Revitalising our city’s transport in time for the 2012 Olympics

A huge challenge for London's transport system

Hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a great honour for our city. It also presents a huge challenge for our transport.

The Olympic Delivery Authority is responsible for coordinating, planning and delivering transport infrastructure and services to support the 2012 Games, working with a wide range of partners including Transport for London.

We look forward to more than 800,000 spectators on the busiest days. On top of this there will be around 20,000 athletes and team officials, and more than 50,000 people from international sport federations, the International Olympic Committee and the media.

Major improvements will be needed

This means we need to make some major changes to our city’s transport system to cater for all these visitors. Luckily, these improvements will benefit the city for years to come. Some of the biggest changes include:

• Tube upgrades to the Northern, Central and Jubilee lines
• Docklands Light Railway improvements
• Improvements to the North London Line with frequent and fast services to the Olympic Park in Stratford.
• Making the most of the Thames with integrated and extended river services.
• Promoting walking and cycling in the capital, for example with Cycle Superhighways, the Cycle Hire Scheme and Making Walking Count.