Three years from Monday, the eyes of the world will be on London for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games
The city is celebrating the three-year mark by showcasing the event's centerpiece -- the under-construction Olympic Park -- and highlighting the progress made on everything from building work to transportation to getting sponsorship money.
Monday, Coe plans to ride a special train service from central London to the Olympic Park along with athletes and officials including London Mayor Boris Johnson and the government's Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell.
The Javelin high-speed train from St. Pancras station to Stratford International in east London will, by Games time, carry as many as 25,000 visitors an hour. From Stratford, visitors will be able to walk to the park. With a journey time of about seven minutes, the train service means London's Olympic Park will be more quickly accessed from the host city than has been the case in any previous Olympic Games, LOCOG officials say.
The 140-mile-per-hour train is a core part of London's Olympic transportation plans. But many of those plans are still unclear.
Courtesy:http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/07/26/london.olympics/index.html?eref=rss_world
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