HC Deb 17 May 1999 vol 331 c250W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the current timetable for the opening of(a) the transport links to the Millennium Experience and (b) the exhibition itself. [83443]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The current timetable for the opening of the transport links to the Millennium Experience is as follows:

Link Opening date
Jubilee Line Extension The final phase (Stratford to Green Park) opens late Autumn 1999
Millennium Transit Bus Services (Charlton Station to Dome, and Greenwich Station to Dome) Services commencen December 1999
Millennium Express river service (Waterloo to Dome) Service commences 1 January 2000
Greenwich Shuttle river service (Historic Greenwich to Dome) Services commences 1 January 2000
Cycle/pedestrian links through Greenwich Peninsula Facilities implemented by end December 1999
NMEC controlled park and ride sites Sites become operational 1 January 2000

The Millennium Experience exhibition opens to the public on 1 January 2000.