Services at local railway stations are likely to be severely affected by the London 2012 summer Olympics.
Details of the disruption to Southeastern’s train timetables has been revealed in an exclusive report by Darryl Chamberlain at 853.
The draft time table, which will be subject to consultation, will see trains stopping in only one direction for most of the day at Maze Hill station.
Trains through Deptford and Westcombe Park will be cut to a third of their normal frequency and Woolwich Dockyard will be closed altogether.
Details of how the Olympics may effect Greenwich, Charlton, Woolwich Arsenal and Blackheath stations, which are designated access points for spectators, have not yet been revealed.
A notice on Southeastern’s website says, “Currently the Olympic timetable is being consulted on with stakeholders, including user groups, local authorities and MPs and this is due to be completed by the middle of May. Following this, the timetable should receive final approval from Network Rail, Department for Transport and Olympic Delivery Authority over the summer.”
Your readers may be interested in TFL’s spectator traffic modelling data for Greenwich and Cutty Sark Stations during the Olympics. The data was obtained by a member of NOGOE following an FOI request. Because of the large size of the files, they have been downloaded onto the websites shown below. It should be of particular concern to residents of Straightsmouth, town centre traders, users of Greenwich High Road and users of the above two stations where long queues, 2 hours+ in the case of Cutty Sark, are likely to form. It is now up to the Council to put traffic management plans in place to deal with the highlighted problems.
http://www.nogoe2012.com/downloads/2010-december-ODA-DLR-Legion-modelling.pdf
http://www.nogoe2012.com/downloads/2010-september-DLR-CuttySark-sensitivity.pdf