Please visit http://www.planajourney.co.uk/ where you will find our
multi-modal journey planning alternative to 'Transport Direct'.

The September 15th issue of 'Bus and Coach Professional' will contain a
comprehensive feature article on our system.

In the meantime, please go to our site and try out our planner for yourself.

All the best,

Iain Logan
On behalf of:
JourneyPlan Ltd - making travel simple!
Winners of PTS Innovation Award 2005
Office: 01383 731048

The Original and Best UK Journey Planner

--
Iain Logan, Langholm, Dumfriesshire
Work: http://www.planajourney.co.uk/
Mail:

Iain Wilkie Logan wrote:
Please visit http://www.planajourney.co.uk/ where you will find our
multi-modal journey planning alternative to 'Transport Direct'.

Not bad at all. Much better than Transport Direct certainly.

Good Points
Very fast
Simple to use
Shows detail on train facilities (buffet, first class etc)
Shows full Train Descriptions (1A23 etc)
Shows detailed fare information

Bad Points
Limited range of locations (not many bus stations, no postcode lookup)
Doesn't know LUL fares
Doesn't know fares which include underground. I tried a Hertfordshire -
South London journey, and it gave directions via the Victoria Line with
interchange at Brixton (Vic is much better), and separate fares to
Finsbury Park, and from Brixton - you can get a single ticket including
the undergound.

regards
HN28

On 9 Sep 2006 06:16:35 -0700, wrote:

Iain Wilkie Logan wrote:
Please visit http://www.planajourney.co.uk/ where you will find our
multi-modal journey planning alternative to 'Transport Direct'.

Not bad at all. Much better than Transport Direct certainly.

Good Points
Very fast
Simple to use
Shows detail on train facilities (buffet, first class etc)
Shows full Train Descriptions (1A23 etc)
Shows detailed fare information

Bad Points
Limited range of locations (not many bus stations, no postcode lookup)
Doesn't know LUL fares
Doesn't know fares which include underground. I tried a Hertfordshire -
South London journey, and it gave directions via the Victoria Line with
interchange at Brixton (Vic is much better), and separate fares to
Finsbury Park, and from Brixton - you can get a single ticket including
the undergound.

Trying a trip to a South London location which I suspect is not
dissimilar to yours, I notice that it has ye olde Tramlink times, not
the current ones.

Getting pedantic, It also gives a 12 min walk from East Croydon to
West Croydon, when I find that walking from George Street is slightly
faster than from East Croydon [with the new timetable the trams go to
West Croydon anyway, but for the end-to-end journey in question the
timetable granularity means that switiching to a 410 bus at Church St
is quicker].

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

In article ,
Iain Wilkie Logan wrote:

Please visit http://www.planajourney.co.uk/ where you will find our
multi-modal journey planning alternative to 'Transport Direct'.

The September 15th issue of 'Bus and Coach Professional' will contain a
comprehensive feature article on our system.

In the meantime, please go to our site and try out our planner for yourself.

How on earth can this be described as "The BEST"? It will not
acknowledge that there is a railway line between Westbury and Salisbury,
insisting on sending me via Bath and Reading!

wrote in message
...
In article ,
Iain Wilkie Logan wrote:

Please visit http://www.planajourney.co.uk/ where you will find our
multi-modal journey planning alternative to 'Transport Direct'.

The September 15th issue of 'Bus and Coach Professional' will contain a
comprehensive feature article on our system.

In the meantime, please go to our site and try out our planner for
yourself.

How on earth can this be described as "The BEST"? It will not
acknowledge that there is a railway line between Westbury and Salisbury,
insisting on sending me via Bath and Reading!

Maybe its a subtle hint for engineering work?

Iain Wilkie Logan wrote:
Please visit http://www.planajourney.co.uk/ where you will find our
multi-modal journey planning alternative to 'Transport Direct'.

I've used your Palm Rail Journey Planner for a few years now and it's
indispensable.

The online planner seems to be pretty good for planning rail journeys.
It's certainly very fast and I like the fact it gives platform numbers.
However it doesn't appear to handle door to door multi modal journeys as
well as transport-direct (which has improved greatly recently I think).

"Philip Hardy" wrote in message
...
Iain Wilkie Logan wrote:
Please visit http://www.planajourney.co.uk/ where you will find our
multi-modal journey planning alternative to 'Transport Direct'.

I've used your Palm Rail Journey Planner for a few years now and it's
indispensable.

I also am a user of the Palm Planner.. just done my monthly update. I never
leave home without it.

--
Ken Ward

"Society for the production of Maritime Reefs using MerseyRail 142's"
(For membership email... )
"Leave the Mobile Phone at home day Oct 25th 2006"

Iain Wilkie Logan wrote:
Please visit http://www.planajourney.co.uk/ where you will find our
multi-modal journey planning alternative to 'Transport Direct'.

The September 15th issue of 'Bus and Coach Professional' will contain a
comprehensive feature article on our system.

In the meantime, please go to our site and try out our planner for yourself.

Trafford to Lancaster.

OK, Manchester Trafford Centre to Lancaster Bus Station. 'No journeys'
OK, press the IE back button, not the one on the page.
Oops, it crashed.

Ok, fire it up again, Trafford Park (trains) to Lancaster (trains).
Lots of options with one change showing. Get the details, oops need to
change at WAC and WBQ.

Let's see if I can get any buses, oops IE crashed again....

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:28:19 +0100, Nick Finnigan
wrote:

OK, press the IE back button, not the one on the page.
Oops, it crashed.
[...]
Let's see if I can get any buses, oops IE crashed again....

Use a real web browser then

--
James Farrar
. @gmail.com

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:28:19 +0100, Nick Finnigan
wrote:

Iain Wilkie Logan wrote:
Please visit http://www.planajourney.co.uk/ where you will find our
multi-modal journey planning alternative to 'Transport Direct'.

The September 15th issue of 'Bus and Coach Professional' will contain a
comprehensive feature article on our system.

In the meantime, please go to our site and try out our planner for yourself.

Trafford to Lancaster.

OK, Manchester Trafford Centre to Lancaster Bus Station. 'No journeys'
OK, press the IE back button, not the one on the page.
Oops, it crashed.

Ok, fire it up again, Trafford Park (trains) to Lancaster (trains).
Lots of options with one change showing. Get the details, oops need to
change at WAC and WBQ.

Let's see if I can get any buses, oops IE crashed again....

I have had the thing crash on me several times. I fail to see the point
in using something that cannot work with Internet Explorer which is what
an awful lot of people will have on their computers.

Having read the long list of comments it seems this is primarily a rail
planner with a smattering of some National Express routes. There is no
concept of local journeys by bus and it is impossible to plan a door to
door journey. As most people actually travel from one place to another
rather than station to station I do not see how the accolade "The
Original and Best UK Journey Planner" can possibly be given to this
"system". The planner is therefore fundamentally flawed.

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!