Significant Delays Expected For City Fans Travelling To Cardiff

[davieG]

Leicester City supporters travelling to the team’s match away at Cardiff City on Saturday 3 November are advised of significant potential delays to their journey due to an international rugby fixture.

 

- Journey time to Leicester City’s away fixture with Cardiff City will be impacted by an international rugby match on the same day
- Wales host Scotland at the Principality Stadium, with 200,000 extra people expected in the city centre on 3 November
- Leicester City fans are strongly advised to plan their day in advance and allow a greater amount of time to reach the stadium
- The road closures and congestion in Cardiff will impact all journeys to and from the stadium

The Foxes kick-off at 3pm at the Cardiff City Stadium, while Wales face Scotland at the Principality Stadium at 2:45pm on the same afternoon, with up to 200,000 extra people expected to be in Cardiff City centre on the day.

This will mean closures and congestion on a number of city centre roads, with car parks and city centre bars also likely to be filled with rugby supporters in Cardiff for the Scotland international.

As a result, Leicester City supporters are strongly advised to allow much more time than usual for their journeys into and out of Cardiff for the game, with the increase in traffic expected to impact all journey times to Cardiff City Stadium.

Those supporters who make use of the usual designated away supporter pubs (Walkabout, St Mary’s Street) are also advised that these will be full with rugby followers, so Leicester City fans may experience difficulty in finding available pubs.

Tickets for the fixture are now on General Sale and can be purchased by going online at LCFC.com, calling the City Sales Centre on 0344 815 5000 or by visiting the Foxes Fanstore at King Power Stadium.

[RonnieTodger]

Mindblowing how stupid it is to not only have these fixtures on the same day, but at the same time.

[grobyfox1990]

Where's best to drink considering this? Would also like to watch Arsenal v Liverpool at 5.30, if anywhere shows it in rugby land!

[Stadt]

First league away game since Liverpool last season and the city's gonna be full of rugby nonces 

 

 

 

 

 

Not much different to Leicester I suppose

Edited 25 October 2018 by Stadt

[Foxes1]

200,000 extra people must be a lot going for a booze up as tne Millenium Stadium holds about 75000 and Cardiff City stadium holds about 30000 thats adds up to about 100,000

[LCFC FOX]

It’s best to drink outside of Cardiff on route. Every pub in Cardiff will be rammed so you won’t get a drink.

[LittlethorpeFox]

are people driving and parking near cardiff. I spoke to somebody about potentially driving to Bristol Parkway and getting a 35 minute train from there to Cardiff Central, as to miss any congestion in and around Cardiff.

[koop.]

Think I'm going to get the train to Ninian Park station instead and drink in the stadium.

[Marshall Cockney Fox]

This was my Uni city. On rugby days it's carnage in the city centre boozers. I wouldn't even bother drink just outside of the centre. Loads of pubs in the Uni land or the football stadium side.

[grobyfox1990]

 

1 hour ago, Marshall Cockney Fox said:

This was my Uni city. On rugby days it's carnage in the city centre boozers. I wouldn't even bother drink just outside of the centre. Loads of pubs in the Uni land or the football stadium side.

Any recommendations? Also showing the game at 5.30?

[Bristol fox ....]

9 hours ago, LittlethorpeFox said:

are people driving and parking near cardiff. I spoke to somebody about potentially driving to Bristol Parkway and getting a 35 minute train from there to Cardiff Central, as to miss any congestion in and around Cardiff.

Theres a lot that i know of doing this option, £12.40 open return 

Edited 31 October 2018 by Bristol fox ....

[FilbertFrog]

3 hours ago, Bristol fox .... said:

Theres a lot that i know of doing this option, £12.40 open return 

Using the Trains on match days in Cardiff can also be a nightmare 

[HighPeakFox]

Travelling by train, I have noticed a massive difference in price just travelling to CC, rather than Ninian Park (i.e., much cheaper travelling to CC)

[Rigga]

9 hours ago, FilbertFrog said:

Using the Trains on match days in Cardiff can also be a nightmare 

Might walk from CC and back then if this is the case..We don’t get into CC until 2.22.

 

5.45pm train from CC home too

[l444ry]

6 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

Travelling by train, I have noticed a massive difference in price just travelling to CC, rather than Ninian Park (i.e., much cheaper travelling to CC)

That doesn't make sense. The return fare from Cardiff Central to Ninian Park is only £2.70p ?

Edited 1 November 2018 by l444ry

[HighPeakFox]

Believe me, the difference in single tickets from Macclesfield to Cardiff, and Macclesfield to Ninian Park on certain services is significant. 

[Frost]

Where are people parking for this? Bloody eggchasers.

[ianormondroyd]

I’m parking in Newport and getting the train to grangetown. Think it was £9.80 for  my son and I, but I did book it about 3 weeks ago, so the price may have changed.  There is a change at Cardiff Central but my theory is that if I’m just swapping platforms I won’t have to queue to get in to the station at the same time as the rugby crowd.