Month: May 2025

The Silvertown Tunnel will close for 17 nights over a number of dates until 22 June for general maintenance and snagging works, Transport for London has said.

During the southbound only closures, buses will be diverted via the Blackwall Tunnel.

The £2.2bn Silvertown Tunnel, which opened on 7 April, stretches almost a mile (1.4km) under the River Thames from Greenwich to Newham, next to the Blackwall Tunnel

(taken from the BBC website)

For information: Overnight (22:00 to 06:00) closure of Oxford Street in both directions between Marble Arch and Orchard Street on the night of Monday 2 June 2025

Whitehall closure 08:00 to 13:00 on 6 June 2025

During the above date and time, a closure of Parliament Street and Whitehall between Parliament Square and Horse Guards Avenue will be in place to facilitate the UK Armed Forces Rugby Leave Service.

Thursday 29 May Central London From 10:00 on Thursday until 01:00 on Friday, Pall Mall East will be closed for filming. Traffic will be diverted using the Cockspur Street bus lane. Lords Cricket Ground From 14:00 until 21:30, Lords Cricket Ground will host a cricket match, with start of play at 18:15. Large crowds and increased traffic levels are expected before and after the match. Thursday 29 May until Sunday 1 June O2 Arena From 18:30 until 22:30 each evening, the O2 Arena will host music and sporting events. Large crowds and increased traffic levels are expected before and after each event. Friday 30 May Marylebone From 08:00 until 22:00, the south carriage of Melcombe Place will be closed between Harewood Avenue and Great Central Street. There will also be a bus stop suspension. This is due to filming. Friday 30 May until Sunday 1 June Gunnersbury Park From 18:30 until 22:30 on Friday, from 12:00 until 22:30 on Saturday and from 13:00 until 19:00 on Sunday, a festival will take place at Gunnersbury Park. Large crowds and increased traffic levels are expected. Friday 30 May until Sunday 22 June Silvertown Tunnel From 22:00 until 05:00 on weekdays and until 06:00 on weekends between Friday 30 May and Sunday 22 June, Silvertown Tunnel will experience the following overnight closures: Southbound only – Friday 30 May to Tuesday 3 June, Wednesday 18 June Northbound only – Thursday 5 June Both directions – Wednesday 4 June, Friday 6 to Sunday 8 June, Friday 13 to Sunday 15 June, Friday 20 to Sunday 22 June During the southbound-only closures, buses will be diverted via the Blackwall Tunnel. During the closures northbound and in both directions, bus route 129 will operate a split service, terminating at both Canning Town and North Greenwich, while SL4 will only run between Grove Park and North Greenwich south of the river. Use Tube services or bus route 108 to complete your journey across the river. Saturday 31 May Central London From 10:30 until 12:30, a ceremonial parade will take place at Horse Guards Parade. All nearby park roads will be closed. Large crowds are expected. Peckham From 13:00 until 16:00, a march will take place through Peckham in a loop around Peckham Square, Clayton Road, Consort Road, Blackpool Road, Copeland Road, Bournemouth Road, Rye Lane and back to Peckham Square. Large crowds are expected along the route. Saturday 31 May and Sunday 1 June Brockwell Park From 12:00 until 22:30 on both days, Brockwell Park will host a music festival. Large crowds and increased traffic levels are expected. Sunday 1 June Central London From 10:00 until 15:00, a religious march will take place from Wellington Arch to Trafalgar Square via Green Park/St James’s Park. Large crowds and increased traffic levels are expected. From 13:00 until 16:00, a march will take place from Marble Arch to Whitehall via Oxford Street and Regent Street. Large crowds are expected. (taken from the TfL Website)

restrictions on Buckingham Palace Road on the nights of 29 and 30 May 2025. This includes closure of coach stops 6 (front), 7, 8 and 9 on Buckingham Palace Road southbound.

The company undertaking the works is looking at options to start later than 18:00 but this is dependant in permission from Westminster for later noisy works to be undertaken.

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Northbound overnight (21:00 to 05:00) closure of Bishopsgate between Wormwood Street and Primrose Street. This will be on weekday nights 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 June 2025.

Coach stop G will not be accessible during these works.

Can operators who use this stop let Robert Hall (details below) know what alternatives they would like to use.

Robert Hall | Coach Network Advisor

Victoria Coach Station | Transport for London

Mail:              Victoria Coach Station, 164 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9TP

Phone:          020 3054 0142 (auto 80142)

Email:            [email protected]

Web:              www.tfl.gov.uk/coachdrivers

We now have updated dates for the Park Lane works, in addition to bus NOEs (attached), from Monday 19 May until Thursday 18 September. All dates continue to be subject to change.

These works are to make permanent the infrastructure that was put in place for the Park Lane cycle lane. The works will be undertaken in six phases working south to north in localised worksites along the northbound carriageway using lane restrictions. Where the bus lane is closed it is only in the immediate vicinity of the worksite. Planned events, such as concerts, have been taken into account during the works planning.

Phase 1A & 1 B: Bus stop Y and Tour stop X – Achillies Way

• 1A: NOE CE25-66834 – 19 May to 19 June 2025
• 1B: NOE CE25-66395 – 20 June to 30 June 2025
• Bus stop and tour stop will be partly closed in each phase. Due to capacity constraints tour buses should not serve either stop but can use stop T further north as an alternative.
• Bus lane closed past this location

Phase 2: Coach parking bays (x4) prior to Stanhope Gate

Works TBC

• 19 May to 29 May 2025 2 June to 12 June 2025
• Coach parking bays closed
• Bus lane open

Phase 5 & 6: Speaker’s Corner stops W (Bus), 14 (Coach) & Z (Tour)

• 5: NOE CE25-66400 – 19 August to 3 September 2025
• 6: NOE CE25-66402 – 3 September to 18 September 2025
• Stops are closed in two phases of works (approximate dates as above) with half the stop space remaining open
  • Scheduled coaches: Should not serve these stops between 08:00 to 20:00 daily– alternative stops depending on line of route: Bayswater Road stop A or Portman Street stop M.
  • Tour buses: Can continue to serve the open stops in each phase but must keep dwell times to an absolute minimum
• Bus lane closed past this location, two traffic lanes remain open

After the works detailed above some overnight closures are likely to be required for other works, but these are TBC.

 

Please see below for upcoming closure of Belvedere Road:

• Monday 19 May: 20:00 to 05:00 –  Lighting works
• Monday 2 June: 08:00 to 05:00 (3 June) – resurfacing
  • Tour buses: Use stop 17 on York Road northbound, it will not be possible to provide a stand.
  • Coaches: Use stops on York Road southbound – boarding and alighting only, no parking or waiting permitted.
• Tuesday 3 June: 20:00 to 05:00 – resurfacing
• Wednesday 4 June: 20:00 to 05:00 – resurfacing
• Nights of 9, 10 & 11 June: 20:00 to 05:00