains, taxi, walking and cycling
• Other - community transport,  cross boundary travel

Journey Planners (Buses, trains, cycling, walking, coaches)

Transport Direct provides lots of useful information on the best ways to get from A-Z across the UK, including times for trains and buses, train fares and some cycling and walking routes, too. If you already know where you're going and the way you want to get there.

Traveline provides timetables and journey planners for bus, coach and rail services in the South West. Traveline is also available on tel. 0871 200 22 33 between 7 am and 10 pm (calls cost 10p per minute from landlines).

Trains

You can check on rail times directly using National Rail Enquiries you can even check live departure times for trains online.

Or you can check your local transport operators' websites to buy rail tickets or look for further travel information... local transport providers for rail in this area include First Great Western and Cross Country Trains

Plus Bus can also tell you about the best combined local bus and rail ticket options. If you're in a hurry, tired from the day, or it's raining, you can also try traintaxi.com for your nearest local taxi service from the train station.

Buses

For buses use Traveline. However useful information can be found from First Group, Abus, and South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach Company who are our main local providers for buses. There is also a wealth of information on our bus pages including details of supported local bus services we provide with initiatives such as farecar.

Coaches

If you want information about coach travel check with National Express or use journey planners such as Transport Direct or Traveline

Park & Ride

Visit our pages for comprehensive information on Park & Ride in Bath. If you are travelling cross boundary to Bristol then visit Bristol City Councils Park & Ride pages.

Community Transport

If you cannot use regular public transport services, the new website gettingaboutgreaterbristol is a great place to start for more accessible transport options. Alternative our community transport pages provide lots of useful information.

Taxis

Start with our taxi pages for information on local taxis, use traintaxi.com should you need to get a taxi from the train station or look up local taxi companies on the yellow pages website.

Walking and Cycling

Please view our walking and cycling pages, you could try the Sustrans web site, which has a free online journey planner. Next time you are arranging a visit to an individual organisation have a look on their website as they often have their own directions of how to access their premises by walking and cycling as well as the car.

Motorycycle

Our motorcycle pages are a good place to start for information on parking and road safety training.

Car

If you need a car then look at the road report which is our interactive service to help you find out about road works and closures currently in operation that may affect your journey. Alternatively the AA - Route Planner and provides useful information for car drivers throughout the UK. Please consider the park & ride if you are commuting to Bath but if it's not for you then use our parking pages to find out about parking facilities in the area.

Perhaps you don't have a car, but like most people find you have a need for one now and again...? Then try citycarclub to find a location nearby where you can hire a car for an hour or two (or even a week).

What if you own a car but feel slightly guilty about using it to commute on your own to work everyday... all that fuel and those harmful emissions... Well, 2CarShare.com is here to help you. This FREE to use web site is run by the local authorities and makes it easy to find your perfect partner to share lifts with. You can earn yourself money and don't even need a car of your own.

Maps

Use our interactive map feature to find out a wealth of information about the area. Alternatively use mapping sites such as multimap, street map and google maps.

Travelling cross boundary?

Travelling within the West of England, then it might be worth checking the website of our neightbouring local authorities - Bristol, North Somerset, or South Gloucestershire also has useful links to other travel information. Or viewing the Tourist information pages on Bristol and Weston-super-Mare.

Get to know the area better

Once you've learnt about all the different travel options, and which ones you like best and which ones suit you down to the ground, you may feel an urge to get to know the local area better. Tourist information centres,which have offices in Bath also have a range of information and local area maps on their web sites which are free to download.

The BBC web site about the great range of local events and festivals, and the local Venue magazine has details about guided walks, waterborne cruises and outdoor events in the area, whilst westcountrynow will tell you where to buy locally-sourced food at your nearest farmers' market.