Extra travel services for the airshow

MORE BUSES AND METROS TO THE SEASIDE EVENT

There will be extra Metro and bus services running this weekend for people visiting Sunderland International Airshow.

The airshow, which takes place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, attracts large crowds from across the North East and beyond.

Tyne and Wear Metro will be running extra services to and from the airshow and passengers are advised to allow extra time to make their journey.

Metro Services Director, Chris Carson, said: “Sunderland International Airshow is one of the region’s biggest events and is one of our busiest weekends of the year as thousands of people from across the region travel to Roker and Seaburn seafront.

“We expect services to be busy over the weekend, particularly at Seaburn station, with queues following the event. Extra Metros will be running, but I advise passengers to please leave plenty of time for their journey to and from the airshow.

“We’ll have extra staff on hand to assist passengers over the weekend and we’re encouraging people travelling to the event to buy a Day Ticket or use a Pop Pay As You Go card to help make their journeys as quick and efficient as possible.”

The day tickets, availble from Metro station machines, can be used all day allowing passengers to avoid queuing on their journey home.

Bus operator Stagecoach will be running an express direct service to the airshow on Saturday and Sunday, providing a direct link between Sunderland City Centre and the seafront.

The 510 service, which stops at Fawcett Street, Wheatsheaf, Stadium of Light Metro, Seaburn Metro and the Airshow, will run every few minutes between 10am and 6pm.

A number of roads will be closed to traffic from 27 to 29 July during set up and event itself, and temporary bus routes implemented.