Tickets to the Games will include free travel on public transport in London for the day of the event to encourage spectactors to use the transport system and take in the festivities throughout the city.

We are planning now to ensure that disruption to regular
travel is kept at a minimum during the Games.

Rail and Tube

Three stations – Stratford Regional, Stratford International and West Ham – will act as key 'gateways' to the Olympic Park. A total of 12 services will run to these stations, including the Javelin® rail shuttle from St Pancras International to Stratford International. The shuttle will take up to 25,000 people per hour from central London to the Olympic Park in just seven minutes.

During the Games up to 120,000 passengers, of  which about 60,000 will be spectators, will use the improved Stratford Regional Station.

Docklands Light Railway

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and Transport for London have invested £100m in 55 new Docklands Light Railway (DLR) carriages. These carriages, along with new stations on the DLR network, will complement the
regeneration of east London and the wider Thames Gateway through better transport.

This investment will also allow the railway to keep pace with increasing passenger numbers. These numbers are expected to rise from current levels of around 67m per year to 100m by 2012.

The DLR will play a key part in transporting the millions of spectators expected to attend the London 2012 Games. It will take spectators to events that will be held at ExCeL, Greenwich Park and the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.

In addition to the new carriages, the new DLR Stratford International extension will provide a direct link to the Olympic Park. Trains will run on this route around every two minutes during the Games. The extension will open in 2010 and all other DLR improvement schemes will be open well before 2012.

River

The ODA will explore the use of river services as a way for spectators to travel to events, particularly those within the River Zone.

Cycling and walking

New and improved cycling and walking paths will encourage spectators to use the healthier transport options and cut down pollution at the same time.

Road

For those travelling by road, there will be some special park-and-ride schemes that will allow spectators to park their car and finish their journey by road or rail.

It is likely that temporary, local park and ride services will be operated to serve the Wimbledon, Weymouth and Portland, Eton Dorney, Broxbourne and Hadleigh Farm venues, as well as the regional Football stadia.

Olympic Route Network (ORN)

Everyone needs to be able to get to the events on time, but most of all the people who are taking part or those who will help make the London 2012 Games happen.

Athletes, officials and other members of the Games Family will travel on an Olympic Route Network (ORN). The ORN comprises a network on existing roads around London and the UK that link all competition and key non-competition venues, such as accommodation.
 
It will enable athletes, team officials, media, technical officials and other members of the Games Family to move between these venues quickly and reliably.