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Craig Williams

Ed Sheeran Glasgow Hampden gig 'utter chaos' as lack of trains sparks traffic gridlock

The Ed Sheeran gig at Hampden sparked traffic chaos last night - with concertgoers complaining of two hour queues to leave a nearby Asda car park.

Gig-goers were warned to plan ahead for the sold-out show at Scotland's national stadium after ScotRail confirmed there would be no trains heading back to Glasgow city centre from the nearest station - Mount Florida - after the show.

The lack of trains post-gig was due to the temporary timetable ScotRail has put in place amid the current driver pay dispute.

READ MORE: Road closures in Glasgow for Ed Sheeran stadium gig at Hampden Park

As a result, it appears that many attendees drove to the concert and decided to park in the local area, sparking significant traffic problems in the south side of the city once the concert ended last night.

One gig-goer took to Twitter to express their frustration, tweeting: "Absolutely disgrace tonight, stuck in Asda Tory Glen car park for two hours and counting not one member of the BTP around to support the flow of traffic with thousands leaving Hampden."

They were joined by a fellow gig attendee who also got stuck in the car park who tweeted: "Been stuck in Asda carpark for an hour after Ed Sheeran, no trains running, no police directing traffic what an absolute joke. Traffic is f******g chaos."

Another tweeted: "Ed Sheeran concert ended 2 hours ago Traffic jam is still at peak outside Hampden Park stadium. I've missed my return train to Dundee, my return bus to Dundee. That takes my total loss on return tickets to about £35 I might have to spend the night at the station."

A further angry driver tweeted: "Took my 14 year old daughter 2 and a half hours to get home from Hampden last night after seeing ed Sheeran. Didn’t get home till 1am due to horrendous traffic. Utter shambles. No Scotrail late trains yet again only contributed to the disaster."

Joining them was another who wrote: Just home from picking up the Mrs from Ed Sheeran concert, 3 hours to get home. Utter utter shambles in the surrounding area and Hampden."

And a further attendee reported seeing cars "almost crashing", tweeting: "Jesus Christ Ed Sheeran was phenomenal but if that's how badly managed crowds leaving Hampden are I'll never be back for another event. Never seen chaos like this in my life. Cars almost crashing left and right, pedestrians nearly knocked down and no cops to be seen."

The traffic queues also sparked a local resident to tweet: "Canny believe the traffic outside my front door tonight after the Ed Sheeran gig, street is at a standstill and the gig finished ages ago!"

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