EVENT DAY TRAVEL

From 7am, Scott Road and Park Street will be closed because of the need to prepare Gate 5 and protect queuing fans.

The following roads will be closed as part of the full city centre road closure which will take place at 4pm until midnight.

• Kingsway from its junction with North Road to its junction with Duke Street.
• Cowbridge Road East from its junction with Cathedral Road to its junction with Westgate Street.
• Tudor Street from its junction with Clare Road to its junction with Wood Street (access for residents and traders will be permitted via Fitzhammon Embankment).
• Plantagenet Street and Beauchamp Street from their junctions with Despenser Place to their junctions with Tudor Street (access for residents and traders will be permitted).
• The following roads will be closed in their entirety: Duke Street, Castle St, High Street, St Mary Street, Caroline Street, Wood Street, Central Square, Westgate Street, Quay Street, Guildhall Place, Golate, Park Street, Havelock Street and Scott Road.
• Station Terrace and Guildford Street from the junction with Newport Road to the junction with Churchill Way will be access for buses only during the times of the road closures. This is to ensure that there is reliable access for buses to the satellite points in Churchill Way.

• Additionally, Penarth Road will be closed 30 minutes before the concerts finish and for up to an hour after they finish, on safety grounds – for train passengers arriving and departing from the train station.

Additions:
Civic Centre: Access to part of the Civic Centre will be controlled throughout the day, with access allowed only for event parking, limited commuter parking, loading and access to private car parks.

Roads affected include King Edward VII Avenue, Museum Avenue, City Hall Road, College Road and Gorsedd Gardens Road.

To help manage the expected increase in passenger numbers, Transport for Wales (TfW) and Great Western Railway (GWR) will operate additional and strengthened services (trains with more carriages than usual) to get customers to and from the events smoothly.

However, some engineering works may impact TfW and GWR services and passengers are urged to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journey – https://www.journeycheck.com/tfwrail/

For all events, those looking to travel by train are warned to check the time of their last train home, and to allow plenty of time – A queuing system will begin from 10pm and the queuing for mainline rail services will be on Central Square with the Valley queues at the rear of the station.

For more information visit – https://tfw.wales/places/events

Please also note important changes to station operations on event days:

• Cardiff Bus Interchange will close at 4pm.
• Cardiff Queen Street Station will close at 10pm, unless customers have accessible requirements or are travelling to Cardiff Bay.

Revenue Protection Inspectors will conduct ticket checks both before and after the events.

The event park & ride facilities will be using the car park by Vindico Arena on International Drive in the Sports Village, Cardiff Bay – CF11 0JS.

The drop of point in the city centre is on Tresillian Way.

Staff will be on site at 9am, but the first bus into the city centre will leave at 11am. The last bus back from the city centre will be at 12 midnight with the site closing soon after.

The cost is £15. Cash only.

Getting there: Exit Junction 32 of the M4, head south on the A470 towards the city centre and follow signage to the civic centre.

Cost: £20 payable on the day for cars and £30 for coaches – card payments are also now available.

Parking time: The car park will open at 8am and closes at 12 Midnight.

Sophia Gardens (cars)

(Approximately, 0.5 mile walk to the Principality Stadium, Gate 2).

Sophia Gardens Event Day Parking

Getting there: Exit junction 32 off the M4

Cost: £20 for cars and £30 for coaches – card payments are now available.

Parking time: Car park opens at 8.00am and closes at 12 midnight.

Please note: Sophia Gardens car park will be staffed until 7.00pm all vehicles are left on site at the owner’s risk. Cardiff Council will not be held responsible for any theft or damage to motor vehicles or personal possessions. Any vehicles left in the car park after closing time will be fined.

Local buses:

Bus services will be diverted while the city centre road closures are in place

Please visit the relevant bus operator’s website for more information about your specific bus routes.

For Stagecoach services, please visit: Welcome to Stagecoach (stagecoachbus.com)

For Cardiff Bus services, please visit: https://www.cardiffbus.com/principality-stadium

For NAT services, please visit: https://www.natgroup.co.uk/

National Express: National Express coaches will use Sophia Gardens as usual.

FlixBus will continue using its usual arrival and departure point by Friary Gardens on North Road (opposite Cardiff Castle).

The cycleways and the pop-up cycleways within the road closure area will remain open for cyclists to use during the event, but due to the number of people expected to attend these concerts, we ask all cyclists to take due care and attention.

The road closures apply to all motor vehicles of any kind, but not to bicycles with pedals.

