Disruptions

Principality Stadium Events – Summer 2024

Due to several large-scale events in Cardiff, disruptions to some services are expected.

We will be populating this page with updates for the upcoming events as they become available to us from operators and local authorities.

The upcoming events are as follows:

Bruce Springsteen

Sunday 5 May

Pink

Tuesday 11 June

Taylor Swift

Tuesday 18 June

Foo Fighters

Tuesday 25 June

Billy Joel

Friday 9 August


If you’re travelling to any of the events, please be aware that (for safety reasons) there will be some city centre road closure in place. This means bus services will need to divert and use different stops.

Due to large number of people expected to attend these events, public transport services are expected to be extremely busy.

For any further help with planning your journey on the day, you can ring our Freephone number on 0800 464 00 00 from 7am to 8pm daily.

Please check the below arrangements by operators before traveling. We will continue updating this page with more information as we receive it from operators:

 

Adventure Travel

 

Cardiff Bus

Bruce Springsteen

Sunday 5th May

14:00 onwards

Route Number

City Centre Terminal Point

1, 1A & 2, 2A 

Canal Street

4

Tudor Street

6 (baycar) 

Canal Street

7

Canal Street

  • Buses towards Grangetown will run from the city centre to Penarth Road/Corporation Road/Clare Road junction via Callaghan Square and Penarth Road. Bus stops at Philharmonic, Wood Street, Tudor Street and Clare Road will not be served
  • Buses towards the city centre will follow normal route to Penarth Road/Corporation Road/Clare Road junction, then run via Penarth Road, Callaghan Square and Mill Lane to Canal Street

8

Canal Street

  • Buses towards Grangetown will run from the city centre to Penarth Road/Corporation Road/Clare Road junction via Callaghan Square and Penarth Road. Bus stops at Philharmonic, Tudor Street and Clare Road will not be served
  • Buses towards the city centre will follow normal route to Penarth Road/Corporation Road/Clare Road junction, then run via Penarth Road, Callaghan Square and Mill Lane to Canal Street. Bus stops at Clare Road, Tudor Street and Wyndham Arcade will not be served

9 to/from Sports Village

Hayes Bridge Road (JH)

  • Buses from the Sports Village towards the city centre will follow normal route to Penarth Road/Corporation Road/Clare Road junction, then run via Penarth Road, Callaghan Square, Lower St. Mary's Street, Mill Lane and Canal Street, terminating at Hayes Bridge Road. For connecting buses towards Heath Hospital, please go to Churchill Way. Bus stops along Clare Road, Tudor Street, Wyndham Arcade & Bute Terrace will not be served
  • Buses from the city centre towards the Sports Village will run from Hayes Bridge Road to Penarth Road/Corporation Road/Clare Road junction via Callaghan Square and Penarth Road. Bus stops at Wood Street, Tudor Street and Clare Road will not be served.

9 to/from Heath Hospital *

Churchill Way

  • Buses from Heath Hospital towards the city centre will terminate at Churchill Way. For connecting buses to the Sports Village, please go to Hayes Bridge Road (stop JH) at the side of John Lewis. Bus stops along Dumfries Place, Greyfriars Road, Kingsway, Westgate Street will not be served
  • Buses from the city centre towards Heath Hospital will start from Churchill Way and then follow normal route

11 *

Churchill Way (stop HL)

  • The bus stop at Hayes Bridge Road will not be served by route 11
  • Buses on their inbound journeys will not call at bus stops at Dumfries Place, Greyfriars Road, Kingsway or Hayes Bridge Road
  • Buses will start their outbound journeys from Churchill Way and then follow normal route

13

Fitzhamon Embankment

  • Buses will enter the city centre via Neville Street and Despenser Street, terminating at Fitzhamon Embankment
  • Buses towards Canton & Drope will start from Fitzhamon Embankment and exit the city centre via Tudor Street, Clare Street and Neville Street. The outbound bus stops at Wood Street, Westgate Street, Cardiff Bridge and St. David's Hospital will not be served, please use the stops at Fitzhamon Embankment or at top of Neville Street instead

17 & 18

Fitzhamon Embankment

  • Buses will enter the city centre via Neville Street and Despenser Street, terminating at Fitzhamon Embankment
  • Buses towards Canton & Ely will start from Fitzhamon Embankment and exit the city centre via Tudor Street, Clare Street and Neville Street. The outbound bus stops at Westgate Street, Cardiff Bridge and St. David's Hospital will not be served, please use the stops at Fitzhamon Embankment or at top of Neville Street instead

21, 23 & 24

Greyfriars Road (stop GN)

  • Route 24 inbound will enter the city centre via Lower Cathedral Road and Despenser Street, terminating at Fitzhamon Embankment. Bus stops at Kingsway and Westgate Street will not be served

25

Fitzhamon Embankment

  • Buses will enter the city centre via North Road and Kingsway, terminating at Greyfriars Road. Bus stops at Kingsway and Westgate Street will not be served
  • Buses will exit the city via Tudor Street, Clare Street and Lower Cathedral Road. The outbound bus stops at Wood Street, Westgate Street and Cardiff Bridge will not be served, please use the stops at Fitzhamon Embankment or Cathedral Road instead

27

Kingsway (temporary stop at side of castle, last stop before subway)

  • Bus stops at Kingsway (inbound) and Westgate Street will not be served

28 & 29 *

Kingsway (temporary stop at side of castle, last stop before subway)

