With three years to go until the opening ceremony, organizers of the 2012 London Olympics passed an important test Monday: The train ran on time.
The weather was less cooperative: It rained.
The high-speed "Javelin" train carried organizers, athletes and media from St. Pancras International station in central London to the Olympic Park in 6 minutes, 45 seconds _ even faster than the 7-minute target.
Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said the three-mile journey "bodes very well indeed" for 2012, when the train service is expected to transport up to 25,000 visitors per hour to and from the Olympic complex in the Stratford area of east London.
"Ninety-seven percent of …
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