ATW have confirmed that no extra trains (above the usual Sunday service level) will be put on to get fans home, mainly to the Valleys and the Vale of Glamorgan, after the Ed Sheeran concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff this Sunday night.
So how are fans who have taken the train in to town meant to get home afterwards? Not a great advert for a capital city.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-44546280
So how are fans who have taken the train in to town meant to get home afterwards? Not a great advert for a capital city.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-44546280
Plan ahead
Up to 60,000 fans are expected each night and they have been advised to plan ahead for their journey to Cardiff as last trains to destinations such as London, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Aberdare could leave before the concert is due to finish at 22:30 BST.
Arriva Trains Wales has warned passengers attending Sunday's event there will be no trains to towns like Barry, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Ebbw Vale, Treherbert and Carmarthen after the concert.
No extra capacity
While there will be extra services to Swansea and Newport after the gig, Arriva says it has no extra capacity or resources to add more trains on the Valley lines on Sunday night.
"Running additional services late on Sunday would mean having to cancel Monday morning commuter services," said Bethan Jelfs of Arriva.
Transport expert Prof Stuart Cole said while he "sympathises" with Arriva, adding extra capacity on Sunday "is not easy but it is possible" and there was a year to plan for it.
He added: "If Cardiff wants to be a big event city which can regularly attract acts like Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Beyonce etc, they need to be able to get people in and out of the city efficiently on public transport.
"The problem on Sunday will be rolling stock and drivers will be out of place for the following morning rush hour, but with a little extra planning Arriva could have come up with a solution."
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