London’s 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games are seeing
huge changes in much of the area covered by Easter Sunday 2006’s
operations. More details on our
Olympics page.
Before the Games decision, Stratford’s role as a major
transport hub was already assured and reinforced. Draw an
imaginary east-west line across the middle of our
route map from Mildmay
Park to Stratford. That is part of the 12 mile East London
tunnel of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, driven up to 50 metres
beneath our bus services, rising briefly to a brand new sub-surface
Stratford International station, before burrowing back down to
emerge at Dagenham. See
On Site Arts for
images of the construction in 2007.
We were commemorating significant events in London bus
history, but we hope you also took the opportunity to appreciate
the unique feel of the area as it was and to anticipate what was to
come. You won’t find any English countryside sylvan glades
for that oh-so-perfect photo, but some of us think it was beautiful
for all that. Come back after 2012 for the country look -
there will be the largest urban park created in Europe for 150
years.
The buses operating on Easter Sunday 2006
were closer in vintage to the last time London hosted the
Olympics in 1948 - the first Games to be televised. Whether
you’re looking back with nostalgia or forward to an exciting
future, we hope you enjoyed your day.
