Travel hotspots affecting Havering next week

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Havering Travel Update

Information from Havering Council about possible travel hotspots next week

Week ending: Friday 15 January 2016

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Whitechapel station closure

The station will be closed on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January. A temporary station entrance will be in use from Monday 18 January.

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London Overground closures

Sunday 17 January, all morning until noon, no service between Gospel Oak and Barking. Replacement buses operate.

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TfL Rail closures

Every Sunday until 8am, buses replace trains between Shenfield and Ilford, due to Network Rail track works.

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Stansted Express

Buses will replace trains from London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport every weekend in January while track replacement work takes place.


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Romford Station work

Until April 2016 work will take place, between 11.30pm each Saturday and 5am each Monday, to build the new platforms, which will include some pile driving.

There will also be some diversions for pedestrians and cyclists using the Exchange Street entrance.

Click for further details of Crossrail's work and how it may impact on your journey.  

Consultations

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Rainham river crossing consultation

The Mayor of London has published details of 13 new river crossings for London between Fulham and Dartford. Full details are available in Connecting the Capital.

Consultation on a new bridge linking the A13 at Rainham to Belvedere is taking place until Friday 12 February 2016. Make your views known here.

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Roadworks

Until Friday 15 January, road works will take place outside 355 St Mary’s Lane, Upminster. Temporary traffic lights will be in use from 7am until 7pm.

Until Friday 15 January, road works will take place at the rail bridge at junction of Rainham Road and Upper Rainham Road, Hornchurch. Temporary traffic lights will be in use between 9.30am and 3pm.

On Friday 15 January, road works will take place outside Nissan Dealers, London Road, Romford. Temporary traffic lights will be in use from 9.30am until 3.30pm.

From Tuesday 19 January until Wednesday 20 January, road works will take place on Front Lane, Cranham at the junction with Moor Lane. Temporary traffic lights will be in use between 9.30am and 3.30pm.

On Monday 18 January until Monday 01 February road works will take place on Exchange Street, Romford. One lane will be closed and temporary traffic lights will be in use.

Until Wednesday 27 January, road works will take place at the access road to Lillyputts Farm, Wingletye Lane, Hornchurch. Temporary traffic lights will be in use.

Until Friday 26 February, road works to provide bus stops will take place at seven locations on Ockendon Road, Upminster. Temporary traffic lights will be in use between 9.30am and 3pm.

A127 lane and footway closures

From Monday 11 January until the end of March one eastbound lane will be closed as part of the Ardleigh Green Bridge replacement.

The footway and verge within the traffic island at the junction of the A127 and Bryant Avenue will also be closed during the same period.

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Driving in snow and ice

The Highway Code states:

Rule 229

Before you set off

  • you MUST be able to see, so clear all snow and ice from all your windows
  • you MUST ensure that lights are clean and number plates are clearly visible and legible
  • make sure the mirrors are clear and the windows are demisted thoroughly
  • remove all snow that might fall off into the path of other road users
  • check your planned route is clear of delays and that no further snowfalls or severe weather are predicted.

Read more about bad weather driving

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Pay as you go extended

to London Gatwick airport

From Monday 11 January, passengers are able to use pay as you go with an Oyster or contactless card for journeys between London and Gatwick Airport on Southern, Gatwick Express and Thameslink services. Five other stations along the route - Horley, Salfords, Earlswood, Redhill and Merstham – will also benefit from the pay as you go ticket technology.

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Bus station closure

Liverpool Street bus station will be closed until spring 2016, which will affect passengers who travel on routes 11, 23, 133, N11 and N133. Leaflets, including walking maps to the alternative bus stops and route finders are available to customers at the bus station and customer information centre in the days leading up to its closure.  

All registered Oyster card holders who regularly use the routes to and from the bus station will also receive emails about the closure with advice on how to plan their journeys until the station re-opens.  More details at TfL Buses.

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A13 lane closures

During next week, as part of work being done by Highways England,  there may be lane closures on the A13, near the junction with the M25.

More information available here.