Travel update 30th August

The impact on travel is expected to be more focused on the City and East London. Not all of the venues are in use today but transport is expected to be busier from tomorrow when athletics start in the Olympic Stadium and busier next week when all venues will be in operation and the schools start to go back. The timings of the Paralympic competition schedule mean that tens of thousands of spectators are travelling to and from venues in the morning and evening peak periods. This will particularly be the case in the evening peak period from 16:00 − 19:00 when venue sessions change over, with crowds both leaving and heading to venues. London is open for business, so please continue to enjoy London’s many theatres, restaurants, shops and other attractions. The Trafalgar Square Live Site, which has space for 10,000 spectators, is open from 11:00 − 22:00 daily. A big screen is also open in Potters Fields, which is near City Hall and London Bridge. Roads The Paralympic Route Network (PRN) is now in operation and is concentrated in the City and East London. This includes Games Lanes for the use of athletes, officials and the world’s media to get them to events on time. These are being operated flexibly and being opened to regular traffic when they are less busy; a network of over 30 roadside electronic variable message signs along the route will advise when this is the case. To watch a short video explaining how the PRN and Games Lanes work, please click here Where possible, please avoid driving on or around the PRN and near venue areas particularly around the Olympic Park in Stratford and the A102 approach roads north and south of the Blackwall Tunnel. Currently, there is congestion being seen on the A2, A12 and A13, particularly in the morning peak. Roads east of St. Paul’s, including those in and approaching the City of London, such as Upper Thames Street and Lower Thames Street, and roads around Games venues are busier than usual. If driving is your only option, please travel at a different time if possible or allow more time for your journey. For information for road users during the Paralympics, please click here Public Transport To avoid travelling in the busiest places at the busiest times, please plan ahead by visiting GetAheadoftheGames.com Public transport routes to and from the London Paralympic venues at the Olympic Park, ExCeL, North Greenwich Arena and the Royal Artillery Barracks will be busier than usual in the morning and evening peak periods. If you are not going to a Paralympic event, try to avoid the stations that are close to venues as they are expected to be busy. Large numbers of spectators are expected to change trains atLondon Bridge and Bank to get to Games venues from 07:30 − 09:30 and 16:00 − 19:00. Canning Town, North Greenwich and Stratford, which are close to venues, are expected to be busy, particularly as spectators leave events from 21:00 throughout the Paralympics. The Jubilee line between Waterloo and Stratford, the Central line between Holborn and Stratford and the DLR between Bank and Greenwich as well as between Canning Town and Prince Regent are expected to be very busy from 07:30 − 09:30 and16:00 − 19:00. A number of bus routes are on diversion. To check whether your bus is affected, please visit tfl.gov.uk/2012buses For a map of the busiest stations and day by day information for the Paralympics, please click here London has a wide range of accessible transport options to ensure people with a disability or reduced mobility can get around. For more information on accessible travel during the Games, including a video to help plan your journey, please click here We are working to both deliver a great Paralympic Games and to keep London moving. Thank you again in advance for your help with this. Yours sincerely, Vernon Everitt Managing Director, Marketing and Communications These are our customer service updates to help keep London moving during the Games. To unsubscribe from Games messages, please

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