Impact on Travel and Transport

26-01-2012

Ticket sales for the Olympic Games have risen to 10.8 million, with 5.3 million visitors expected to flock to London throughout July and August.  As you would expect, this will put an enormous pressure on the travel and transport links in and around the city, making it very difficult to travel around.

\ Road Network

To assist Olympians and Paralympians in getting across London, a temporary Olympic Route Network (ORN) and Paralympic Route Network (PRN) has been planned, linking every Olympic venue, both within London and across the UK. These include core routes that will be heavily used every day of the Games and have the most extensive traffic management measures. We are expecting significant disruption; overall traffic congestion will increase by a third with some roads closed and others subject to extended parking controls.  Not only will this make it difficult for the assignees currently in London to move around, but will also heavily impact those looking to view properties or particular areas of the city during this time. The parking restrictions on these Route Networks will also mean constrained loading times, which we anticipate will cause issues with Household Goods moves.

Sterling has maps available for every day of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for you to check where the busiest areas will be on the day that you require.

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\ Public Transport

It is expected that the majority of spectators will be travelling to events around London using the tube and DLR, placing added pressure on an already very busy network. Most lines will be affected, but the impact will vary by location. Stations local to each event, and those further away that act as important interchanges, will be under particular pressure.

Several parks around London will be acting as LiveSites, where spectators can view live events on big screens; this will affect the streets around these locations, as well as the stations in the vicinity.

Sterling has pulled together comprehensive resources explaining how the Games will affect each line on the underground network, as well as a more detailed look at selected individual stations which are expected to be heavily affected.

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