Travel warning for rugby fans

RUGBY fans have once again been warned of disruption to train services following Wales’s game with Georgia tomorrow.

There was significant disruption to transport for the first game of Wales’s autumn series against New Zealand even though planned rail strikes were called off.

Now fans have been told that reduced services will operate east of Cardiff after this weekend’s game.

Road closures will also take place in Cardiff before and after the Principality Stadium game, which kicks off at 1pm tomorrow. A full city centre road closure will be in place from 9am until 5pm.

With the M4 expected to be busy, Cardiff Council has advised supporters to plan ahead and to avoid congestion by using the park and ride at County Hall in Cardiff Bay.

Due to the road closures buses are also set to be diverted while the road closures are in place.

Great Western Railway (GWR) has advised fans travelling from England to see the match to “board trains immediately after” the fixture concludes. Industrial action involving Network Rail signallers is set to affect fans attending the game in Cardiff as well as those attending the England v New Zealand game at Twickenham.

Industrial action will affect services on November 19, 21, and 26.

On these strike days train services on many parts of the GWR network will be disrupted and the company has said that trains on the days following industrial action may also be disrupted. GWR has said it will only be able to operate a reduced service, with a queuing system in place and all journeys east of Cardiff having to be completed by 6.30pm.

That means last trains to London, Reading and Bristol will leave much earlier than usual, with the last train to London leaving at 4.23pm.

With the queuing system in place at Cardiff Central, supporters are being told to make their way to the station as soon as possible after the match where there will be extra GWR services available.

Trains will run hourly from Cardiff to Swansea up to 9.40pm as these are unaffected by strike action.

Transport for Wales is unaffected and will operate its normal timetables.