How long does it take to get to Stratford from St Pancras in central London? Right now the answer is 26 minutes (or 38 minutes on the weekend due to ‘planned engineering works’ see TLF for details), but in 2012 the Olympic Shuttle will take only 7 minutes. In fact in the trial of the new ‘Javelin’ service this week, the time achieved was only 6 minutes and 45 seconds.
New Train for Olympic 2012 passengers from Kings Cross St Pancras - Stratford
This will be an important piece in the East London transport network, when is comes to games time. The ODA is aspiring to encourage use of public transport – in fact it would be impossible for all spectators to come by car – witness the gridlock at the Blackwall tunnel at rush hour. Capacity at Stratford station will be trebled, new Dockland Light Rail (DLR) tunnels are being added, there will be a new ticket hall at Kings Cross, a new DLR platform at Stratford, a direct link from City Airport to Stratford, to name but a few improvements. Overall this part of East London will be far better connected in three years.
Olympic 2012 Stadium in 2009 - constuction workers form 3 for 3 years to go!
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1 The Twenty Twelve Games // Jul 29, 2009 at 10:47 am
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2 Vincent // Jul 29, 2009 at 4:29 pm
This shows what we can do when we decide to in Britain. Now we need the same effort to build quality rail links to other key locations.
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