Usually, people talk about rail replacement bus services when a railway is closed, but for a few weekends, there will be the opposite – a bus replacement rail service, when part of the Blackwall tunnel is closed.
For a few weekends, the southbound route at Blackwall will be closed to allow for work on the neighbouring Silvertown Tunnel. That means all southbound road traffic will need to find an alternative route — including the one bus route that passes through the tunnel.
During the tunnel closures,
Bus Route 108 will be temporarily split at Canning Town station and North Greenwich, with customers using the Jubilee line to cross the river to complete their journeys.
Hence – a bus replacement rail service.
The Blackwall tunnel’s southbound route will be closed on:
- 13th to 15th January
- 20th to 22nd January
- 27th to 29th January (a contingency if either of the previous two weekends are not possible)
- 10th to 12th February
- 24th to 26th February
