The Transport Department has been formally established and today launches its official website at transport.gov.vin, where guidance on routes and permits will be published.
Movement across the Network
The Transport Department of the Velocity Interoperability Network designates the routes that connect member sites, timetables the services that run on them, issues transport permits to those who carry goods or passengers on them, and sets the conditions under which traffic on the Network is conducted.
Ten routes were designated on the day the Department was established, and the first timetables come into force on Monday 7 September 2026.
Guidance
- Routes
The four classes of designated route and the traffic each class carries.
- Timetables
Scheduled passenger services and goods paths on every route, in force from 7 September 2026.
- Permits
Who needs a transport permit, who is exempt, and how to apply by email.
- Conditions of traffic
The general conditions for all traffic and the limits on speed, weight and hours for each class.
- Maintenance and closures
Inspection standards, planned works to December 2026 and how to report a defect.
- Register of permits
Every permit in force, its holder, the routes it covers and when it expires.
Latest announcements
All news- Transport Department Publishes First Timetables
Timetables for scheduled passenger services and goods paths on the ten designated routes come into force on Monday 7 September 2026. The network extends to 260 kilometres of designated route serving twelve sites and facilities.
- Conditions of Traffic and Maintenance Programme Published
The Department has published the conditions under which traffic is conducted on designated routes, the speed and weight limits that apply to each class, and its programme of planned works to the end of 2026.
- First Transport Permits Issued and Register of Permits Opened
Sixteen transport permits, carrying four route-specific endorsements, were issued today to operators and member organisations. The register of permits is published from today and seven further applications are under consideration.
Key figures
- 10
- Designated routes across four classes
- 260 km
- Of designated route serving twelve sites and facilities
- 208
- Scheduled passenger services each weekday
- 16
- Transport permits in force at establishment
Schedule of routes
An initial schedule of designated routes was published on the day the Department was established. The schedule lists each route, its class and the sites it connects, and is extended as further routes are designated by order.