public transport in the UK...

Yes - there are several. A relatively recent innovation is the travel planner - not by any means perfect but helpful:

Transport Direct - Britain's free online journey planner

This is a government agency and officially sponsored. You will get links to tickets and the like.

I have a short guide on getting the cheapest rail tickets (usually in advance - walkup tickets in the UK are extremely expensive):

Cheap rail tickets in the UK

There are other options too - Martin Lewis's MoneySaving site is very useful:

Cheap Train Tickets: how to find hidden fares

and he has some great forums where you can pop specialized questions.

Happy planning,

Peter Reply to this

www.nationalrail.co.uk there is a journey planner on there which is the easiest to use i've found Reply to this