Rail firms have warned Stereophonics and Tom Jones fans to expect queues for train services after their bumper Cardiff gigs. Great Western Railway (GWR) will be putting on extra trains on Friday and Saturday night when Welsh artists Stereophonics and Sir Tom Jones take over the Principality Stadium for two nights running on Friday and Saturday. You can read more about that here.
Train companies have already asked some people not to use their services amid fears of travel chaos as people pour out of the capital. And GWR has said that there will still be queues, despite providing an extra 31 trains and more than 17,000 seats for people leaving Cardiff Central. Transport for Wales has warned that it faces some capacity constraints following criminal damage to some of its carriages and will be providing additional bus services where possible.
In a repeat of the queueing system in place for the earlier Six Nations fixtures and the recent Ed Sheeran concerts people travelling to Newport after the game will be asked to queue on the square in front of Cardiff Central station rather than from Riverside Car Park. On Friday GWR will run eight services to Swansea from 9.24pm plus 10 services to Newport and on to either Bristol Temple Meads or Bristol Parkway from 10pm. On Saturday it will operate five services to Swansea from 9.13pm and eight services to Newport and on to either Bristol Temple Meads or Bristol Parkway from 9pm. Customers are advised to keep checking social media for the latest information on queuing times.
