Travel Advice for Business

London 2012

Keeping London Moving

11 Tuesdays To Go………

Are you Ready?

The Countdown is

on........

67 Days

18 Hours

47 Minutes

51 Seconds

The Olympic Games

27th July to 12th August

• 205 countries

• 55,000 Olympic Family

• 8.8 million ticketed spectators

The Paralympic Games

29th August to 9th September

• 170 countries

• 10,000 Paralympic family

• 2 million ticketed spectators

32 competition venues (22 in London)

200,000 workforce including volunteers

4 billion global TV audience

Additional 3.3 million journeys made on

busiest day

The Games will take place in the heart of London...

Wembley Arena

Wembley

Stadium

Wimbledon

CENTRAL ZONE

Earls Court

Lord’s Cricket Ground

Hyde Park

Horse Guards Parade

OLYMPIC PARK

Olympic Stadium

Aquatic Centre

Other Park venues

RIVER ZONE

North Greenwich Arena

Greenwich Park

Royal Artillery Barracks

ExCel

Not just about competition...

• 9 Week London Festival

• Torch Relay

• National Houses

• Live Sites

• Annually occurring events

• Road Events

Impact on Roads – Games Family

Thursday 26th July – Torch Relay

Saturday 28th July – Day 1 – Cycle Road Race

Saturday 1st September – Busiest Day of the Paralympic Games

Vancouver Winter Games

Enhanced Games time services across London and the UK

• Tube, DLR and London Overground

services to run one hour later than usual

• Last trains leave central London and key

venues around 01:30

• Extra train services in the late evening to

cater for venue ‘bump out’

• Around 200 extra buses in London

• Javelin service with 8-10 trains per hour

• Park & Ride, direct coach services

• Additional rail services across UK with

special flexible ticketing arrangements

• Extra staff and volunteers across

London and UK transport system

• Extra river services at certain times and

places

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London Bridge – Underground

London Bridge - National Rail

London Bridge – Underground

Bank

Interactive Map – www.getaheadofthegames.com

Different Days have Different Impact

Action Plans....Getting you Games Ready

Reduce – home working, leave, non-London office,

pre-order goods

Re-time – avoid AM/PM peak, organise to come in at

7am or 10am

Re-mode – a great walking and cycling city in the

summer

Re-route –walk last part of journey from a station

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Action Plans....What do you need to consider

• When is busy?

• Where is busy?

• Have you got your meetings booked? – rearrange/video conference

• Home working – are you enabled to do this?

• Who are your suppliers - have you spoken to them?

• What are you doing to celebrate this once in a lifetime event?

• What are staff doing to celebrate their nations achievement?

• Have you considered leave arrangements?

• Do you have 5 travel plans that you have tested???

This is not business as usual

Do staff know their Plan A,B,C&D?

Have you communicated what you

want them to do, what about you?

HAVE YOU TESTED YOUR PLAN

The torch is here......

www.GetAheadoftheGames.com

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