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• Javelin Preview Service From June 29th

  Southeastern have announced that they'll be running "preview" Javelin services between Ashford International, Ebbsfleet International and St Pancras International from the 29th of the month onwards. The preview service will run: Ashford... Posted Jun 01 2009, 05:19 PM by London Reconnections Filed under: south eastern, olympics, High Speed One

• How to green a Brownfield site - Rail Freight Group fears a high carbon Olympics at Stratford

  The Rail Freight Group’s Lord Berkeley has produced a briefing paper expressing concern that Rail freight is not being used to ensure that the Stratford Olympic are Green. Their views deserve a wider audience but the chief recipient of the briefing should... Posted May 27 2009, 10:57 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: construction projects, olympics

• The Start of a "Win Win Win" Scenario

  Andrea Klettner writing in Construction News reports that the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has began remedial works on the waterways running through the Olympic Park There are 8.35km of waterways in and around the Park. The Lea Valley waterways primarily... Posted May 11 2009, 10:54 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: crossrail, waterways, olympics

• Bow Midland Yard

  Mike Brooke writing in the East London Advertiser reports that more than half the tonnage of materials being used to build London’s 2012 Olympics site is being transported by rail. The Olympics Delivery Authority is beating its target for keeping construction... Posted Apr 28 2009, 05:28 PM by London Reconnections Filed under: tfl, crossrail, olympics