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Scheduled maintenance

Like any major structure, the bridges need frequent maintenance to keep them in a safe and serviceable condition. Sometimes we need to close a bridge to keep road users and our team safe while we work.

The road surface on the M48 Severn Bridge is much narrower than a typical motorway, so there is less space for us to carry out maintenance. This means that we need to close the Severn Bridge more often than most other motorways.

We understand that these closures cause disruption to road users and local communities, and we’re striving to keep the bridges open as often as we can.

Our work isn’t always visible. We may be carrying out repairs underneath the road surface, or waiting for construction materials to dry or set before continuing our work.

(taken from the National Highways Website)

The A12 will have closures and lane restrictions between 22:00 and 06:00 on the following dates while works are carried out to improve step-free access at Leyton station.

From Monday 31 March until Wednesday 2 April, the A12 will be closed westbound between the Green Man interchange roundabout and Eastway junction.

From Wednesday 2 until Sunday 6 April, the A12 will be restricted to one lane westbound for 1km west of the Green Man interchange roundabout.

(taken from the TfL Website)

As operators will be aware we have had a number of issues this week with the works at Finchley Road station impacting both the bus lane and coach stop CL. We have now had clarification from the contactor on how the works will progress:

Until Sunday 23 March 2025

• Coach stop CL will remain open, bus stop FL is closed

Monday 24 March until Thursday 17 April 2025

• Coach stop CL is closed, coaches should use bus stop FL immediate ahead
• To Note: Bus stop FK (Waitrose) is also closed so all buses and coaches will be using bus stop FL. Coaches MUST NOT wait time at stop FL and keep dwell times to an absolute minimum.

Friday 18 April until Wednesday 23 April 2025

• Coach stop CL is closed, coaches should use bus stop FL immediate ahead
• To Note the rear of stop FL will be partially suspended. . Coaches MUST NOT wait time at stop FL and keep dwell times to an absolute minimum.

From Monday 17 March until Sunday 25 May 2025 works will be taking place at Finchley Road Station northbound (between Cranfield Gardens and the O2 Centre, for UKPN works. These will have lane restrictions throughout the period with the closure of the nearside bus lane and will involve stop closures (including coach  stop CL). 

08:00 17 March until 18:00 23 April 2025

Contractor’s working on behalf of UKPN will be carrying out extensive cabling works, these works will be carried out under lane restrictions. Bus stop 16153 (FL) and Coach Stop (CL) BP4403 will be suspended while these works take place.

Special instructions for all coaches only

During these works bus stop FL is to be used for boarding and alighting until works at stop CL are finished. Coaches MUST NOT wait time at this stop and keep dwell times to an absolute minimum.

08:00 24 April until18:00 23 May 2025

works will be carried out under lane restrictions on Finchley Road and a banned left turn from Finchley Road into Blackburn Road. Bus stop16153 (FL) on Finchley Road will also be suspended.

This is a reminder to all operators that the bus stand on Elizabeth Bridge is only to be used by the following services only:

• National Express: Luton Airport services
• National Express: Stansted Airport services

Other operators will be told to move on. This instruction can come from either National Express staff managing the services detailed above or TfL Officials.

Dear All,

 OAKLEY STREET AND OLD CHURCH STREET – BUS AND COACH BAN

The Kensington and Chelsea (Prescribed Routes) (No. 7) Traffic Order 2023

On behalf of the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and in accordance with the usual consultation procedures on traffic and parking schemes, I wish to draw your attention to the made order, described more fully in the attached documents, to prohibit all buses (including coaches) from entering Oakley Street and Old Church Street (between the south-eastern kerb-line of King’s Road and the north-western kerb-line of Chelsea Embankment), excluding any part of those roads that is a red route side road. An exemption would apply to vehicles following a diversion route, and dial a ride and community transport services..

If you have any queries or wish to discuss the matter further, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Paul White

Parkmap and Traffic Orders Officer

Transport and Regulatory Services
Tel:   020 7361 3399

Email:   [email protected]
37 Pembroke Road, London W8 6PW

There will be an overnight (20:00 to 06:00) lane restriction of Buckingham Palace Road just to the south of the Bressenden Place junction on the night of Thursday 27 March 2025. Only lane three (offside) will be open after the junction and the Big Bus stand will be closed.

Safety works being carried out in the departures terminal. From Monday 3rd March safety works taking place on the vehicle movement area within the VCS Departures Terminal. There will be reductions in operational footprint.

No short notice ad-hoc parking will be permitted.
Any breakdowns must be dealt with swiftly – to avoid impacting the operation of the station.
Drivers “must” obey any instructions from TfL officials at VCS and local area.
ALL ROAD RESTRICTONS – BANNED TURNS – COACH BANS ETC., REMAIN IN PLACE

There will be a series of temporary lane closures in place at Gallows Corner junction on the A127 Southend Arterial Road and A12 Eastern Avenue, approaching and leaving the roundabout. This will reduce the road from two lanes to one.

During this period all routes will remain open, including the Gallows Corner flyover, and temporary footway diversions will be in place.

Approach roads and local roads will be very busy during the works. Significant queues and delays are expected. Journeys made before 07:30 and after 19:00 may experience less disruption.

This is the first step of works to renew and strengthen the ageing Gallows Corner flyover so the major structure can continue to serve Londoners reliably.

From mid-June until September, Gallows Corner Junction – both roundabout and flyover – will be closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles and buses for flyover replacement works. There will be local diversion routes for traffic and temporary walking route diversions in place.