Tickets to the Games will include free travel on public transport in London for a the day of 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 lines will serve 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 arrive and depart through the improved Stratford Regional Station.

Docklands Light Railway

The Olympic Delivery Authority and Transport for London have invested £100m in 55 new Docklands Light Railway (DLR) carriages which will continue to drive regeneration of east London and the wider Thames Gateway.

The DLR will play a key part in transporting the millions of spectators expected to attend the London 2012 Games, connecting them to the events that will be held at the ExCel, Greenwich Peninsula, Maritime Greenwich and the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.

This work will allow the railway to keep pace with increasing passenger numbers. These are currently 65m per year but are expected to rise to 100m by 2012.

In addition to the new carriages, a new Docklands Light Railway route, the Stratford International extension, will provide a direct link to the Olympic Park. This will operate trains at just over two-minute intervals during the Games. The extension will open in 2010. All Docklands Light Railway schemes will be open well before 2012.

River

River services will help to transport people to Games events along the Thames.

Cycling and walking

New cycle paths and walkways will encourage spectators to use the healthier transport options, cutting down pollution at the same time.

Road

For those travelling by road there will be special park-and-ride schemes, so spectators can park their car and finish their journey by road or rail.

Athletes and officials

Everyone needs to be able to get to the events on time, but most of all the people taking part or making the Games happen.

Athletes and officials will travel on a dedicated Olympic Route Network (ORN). The core ORN will link the central London venues and International Olympic Committee (IOC) hotels on Park Lane, with the Olympic Park at Stratford and continue east towards ExCeL and southwards from the Park to Maritime Greenwich.

Venue-specific routes will branch off from the core ORN to create links to each of the other competition and accommodation venues, and key international arrival points.

Dedicated, temporary, local park and ride services are proposed for spectators at the Wimbledon, Weymouth and Portland, and Eton Dorney venues.