I think it is essential for the local community as well as the thousands of Olympia exhibition users that it continues to operate.' I use it almost daily and as I am not a car owner it provides an extremely useful and important form of transport. John Huddy, of West Kensington, said: 'I have been out on the streets and spoken with disabled residents in wheelchairs who are distraught at the cancellation of this service.'ĭiana Hawdon, writing on the Save Olympia website, said: 'Closure of this vital service would have an important effect on my quality of life. We will fight to ensure that this continues to be the case.'Īngry residents have also launched a petition to fight the closure and have gathered 928 signatures so far. 'We all know Olympia offers a central London venue which is uniquely embedded within the Underground network. 'The purpose of all these meetings is to ensure third party stakeholders have all the information required to campaign on the issue and to steadily increase the pressure on TfL. 'Over the last few weeks, we have met with TfL to gain further clarity on how they plan to manage the movement of people to the Exhibition Centre. TfL say the station is only used by one per cent of passengers and insist an increase in Overground service to four trains an hour will be more than enough to meet demand.īut EC&O say Kensington Olympia station is crucial to the millions of visitors they cater for each year and, if the cuts do go ahead, want clear directional signage, clearly marked walking routes, announcements relating to major shows and bus shuttle service from Earl's Court tube station to Olympia Way.Ī spokesman for EC&O said: 'We have embarked upon strategic lobbying to ensure Olympia retains its position as the one of the best connected venues in London. THE owners of Earls Court and Olympia have joined the campaign against plans to scrap the weekday tube service to Kensington Olympia.ĮC&O Venues has met with Transport for London (TfL) over its proposals to stop running District Line trains to the station from December this year.

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