The Silvertown tunnel will be closed for 17 evenings over the next month: full list of dates

Since opening in April this year, the Silvertown Tunnel has changed the face of London’s road network. The controversial £2.2 billion trafficway was the first under-Thames tunnel to open in 30 years, and took over a decade of consultations, planning permissions and building works to be completed. 

But now just a couple of months after opening, the Silvertown Tunnel is going to be closed for 17 evenings throughout the next month. 

The tunnel will be undergoing nighttime snagging works (AKA, fixing small issues that have come up since the tunnel starting operating), meaning drivers will be diverted to the Blackwall Tunnel.

What about buses? When the Silvertown is closed southbound, buses will be diverted to the Blackwall Tunnel. When Silvertown closes in both directions, buses will be diverted to Canning Town or North Greenwich, with passengers advised to catch the Jubilee line to cross the Thames.

The Silvertown Tunnel bus service is currently free, but TfL hasn’t yet confirmed if these alternative journeys will also be free of charge. 

A TfL spokesperson said: ‘In order to facilitate maintenance and snagging works, the Silvertown Tunnel will be subject to overnight closures from 10pm to up until 6am on a number of dates in late May and June.

‘During these closures, traffic will be diverted via the Blackwall Tunnel where possible. TfL will look to ensure bus services can continue to run where possible during these overnight closures, and has been communicating with drivers about the closures via variable messaging signs on the approaches to the tunnels and via weekly customer emails.’

Full list of Silvertown Tunnel closure dates in May and June 2025

• Friday, May 30, 10pm-6am (Southbound only)
• Saturday, May 31, 10pm-6am (Southbound only)
• Sunday, June 1, 10pm-5am (Southbound only)
• Monday, June 2, 10pm-5am (Southbound only)
• Tuesday, June 3, 10pm-5am (Southbound only)
• Wednesday, June 4, 10pm-5am (Both directions closed)
• Thursday, June 5, 10pm-5am (Northbound only)
• Friday, June 6, 10pm-6am (Both directions closed)
• Saturday, June 7, 10pm-6am (Both directions closed)
• Sunday, June 8, 10pm-5am (Both directions closed)
• Friday, June 13, 10pm-6am (Both directions closed)
• Saturday, June 14, 10pm-6am (Both directions closed)
• Sunday, June 15, 10pm-5am (Both directions closed)
• Wednesday, June 18, 10pm-5am (Southbound only)
• Friday, June 20, 10pm-6am (Both directions closed)
• Saturday, June 21, 10pm-6am (Both bores closed)
• Sunday, June 22, 10pm-5am (Both directions closed)

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