Plaque

Paralympic Flame - 2012 - train

Inscription

{Beneath the 2012 Paralympic Games logo of three agitos:}
On 24 August 2012 this train carried the Paralympic Flame as part of the journey of the torch relay to the London Paralympic Games - the first ever 'public transport games'.
Torchbearer Aneurin Wood carried the flame from Mudchute to Canary Wharf.
Mayor of London
Transport for London

Site: Paralympic Flame - 2012 - train (1 memorial)

E14, Cabot Place, Canary Wharf Docklands Light Railway Station

The plaque is on the side of the train. An unusual memorial in that it has no permanent location, so we have used the place where we first spotted it.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Paralympic Flame - 2012

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Paralympic Games - 2012

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Aneurin Wood

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