Olympic Park Transport Complete

Public transport links to and from the London Olympic Park have been completed more than a year before the start of the London 2012 Games – according to the Olympic Delivery Authority.

Construction work has finished at the main ‘gateway’ for the Park, Stratford Station, which will act as the transport hub for visitors to Olympic Park.

The newly completed Docklands Light Railway extension from Stratford International Station will open to the public this summer and Transport for London (TfL) is on track to complete a Jubilee line signalling upgrade in July on the London Underground.

The upgrades will open up ten different rail routes through Stratford station during and after the London 2012 Games.

Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive Dennis Hone said: ‘Working together with TfL, Network Rail and others we have delivered a positive transport legacy for London a year before the Games’.

‘New trains, improved services and upgrades to infrastructure such as at Stratford station, the main gateway station to the Games, will mean spectators can get to and from venues in 2012 and will leave east London better connected for decades afterwards’.

Around £6.5m is being spent on the infrastructure of London transport ahead of the Olympic Games.