Department for Transport
for Transport
Featured
Press release
Take off for passengers as government scraps extra charges when flying
Airlines will be required to seat children under the age of 14 with a parent or accompanying adult free of charge.
Press release
Government explores buying trains over leasing in new rail strategy
Passengers will benefit from more reliable trains, better connectivity and a greener railway across the UK.
Press release
Summer savings scheme helped families cut costs with over 14 million free bus journeys
The scheme’s success is part of the government’s wider effort to make bus travel more affordable and accessible for everyone in the UK.
Press release
Chiltern Railways brought into public ownership
Chiltern Railways brought into public ownership with more daily services and more reliable journeys.
Press release
Your cancellation’s covered: new scheme to help stranded rail passengers arrives this weekend
From 20 September 2026, if a train is cancelled, passengers can get on another operator’s service and carry on their journey without paying again.
Press release
Free rail travel expanded to bereaved families this Remembrance weekend
Bereaved military family members can travel for free on National Rail services to attend Remembrance events between 7 and 8 November 2026.
Latest from the Department for Transport
What we do
We work with our agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps the UK’s businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move.
DfT is a ministerial department, supported by 23 agencies and public bodies.
Follow us
Documents
Transparency and freedom of information releases
Our ministers
Our management
Contact DfT
Office address and general enquiries
Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 4DR
United Kingdom
Switchboard (8:30am to 5:30pm)
0300 330 3000
Please use the contact form wherever possible to get in touch with the Department for Transport.
We aim to respond within 20 working days.
We may send your personal data to other transport organisations if they are best placed to answer your enquiry. Find out more about how DfT looks after any personal data you send us at https://www.gov.uk/dft/privacy-policy.
Media enquiries
The Department for Transport press office only deals with enquiries from the media.
For personal enquiries regarding MOT, please email: enquiries@dvsa.gov.uk.
If you are not a member of the media, use the switchboard line:
0300 330 3000
If you are a member of the media and have a media query contact the press office: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport/about/media-enquiries.
Make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
- Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.
Freedom of Information requests
Department for Transport
FOI Advice Team
3rd Floor
One Priory Square
Hastings
TN34 1EA
United Kingdom
Switchboard
0300 330 3000
High profile groups within DfT
Corporate information
Jobs and contracts
Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Find out about our commitment to publishing in Welsh. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. Read our policy on Social media use.