Extra trains after tomorrow’s Foo Fighters concert in Cardiff

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(GWR) and Transport for (TfL) will provide extra capacity on their train services for fans leaving the last in a series of June concerts at ‘s Principality Stadium.

Ten extra GWR trains, providing more than five thousand extra seats, will take fans home following the Foo Fighters gig tomorrow (Tuesday 25 June).

GWR has made similar arrangements for previous concerts, for example Bruce Springsteen’s performance last month.

Five will run from Cardiff to Swansea from 22:52, and ten from Cardiff towards Newport (and beyond) from 22:30:

  • 22:30 – Bristol Temple Meads (23:34)
  • 22:42 – Newport (22:57)
  • 22:52 – Bristol Temple Meads (23:43)
  • 23:00 – Bristol Temple Meads (23:50)
  • 23:15 – Bristol Parkway (23:48), Swindon (00:11)
  • 23:20 – Bristol Temple Meads (00:03)
  • 23:30 – Bristol Temple Meads (00:43)
  • 23:40 – Bristol Temple Meads (00:37)
  • 23:43 – Bristol Parkway (00:26), Swindon (00:49)
  • 00:13 – Bristol Temple Meads (00:56)

Despite the extra capacity, the operator anticipates that the trains will be very busy. It expects thousands of concert-goers to walk the short distance from the Principality Stadium to station.

TfW queue map
Queue map // Credit: Transport for Wales

The station will operate the same queueing system that it put in place for the recent Taylor Swift concert. Passengers travelling eastwards towards Newport will queue on the square in front of Cardiff Central station, rather than from Riverside Car Park.

Queues for Valleys services will be to the rear of the station. station will close at 21:30, except to meet accessibility needs and for passengers travelling to Cardiff Bay.

Both operators are urging passengers to allow plenty of time for their journey.

TfW train // Credit: Janine Booth
TfW train // Credit: Janine Booth

“Principality Stadium is expecting nearly 50,000 people to attend this concert, many of whom will choose to do so by taking advantage of the ease of travelling by train.

“Safety of our customers is of the uppermost importance and we’re doing our best to help with additional trains alongside our normal timetable services.

“Previous events on this scale have shown that our trains get extremely busy, and people will need to queue outside the station to board trains safely.

“We encourage all who are using these services to check journey times and connections at gwr.com/check and allow sufficient time to complete your journey home.”

GWR Customer Service Director, Rachel Geliamassi

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