Coronavirus (COVID-19): transport and travel guidance
Information for people using transport or working in the transport sector during the coronavirus outbreak.
Travel under national lockdown restrictions
Under current UK COVID-19 restrictions, you must stay at home. You must not travel, including abroad, unless you have a legally permitted reason to do so.
Check the rules that apply to you in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Walking, cycling, driving and travelling by public transport
You can help control coronavirus and travel safely by walking and cycling, if you can. Where this is not possible, use public transport or drive.
Transport operators and workers
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer transport guidance for operators
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer aviation guidance for operators
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): taxis and PHVs
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): requirements to provide public health information to passengers travelling to England
- Vehicles
- Coronavirus: safely carrying out MOT tests
Cars, vans, motorbikes
Bus and lorry drivers
Freight, bus and road transport businesses
- Coronavirus: dangerous goods vehicle (ADR) annual inspections
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for heavy goods (HGV) and public service vehicle (PSV) operators
- Traffic commissioners: contingency and emergency planning, coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for the freight transport industry
- Packaging and transport requirements for patient samples – UN3373
Maritime and shipping
Aviation and flying
International travel
COVID-19 travel
Under current UK COVID-19 restrictions, you must stay at home and it is illegal to travel abroad for holidays or leisure purposes.
Do not travel abroad unless you have a legally permitted reason to do so. In England you must complete a declaration form for international travel.
Check the rules about international travel that apply in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
- Entering the UK
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): declaration form for international travel
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): red list travel ban countries
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing before you travel to England
- Fill in your passenger locator form
- How to quarantine when you arrive in England
- Booking and staying in a quarantine hotel when you arrive in England
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Test to Release for international travel
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): declaration form for international travel
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): travel corridors
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): jobs that qualify for travel exemptions
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): cruise ship travel
- Travel advice: coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Foreign travel advice
- Foreign travel insurance
- Waiting to return to the UK during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Last updated 11 June 2020 + show all updates
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Aviation operator and passenger guidance added.
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Guidance for safer travel and safer transport operations during the next phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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First published.