The 2012 London Olympics promises to bring a great number of opportunities to London and the United Kingdom. With the opportunities the Olympics bring, Coach Hire Booking also recognize there will be challenges, particularly with regard to the capacity of public transport. 

The Olympic Delivery Authority has designated an Olympic Route Network (ORN); a network of major roads throughout London that will act as conduits for Olympic participants, staff and media. When engaged, the ORN will mean the roads will be closed for public use – something that is likely to be in place hours at a time.

With 10% of spectators expecting to use bus services, this amounts to an additional 900,000 passengers that will need accommodating on public transport. In addition to this, 21300 Media personnel will be transported daily using further dedicated bus services. It is estimated that almost 5000 further high capacity vehicles will be required throughout the Olympic Games the majority needing to cater for some 15-20% of passengers having specific access needs best suited to low access service buses.

It is possible that the London 2012 Olympics will create a void of coach and minibus availability in other areas of the UK and as such have an inflationary effect on coach hire prices.