Saturday, July 16, 2005
2012 London Olympic transport legacy: Last week, a few hours before other events overtook, Transport for London released a map showing the key transport routes that should be in place in time for the Olympics in 2012. That's the whole of the current Underground network plus all the new bits they're building, or planning to build, over the next seven years. You can take a look at the map here (hi-res) or here (low-res) [both maps taken from TfL's press centre image gallery]. The bad news if you live in north, west or south London is that most of the new projects are up my end of town. Still, that'll just make it easier for the rest of you to travel out east come 2012, won't it?
Summary of new projects: [further details on Dave's excellent alwaystouchout.com]
• Eurostar: new fast rail link to Stratford International and St Pancras [May 2007]
• DLR extensions: to City Airport [December 2005], to Woolwich Arsenal [2008] and from Canning Town to Stratford International [2010]
• East London Line: Dalston Junction to New Cross, Crystal Palace and West Croydon [2010]
• East London Transit: trams from Ilford and Romford to Gallions Reach and Dagenham Dock [2007]
• Greenwich Waterfront Transit: trams from Greenwich (via the Dome) to Thamesmead and Abbey Wood [2009]
• New stations: Imperial Wharf [2005], Shepherd's Bush [2005], Heathrow Terminal 5 [2008]
• Better trains: refurbished trains on the District line [by 2008], new trains on the Victoria line [from 2009]
• Increased capacity: 50% on the DLR (Bank-Lewisham) [by 2006], 45% on the Jubilee line [by 2009], 18% on the Northern line [by 2011]
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