I’m sharing this because a lot of planned transport changes and big‑venue events over the weekend will combine to put serious strain on travel through Greenwich, Woolwich and east‑London corridors — especially if you’re moving across town or around the Peninsula in the evenings.
London transport planners have updated the A206 (Woolwich Road) works with lane restrictions as part of the Cycleway 4 extension, so vehicle capacity is squeezed through key junctions between Anchor & Hope Lane and John Wilson Street for the weeks ahead. This is causing delays and temporary signals around Woolwich and Greenwich.
Over the weekend of 18–19 Apr, the Docklands Light Railway is scheduled to be fully closed between Stratford and Woolwich Arsenal to allow infrastructure works to progress. Planned weekend track closures on the DLR are part of TfL’s upgrade programme.
Event pacing around The O2 ramps up crowd movements on Sat 18 Apr (Max Amini from ~18:30) and Sun 19 Apr (Fola concert from ~18:00) — meaning evening dispersal peaks when many trains, buses and roads are already under pressure.
Meanwhile, Southeastern remains in its engineering and rail‑replacement phase in late‑night / early‑morning windows this week, so some rail links into and out of the east London and Kent corridors still require rail replacements and slower journeys.
Together, these factors are feeding into the expected uplift in travel times on key corridors:
• Morning peak Mon‑Fri (≈ 07:00–09:30): flows heavy from commuter patterns → +15–25 % over baseline.
• Daytime Sunday 19 Apr (09:00–18:00): with DLR shutdown and modal shifts → +20–30 % congestion on A206/A2.
• Evening activity windows on 18–19 Apr (≈ 18:00–22:30): localised surges, particularly around Peninsula/A102 junctions and Woolwich roundabout → +25–40 % delays (TfL advisories + event footfall trends suggest this).
If you’re planning travel through these areas over the weekend, build in extra time or consider alternative routes/public transport options where possible — the combination of works and entertainment crowds is likely to make key stretches much busier than normal.
