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14,700athletes will compete at theLondon 2012 Games46sports over 29 days of competition800,000people are expected to use publictransport to travel to the Gameson the busiest day1 million+people will visit the Olympic Stadium7
Stratford Regional StationLondon 2012 is investing £125 millionto treble capacity and increaseaccessibility at Stratford RegionalStation, where the number ofpassengers is expected to doubleto more than 80,000 at peak hoursby 2016.The improvements include a newaccessible mezzanine-level entrancethat will ease crowding at the existingentrance and take passengers directlyto the westbound Central Line andDocklands Light Railway services.It will also lead to the new StratfordCity shopping development, whenthis opens in 2011, and then on tothe Olympic Park.East London LineThe new East London Line (ELL) openedin May 2010. The service links 21stations, from Dalston Junction in eastLondon to West Croydon and CrystalPalace in the south. A fleet of 20 newfour-carriage trains will stop at fourbrand new step-free stations and atthe existing stations that are due tobe fully refurbished by early 2011.The ELL will be connected to theexisting London Overgroundnetwork at Highbury & IslingtonStation in spring 2011. The line isa key component of the transportplans for the London 2012 Gamesand is the biggest piece of transportinfrastructure for London since theopening of the Jubilee Line extensionin 1999.Docklands Light RailwayA 2.6-kilometre extension of theDocklands Light Railway (DLR) underthe River Thames from King George Vto Woolwich Arsenal Station openedin January 2009. It will providean important north-south link forGames spectators and offer betterconnections to the Woolwich areain the long term.A second DLR extension from CanningTown to Stratford International Station(SIS) is due to open in late 2010. Itwill stop at Stratford Regional Station,along with new DLR stations at SIS,Star Lane, Abbey Road, and StratfordHigh Street.Fifty-five new DLR railcars willenable it to run three-car trains onmost of its network. Many of theplatform extensions needed toaccommodate these longer trainshave been completed and three-cartrains are already in service on theBank–Lewisham line, easing congestionon this busy commuter route.100%target forproportion of spectatorscoming to the Games using publictransport or by walking or cyclingThe London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Gameshas been the catalyst for increasing the capacity andaccessibility of London’s transport infrastructure.Together, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), TfL, Network Rail, centralGovernment and other delivery partners are investing billions of pounds intodifferent schemes so London 2012 can genuinely be a public transport Games.Two years before the Games begin, many of these upgrades are completeand are already benefiting people who live and work in London. They willleave a lasting legacy for decades to come.8
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