Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG),
Transport for London (TfL) and the Mayor of London
The following additional information was requested
by the Committee during our oral evidence session on 26 October
2005.
1. IOC TRANSPORT
MILESTONES
The completion dates of transport schemes germane
to the Olympic Transport Plan are contained in Table 14.1 of London's
Candidate File and written guarantees of their delivery were provided
to the IOC by the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of TfL.
All guarantees including the commitments to the delivery of table
14.1 form part of the Host City contract. Progress toward these
milestones will be reviewed through-out the preparations for the
Games as part of the regular working group meetings with IOC teams.
Appendix 1—Table 14.1 "Existing,
planned and additional transport infrastructure"; Volume
3, Theme 14 Transport; Candidate City file, London 2012.
http://www.london2012.com/NR/rdonlyres/C27233BA-E663-4FD8-8EC8-A7896B547EFD/0/
Theme_14_transport.pdf
http://www.london2012.com/en/news/publications/Candidatefile/
2. ADDITIONAL
TRANSPORT INVESTMENT
IN LONDON
AS A
CONSEQUENCE OF
THE GAMES
As stated in the LOCOG/TfL/Mayor of London written
submission, the ODA will administer a combined LOCOG and ODA Olympic
and Paralympic transport budget of £692 million (at Q4 2004
prices) in order to provide the transport services and build additional
schemes required to meet demand during the Games. £150 million
will come from the LOCOG budget of £1.5 billion and £542
million from the ODA's £2.375 billion public funding package.
The Olympic and Paralympic transport budget
is in addition to existing planned UK spending on transport before
2012—for example TfL's £10 billion Five Year Investment
Programme—and comprises an operational budget to pay for
temporary Games time services and a £340 million capital
investment in infrastructure improvements that will contribute
to meeting the needs of London for the Games and beyond.
ODA contributions to capital transport projects
will include:
— DLR—Poplar to Canning Town
upgrade; three car upgrade of the Woolwich fleet required and
increases in station capacity;
— the proposed upgrade of the North
London Line;
— Stratford Regional station capacity
enhancements;
— West Ham station capacity enhancements;
— the enhancement of the existing London
Traffic Control Centre establishing the command an control centre
will ability to monitor and co-ordinate all modes of transport;
and
— local road enhancements;
— new cycling and walking routes.
ODA-commissioned temporary Games-time services
will include:
— additional service patterns and/or
cars for the NLL, C2C, GE and West Anglia Lines mainline rail
services as well as the Olympic Javelin special rail service;
— normal hours and extended service
patterns across London Underground including two days of 24 hour
running for the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies; additional
staff, training; and cleaning and security; and
— rail freight diversion patterns;
— temporary park and ride facilities.
The ODA Olympic and Paralympic transport budget
will also pay for safe and secure Olympic Family transport through
a dedicated fleet of coaches and cars that will run on the 240
km Olympic Route Network.
3. OLYMPIC JAVELIN
CAPACITY
The Chair requested an explanation of the apparent
discrepancy between the figures quoted for the capacity of the
Olympic Javelin rail service by TfL and by ATOC and One.
During the Committee session of the 12 October
ATOC and One indicated their view that the capacity of the Javelin
service was 14,600 passengers an hour. TfL understands that this
assumption is based on running a service of eight trains per hour
with the standard passenger capacity of circa 900 per train, a
loading intended to ensure passenger comfort over longer journeys.
TfL's Olympic Transport team calculated a capacity
of 25,000 passengers per hour based on the ability to move 12,500
passengers in each direction between St Pancras and Ebbsfleet
via Stratford International Station.
This is accomplished by running 10 trains per
hour in each direction, each consisting of 12 coaches providing
a capacity of 1,200 passengers for each train. At peak bump-out
times, this capacity is increased to 12 trains per hour. In addition
TfL has assumed the full passenger capacity of 1,200 per train
made possible by the short journey time of seven minutes.
The rolling stock proposed for the Javelin service
is the new Hitachi high speed "A" train due to enter
service with on the Integrated Kent Franchise in 2009 with the
ability to travel at up to 225 km/h on the new CTRL line. The
trains will be equipped with CCTV, Passenger Information Systems
and will be fully compliant with disability regulations and with
European TSI (Technical Specification for Interoperability) standards.
4. INCLUSIVE
TRANSPORT FOR
THE LONDON
2012 OLYMPIC AND
PARALYMPIC GAMES
LOCOG, the ODA and the Mayor of London are committed
to delivering the most inclusive and integrated Olympic and Paralympic
Games ever. This will in part be achieved by effecting the smooth
transition between the Olympic and Paralympic Games by providing
the same level of spectator and athlete transport services to
both Games, albeit scoped to reflect the different scale of each.
London's Olympic Transport Strategy was the
first to address Paralympic activity as a key element of its transport
strategy during the bid phase for the 2012 Games. This early prioritising
and integration of the inclusion agenda into transport planning
together was recognised by the CEO of the International Paralympic
Committee (IPC) as ground-breaking and provided the IPC Board
and members with a high degree of comfort that this key area was
truly a high priority for the Host City.
The inclusion agenda at LOCOG is led by a senior
manager with over 30 years of Paralympic Games experience. London
2012 has consulted with a number of disability interest groups
both in the preparation of London's bid and since the award of
the Games through the Disability Sub-Group of the London 2012
Forum. The sub group includes representation from over 20 groups
including the RNIB, London Disability Arts Forum, Greater London
Action on Disability, British Dyslexia Association and local government
representatives.
In addition to this on-going forum LOCOG is
working with TfL to establish a working group made up of disability
access experts from across transport industry including transport
users' groups providing specialist input into transport infrastructure
and operation planning. Part of the planning will produce a detailed
access strategy will be developed over the next two years and
will include:
— An accessibility audit for each competition
and non-competition venue that will inform the development of
Venue Access Plans.
— Development and implementation of
a spectator Games Mobility Plan based on the plan for the 2002
Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
— Personalised travel plan for spectators
with disabilities including parking arrangements where necessary.
24 November 2005
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