Those who live locally in Cardiff may want to travel by bicycle or walk. Research shows us that 52% of car trips made in the Welsh capital are less than 5km. This is a distance that can be comfortably cycled in 20 minutes.

We also know that 28% of Cardiff residents who currently do not cycle would like to do so.

When the roads are congested this makes cycling an even more attractive option as travel by bicycle would be quicker than a car during rush hours or during big events.

City centre car parks are also available: North Road Car Parks, St David’s Shopping Centre, John Lewis, Capitol Shopping Centre, and NCP (Adam Street, Dumfries Place and Greyfriars Road).

Disabled drivers are advised to use Sophia Gardens. Disabled parking is also available at various private car parks.

Please check individual websites for availability.

For the remaining concerts, the taxi rank (outside the former House of Fraser building) will close at 4pm and will re-open at midnight.

For all the concerts, the following roads will be closed between 4pm and midnight to facilitate these events.

• Castle Street throughout its length, from its junction with Westgate Street
• Duke Street and Kingsway
• North Road from its junction with Colum Road throughout to Boulevard De Nantes
• Boulevard De Nantes at its junction with Park Place (Access for buses and taxis. Residents will be managed to Greyfriars Road)
• Cowbridge Road East from Cathedral Rd through to its junction with Westgate Street with access to Westgate Street being permitted.

Access to part of the Civic Centre will be controlled throughout the day from 7am. Roads affected include: King Edward VII Avenue, Museum Avenue, City Hall Road, College Road and Gorsedd Gardens Road.

The right-hand turn from Colum Road into Corbett Road will also be suspended for the road closure times to permit and manage access to residents and business off Corbett Road.

Transport for Wales (TfW) and Great Western Railway (GWR) have issued travel advice for all those attending concerts in Cardiff by train this summer.

Customers are being reminded to plan their journey in advance, allow extra time to board trains home safely and to check the time of their last train home using TfW’s JourneyCheck.

Transport for Wales will be providing additional capacity where possible on routes in and out of Cardiff for the Blackweir Live events but trains are expected to be busy, so please allow plenty of time for your journey.

Post-event queues for mainline rail services will be on Central Square and queues for Valleys services will be to the rear of the station. Pre and post-event revenue checks will be taking place at Cardiff Central so please ensure you have purchased your rail ticket before entering a queuing system.

Cathays station will close post-event at 10pm on each of the above dates. This is for the safety of all customers. Access will remain for those with accessibility requirements only and for customers alighting (exiting).

Penarth Road car park at Cardiff Central will be closed from 6am until midnight on the day of each event. Cardiff Bus Interchange will remain open for all concerts at Blackweir. The taxi rank on Saunders Road will remain open for these above events.

There is no park & ride facility for these events.

Getting there: Exit Junction 32 of the M4, head south on the A470 towards the city centre and follow signage to the civic centre.

Cost: £20 payable on the day for cars and £30 for coaches – card payments are also now available.

Parking time: The car park will open at 8am and closes at 12 midnight.

Getting there: Exit junction 32 off the M4

Cost: £20 for cars and £30 for coaches – card payments are now available.

Parking time: Car park opens at 8am and closes at 12 midnight.

Please note: Sophia Gardens car park will be staffed until 7pm all vehicles are left on site at the owner’s risk. Cardiff Council will not be held responsible for any theft or damage to motor vehicles or personal possessions. Any vehicles left in the car park after closing time will be fined.

Local buses:

Bus services will be diverted while the city centre road closures are in place

Please visit the relevant bus operator’s website for more information about your specific bus routes.

For Cardiff Bus services, Cardiff Castle / Bute Park Concerts Summer 2025 – Cardiff Bus

For Stagecoach services, Cardiff Service Updates | Stagecoach

For Adventure Travel services, News | Adventure Travel

Coaches:

National Express coaches will use Sophia Gardens as usual.

The cycleways and the pop-up cycleways within the road closure area will remain open for cyclists to use during the event, but North Road Cycleway will be diverted to facilitate the event set up and break down. On concert days a short diversion via a like for like bi-directional alternative route, will be in place. All diversions will be clearly signposted.

City centre car parks are also available: St David’s Cardiff, John Lewis & Partners, The Capitol Shopping Centre, NCP Adam Street, NCP Dumfries Place and NCP Greyfriars.

Disabled drivers are advised to park at the Civic Centre within the paid dedicated event parking, however Blue Badge parking is available via first come first serve along Park Place and Museum Place.