 The academy is around 190 kilometres ( 120 mi ) from the Olympic Zone in central London . There was concern about the logistics of transporting athletes from London to the academy , as there is no motorway in Dorset , and transport links are already often congested in summer . Weymouth and Portland Borough Council lobbied the Department for Transport to lay dual railway track and increase services from Weymouth railway station to London and Bristol , and to introduce new direct services to Exeter . Services to London Waterloo began running every 30 minutes from December 2007 , but services through Bristol to Cardiff were stopped . On 5 April 2007 , Dorset County Council granted planning permission for a relief road scheme to alleviate congestion between Weymouth and Dorchester , which includes a single carriageway running 7 kilometres ( 4 mi ) north of Weymouth , and a 1000 @-@ space park @-@ and @-@ ride scheme , costing £ 84 @.@ 5 million . Work on the road commenced in 2008 , and as anticipated it was completed in three years , in time for the 2012 Olympic sailing events . 