  • Buses will enter the city centre via Dumfries Place, Stuttgarter Strasse, Park Place and Greyfriars Road
  • Bus stops on Kingsway, Westgate Street, Hayes Bridge Road and Lower Westgate Street will not be served

30 *

Kingsway (temporary stop at side of castle, last stop before subway)

  • Buses will enter the city centre via Dumfries Place, Stuttgarter Strasse, Park Place and Greyfriars Road
  • Bus stops on Kingsway, Westgate Street, Customhouse Street and Lower Churchill Way will not be served

32

Fitzhamon Embankment

  • Buses will enter the city centre via Lower Cathedral Road and Despenser Street, terminating at Fitzhamon Embankment
  • Buses will exit the city centre via Tudor Street, Clare Street and Neville Street.
  • Bus stops on Wood Street, Westgate Street and Cardiff Bridge will not be served

35

Greyfriars Road (stop GN)

  • Buses will terminate at Greyfriars Road
  • Bus stops at Kingsway and Westgate Street will not be served 

44 & 45 *

Churchill Way (stop HM)

  • Bus stops at Dumfries Place, Greyfriars Road, Kingsway, Castle Street, Wyndham Arcade and Bute Terrace will not be served

49 & 50 *

Churchill Way (stop HL)

  • Bus stops at Dumfries Place, Greyfriars Road, Kingsway, Castle Street, Wyndham Arcade and Bute Terrace will not be served

52 *

Churchill Way (stop HP)

  • Bus stops at Dumfries Place, Greyfriars Road, Kingsway, Westgate Street and Customhouse Street will not be served

57 & 58 *

Churchill Way (stop HN)

  • Bus stops at Dumfries Place, Greyfriars Road, Kingsway, Westgate Street and Customhouse Street will not be served

61 

Fitzhamon Embankment

  • Buses will enter the city centre via Neville Street and Despenser Street, terminating at Fitzhamon Embankment
  • Buses towards Pentrebane will start from Fitzhamon Embankment and exit the city centre via Tudor Street, Clare Street and Neville Street. The outbound bus stops at Westgate Street, Cardiff Bridge and St. David's Hospital will not be served, please use the stops at Fitzhamon Embankment or at top of Neville Street instead

62 & 63

Fitzhamon Embankment

  • Buses will enter the city centre via Lower Cathedral Road and Despenser Street, terminating at Fitzhamon Embankment
  • Buses will exit the city centre via Tudor Street, Clare Street and Neville Street.
  • Bus stops on Wood Street, Westgate Street and Cardiff Bridge will not be served

92, 92B, 93 & 94

Tudor Street

  • Buses will start/end at Tudor Street
  • Bus stop at Wood Street JA will not be served

95

Tudor Street

  • Buses will start/end at Tudor Street
  • Bus stop at Wood Street JA will not be served

96

Tudor Street

  • Buses will enter the city centre via Neville Street and Despenser Street and Fitzhamon Embankment, terminating at Tudor Street
  • Buses towards Barry will start from Tudor Street and exit the city centre via Tudor Street, Clare Street and Neville Street.
  • Bus stops at Wood Street JA, Westgate Street, Cardiff Bridge and St. David's Hospital will not be served, please use the stops at Tudor Street or at top of Neville Street instead

136

Greyfriars Road (stop GN)

  • Buses will terminate at Greyfriars Road
  • Bus stops at Kingsway and Westgate Street will not be served 

305

Canal Street

* Lower St. Mary Street will closes at 21:00 on Friday and Saturday nights. If an event road closure is reopened before this time, buses may follow the Friday & Saturday night diversion for pedestrian safety.

First Cymru

  • Service 304 will terminate and begin at Callaghan Square.
  • Service 320 will terminate and begin on Cathedral Road, using Sophia Close to turn around.
  • Service X2 will terminate and begin at Callaghan Square.

Newport Bus

 

Stagecoach

 

Transport for Wales

Cardiff Central car park closures

Cardiff Central Riverside car park (Wood Street):

  • Closed to the public 20:00 Saturday 04/05/24 - 04:00 Monday 06/05/24

  • Closed to the public 20:00 Monday 10/06/24 - 04:00 Wednesday 12/06/24

  • Closed to the public 20:00 Monday 17/06/24 - 04:00 Wednesday 19/06/24

  • Closed to the public 20:00 Monday 24/06/24 - 04:00 Wednesday 26/06/24  

Cardiff Central rear car park (Penarth road):

  • Closed to the public 06:00 Thursday 02/05/24 - 04:00 Monday 06/05/24

  • Closed to the public 06:00 Sunday 09/06/24 - 04:00 Wednesday 12/06/24

  • Closed to the public 06:00 Sunday 16/06/24 - 04:00 Wednesday 19/06/24

  • Closed to the public 06:00 Sunday 23/06/24 - 04:00 Wednesday 26/06/24

Cardiff Central taxi rank (Saunders Road):

  • The taxi rank on Saunders Road will be closed on or before the road closure times.

Cardiff Queen Street

  • Sunday 05 May - Cardiff Queen Street will close at 19:30 except for accessible access and passengers that wish to travel to Cardiff Bay
  • Tuesday 11 June - Cardiff Queen Street will close at 17:00 except for accessible access and passengers that wish to travel to Cardiff Bay
  • Tuesday 18 June - Cardiff Queen Street will close at 16:30 except for accessible access and passengers that wish to travel to Cardiff Bay
  • Tuesday 25 June - Cardiff Queen Street will close at 17:30 except for accessible access and passengers that wish to travel to Cardiff Bay

Please use Cardiff Central station after this time where a post-event queue system will be in operation.

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