Travel hotspots affecting Havering next week

Havering Travel Update

Information from Havering Council about possible travel hotspots next week

Week ending: Friday 25 March 2016

District Line closure

On Good Friday 25, Saturday 26, Sunday 27 and Easter Monday 28 March, no service between Aldgate East and Dagenham East. This is due to Crossrail work at Whitechapel and track and points replacement work between Bow Road and Barking. Replacement buses operate.Aldgate East as well as Crossrail work at Whitechapel. Replacement buses will operate.

London Overground closures

On Sunday 27 and Monday 20 March, no service between Romford and Upminster due to Crossrail works. Please use local London Buses services instead.

TfL Rail closures

On Friday 25 and Monday 28 March. No service Gidea Park to Shenfield due to planned engineering works. Please use TfL Rail replacement buses.

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

On Sunday 27 and Monday 28 March. No service Liverpool Street to Shenfield due to planned engineering works. Please use TfL Rail replacement buses.

Rail upgrade work

Until Sunday 10 April, improvement work is taking place on the line between London Liverpool Street and Ingatestone. Bus replacement services will operate. Passengers are advised to check details of their journey here.

Harold Wood Station

Over the extended Easter weekend, works will be taking place to complete the lift shaft and overhead piling works. This will take place from 11pm on Thursday 24 March until midnight on Monday 28 March.

From April until June, work will begin on refurbishing the existing ticket hall, and the temporary ticket hall in the car park will come into use.

Gidea Park Station

A temporary ticket office has been positioned outside the main station ticket hall.

Until June 2016 two lift shafts are being built which involves driving steel piles into the ground.

Until September 2016 platform extension works at the eastern end of the station will be taking place, including some sheet piling.

Gidea Park sidings

Until May 2016 extensive work will be taking place at the sidings, including some night-time deliveries by rail and road.

Until October 2016 the existing sidings will be extended towards the A127 bridge, including vegetation clearance and building of a new retaining wall. This will include some weekend working.

Romford Station work

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

Over the Easter weekend, works will continue to install steel piles for platform foundations. This will take place from 11pm on Saturday 26 March until 1am on Tuesday 29 March.

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

Easter parade

The Churches Together Parade will be taking place on Friday 25 March, starting at 9.45am.

The route of the parade is from St Andrews Church, High Street Hornchurch to The Queens Theatre, Billet Lane, where there will be an outdoor service on The Green from 10.30am until 11am.

Road closures

The following temporary road closures are in place:

Until Friday 8 April carriageway reconstruction works will take place at Waycross Road, Cranham, from Wingfield Gardens to Lexington Way.

Until Wednesday 18 May, between 9.30am and 3.30pm Salisbury Road, Gidea Park will be closed in both directions, between Brentwood Road and Heath Park Road.

Roadworks

Wingletye Lane, Hornchurch will have temporary signals until Tuesday 29 March for UKPN works.

From Tuesday 29 March until Thursday 24 May temporary traffic lights will be used between 9.30am and 3pm at seven different places on Noak Hill Road, Harold Hill while Transport for London (TfL) do work to make bus stops more accessible.

A127 lane reopens

during daytime

The eastbound lane which was closed as part of the Ardleigh Green Bridge replacement, will now be open during daytime working. This should continue until June.

Lanes on the A127 may still be closed overnight to allow work to take place as part of this scheme.

Access to the A127 from Bryant Avenue, Harold Wood will closed for around eight weeks from mid-April while essential utility works are carried out.

Lane closure for road surface testing

Working with the Transport Research Laboratory, TfL will be carrying out road surface testing on the A127 on the evening of Wednesday 13 April.

The A127 will be closed eastbound from Hall Lane from 9pm until 5am on Thursday 14 April. There will be no through route from Gallows Corner to the M25, however local access will be maintained.

During the surface testing works, the diversion from Gallows Corner to the M25 will be via the A12.

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.

Ardleigh Green bridge replacement

You can keep up to date with the latest news on this £32 million project here.

Avoid roadworks for

a quicker journey

Try to avoid roadworks by using this website that shows where all roadworks in Havering are taking place.

The website includes work being done by gas, electricity, water, telecom and other utilities as well as those being done by Havering Council.

You can check out roadworks in your area using this online map or across London using this map.

Electric vehicle charging points

If you have an electric vehicle you can find details of charging points from Source London here.

There are also charging points at CEME, Marsh Way, Rainham and at both Gidea Park and Harold Wood railway stations.

Street light not working?

Seen a pothole?

Our website gives you a simple way to access whatever you need – from planning applications to swimming pool opening times – on your computer, tablet or smartphone, at a time that suits you.

If you don’t have your own device, you can log on at your local library, where staff will be on hand to offer help.

Public Transport updates

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The latest travel information about rail services through Rainham and Upminster stations from c2c rail can be found here.

The latest travel information about rail services through Gidea Park, Harold Wood, Romford and Upminster stations from London Overground can be found here.

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