TfW to give away 100 free train tickets for Coldplay concert-goers to get to Cardiff gig

Coldplay are playing at the Principality Stadium on June 6 and 7 next week as part of their ‘Music of the Spheres’ World Tour and have partnered with TfW to encourage sustainable train journeys to Cardiff.  

TfW say they’re offering 100 free return rail tickets to Cardiff for the special occasion and if customers would like to take part in the free prize draw they can enter at www.tfw.wales/coldplay.   

The train company said that Coldplay will be promoting the offer to all their fans as they share the same passion as TfW in wanting to encourage more people to travel sustainably.  

Marie Daly, Chief Customer and Culture Officer for Transport for Wales said: “At TfW we’re on a mission to transform public transport and encourage people to travel more sustainably.  

“We’ve invested in brand new trains and started to introduce them to our network and we’re currently building the South Wales Metro to provide faster, cleaner and more efficient public transport. 

“It’s great that a world-famous band such as Coldplay share the same passion for sustainable transport and we’re offering customers the opportunity to win a free return rail journey to Cardiff for the event.”    

Meanwhile Great Western Railway say they are providing additional trains for music fans heading home after the Coldplay concert at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

But concert-goers are reminded those trains are expected to be extremely busy and a queueing system will be in place outside Cardiff Central station to get people home safely.

GWR say they will provide 13 trains and more than 7,000 seats following next Tuesday’s concert, with the same number of services operating again on Wednesday night.

Five services will run to Swansea from 2255, with eight services to Newport travelling on to either Bristol Temple Meads, Bristol Parkway and Swindon from 2230.

In a repeat of the queueing system in place for the recent Beyoncé concert, people travelling east towards Newport will be asked to queue on the square in front of Cardiff Central station, rather than from Riverside Car Park.

GWR Customer Service & Operations Director, Richard Rowland, said: “We’re doing all we can to help customers home following these concerts by providing additional trains alongside our normal timetable services.

“But as we saw during the recent Beyoncé concert, trains do get very busy and there will be a need to queue outside the station following the gigs.

“Safety of our customers is of the uppermost importance and we would encourage people to check journey times and allow sufficient time to queue to board trains safely.”

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