West Ham Station is one of the main stations that spectators will use during the Games. Plans are being published this week to seek views from local residents and commuters who use the station.

ODA Transport Director Hugh Sumner said: 'West Ham is a key station that will enable spectators to get straight onto the Greenway and up to the Olympic Park from the District and Hammersmith & City lines. Our plans will make sure that spectators, regular commuters and residents can safely use West Ham and that unnecessary congestion in the station or nearby roads will be avoided.

'To do this we are building a temporary walkway, and will make permanent improvements to the station and the surrounding area that will benefit residents and commuters long after the Games.'

The proposed changes will ensure the station can cope with the influx of spectators travelling to the Olympic Park on the District and Hammersmith & City lines.

The ODA plans to get all passengers directly from those platforms onto the Greenway and towards the Olympic Park, without them having to pass through the station itself.

This will involve building a temporary walkway spanning the eastbound track of the District & Hammersmith and City Lines and Manor Road. A footpath from the end of the walkway will take spectators onto the Greenway to walk up to the Olympic Park in Stratford.

Building this temporary walkway will allow regular commuters and residents to follow their usual route through the station with minimal disruption.

Notes to Editors

West Ham will remain fully operational while we undertake our work. In fact, during the Games, there will be increased services to meet the higher demand.

Stratford International Station will bring spectators to the Olympic Park by the Javelin service within seven minutes from St Pancras, and Stratford Regional Station will bring spectators to the Park on the DLR, c2c, National Express East Anglia, London Overground, Central and Jubilee lines. West Ham has a key role to play for spectators wishing to travel on the District and Hammersmith and City Lines.

The ODA have dropped information leaflets into 3,000 thousand homes in West Ham, detailing the proposals set out in the consultation. The ODA have also set up a dedicated phone line, email address and have organised a number of drop-in sessions for anyone to give their ideas and views on the proposals.

The three drop in sessions will be on Wednesday 3 December 5-8pm, Saturday 6 December 9am-1pm and Sunday 7 December 12-5pm at Napier Lodge, Ranelagh Primary School, Ranelagh Road, E15 3DN.

The closing date for the consultation is 12 December 2008.

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For further information please contact the Olympic Delivery Authority Press Office on +44 (0)203 2012 700.

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• December 2008 – launch of consultation
• January 2009 – Planning submissions made for improving West Ham station
• Spring 2009 – preparation for construction
• Summer 2009 – Construction due to start
• Autumn 2010 – Improvements are finished, ready for London 2012 test events in 2011.