Up to 4,000 people will receive residents’ passes, allowing them to bypass road closures during the Rugby World Cup later this year.

Representatives from England 2015, the RFU, Richmond police and the council answered questions at a residents’ briefing at Clarendon Hall, Twickenham, on Tuesday night.

The managed closure of the A316 was discussed at length and it was confirmed about 4,000 people, including carers, would be issued with passes to access their homes.

Other issues included additional transport measures to cope with the arriving and departing masses, legacy and fan zones.

Simon Hall, England 2015’s transport manager for Twickenham, confirmed South West Trains would operate 14 10-coach trains to Waterloo each hour as well as 100 direct shuttle buses.

He said studies showed 80 per cent of traffic on the A316 started and ended outside of Richmond and it would be re-routed during the tournament, with the road closed between Curries and London Road roundabouts.

He said: "If we take that 80 per cent and move it around the network it creates an area where we can run our event traffic."

The stretch of road will be closed for three hours before matches kick-off and two hours after.

There will also be a park and ride scheme for 3,000 cars at Kempton Park racecourse and another 500 at Hounslow Civic Centre.

A fan zone at Old Deer Park, Richmond, will show 19 matches free of charge, with a maximum capacity of 10,000 people throughout the tournament.

Jon Freer, assistant director of development at the council, said: "There is a big increase in the amount spent in the community and in footfall.

"If there is something like £1bn extra expenditure in London, there is probably about £200m-£300m to be picked up locally."

He said Harlequins hoped to host events at the Stoop for 7,500 people but are yet to supply details of how fans would arrive and depart.

Councillor Alexander Ehmann raised concerns St Margarets could become the "only authorised car park available" over the six weeks.

The council’s assistant director for traffic Andrew Darvill said: "It is a totally different demographic than a normal match day.

"By providing coaches that is 9,000 taken away, the park and ride takes away another 9,000 and with the extra trains, that is another 10,000 away."

Superintendent Simon Message, from Richmond police, said the operation would be run by Scotland Yard’s public order command, which has experience of the 2012 Olympics.

He added police "would not be responsible" for crowd or traffic control.

When asked who would step in if crowd violence occurred, he said: "If it is necessary and police feel control has been lost we will then take control."

One resident described the meeting’s details of residents’ access as "more than the RFU has done in 25 years" but questioned what legacy would be left.

He said: "Once this has been and gone Twickenham will be the same as it always has been and we will still have to put up with it.

"My suggestion is to install two footbridges to east and west of roundabouts to allow rugby fans to depart faster - this is a great opportunity to improve our lives for the future."

Mr Darvill said: "We spoke to Transport for London a few years ago about a footbridge but they came back and said they were not in a position to do it."