Forthcoming events on our network

Please see list of events below which may impact rail services.
 

Chester Races:

  • Friday 11 July
  • Saturday 12 July
  • Saturday 26 July
  • Sunday 3 August
  • Saturday 30 August
  • Friday 12 September
  • Saturday 13 September
  • Saturday 20 September

 

Events at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff:

  • Friday 11 July 2025 - Stereophonics
  • Saturday 12 July 2025 - Stereophonics
  • Saturday 19 July 2025 - Kendrick Lamar and SZA
  • Friday 1 August 2025 - Catfish and the Bottlemen

 

Football:

Cardiff City

  • Wednesday 09 July 2025 - Cardiff City v Johor Darul Ta’zim (18:00 KO)
  • Saturday 12 July 2025 - Cardiff City v Southend (18:00 KO)
  • Saturday 02 August 2025 - Cardiff City v Peterborough (12:30 KO)
  • Tuesday 12 August 2025 - Cardiff City v Swindon Town (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 16 August 2025 - Cardiff City v Rotherham (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 30 August 2025 - Cardiff City v Plymouth Argyle (12:30 KO)
  • Saturday 06 September 2025 - Cardiff City v Burton (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 20 September 2025 - Cardiff City v Bradford City (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 04 October 2025 - Cardiff City v Leyton Orient (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 18 October 2025 - Cardiff City v Reading (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 15 November 2025 - Cardiff City v Huddersfield (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 29 November 2025 - Cardiff City v Mansfield (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 13 December 2025 - Cardiff City v Doncaster (15:00 KO)
  • Friday 26 December 2025 - Cardiff City v Exeter City (15:00 KO)
  • Monday 29 December 2025 - Cardiff City v Stevenage (19:45 KO)
  • Sunday 04 January 2026 - Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 24 January 2026 - Cardiff City v Stockport (15:00 KO)
  • Tuesday 27 January 2026 - Cardiff City v Barnsley (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 14 February 2026 - Cardiff City v Luton Town (15:00 KO)
  • Tuesday 17 February 2026 - Cardiff City v AFC Wimbledon (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 07 March 2026 - Cardiff City v Lincoln City (15:00 KO)
  • Tuesday 17 March 2026 - Cardiff City v Wycombe (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 21 March 2026 - Cardiff City v Blackpool (15:00 KO)
  • Friday 03 April 2026 - Cardiff City v Port Vale (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 11 April 2026 - Cardiff City v Bolton (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 25 April 2026 - Cardiff City v Northampton Town (15:00 KO)

Swansea

  • Saturday 19 July 2025 - Swansea v Stevenage (11:00 KO)
  • Saturday 02 August 2025 - Swansea v Lorient (15:00 KO)
  • Tuesday 12 August 2025 - Swansea v Crawley Town (19:00 KO)
  • Saturday 16 August 2025 - Swansea v Sheffield Utd (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 23 August 2025 - Swansea v Watford (12:30 KO)
  • Saturday 13 September 2025 - Swansea v Hull City (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 27 September 2025 - Swansea v Millwall (12:30 KO)
  • Saturday 04 October 2025 - Swansea v Leicester City (15:00 KO)
  • Wednesday 22 October 2025 - Swansea v QPR (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 25 October 2025 - Swansea v Norwich City (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 08 November 2025 - Swansea v Ipswich Town (15:00 KO)
  • Tuesday 25 November 2025 - Swansea v Derby County (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 06 December 2025 - Swansea v Oxford Utd (15:00 KO)
  • Tuesday 09 December 2025 - Swansea v Portsmouth (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 20 December 2025 - Swansea v Wrexham (15:00 KO)
  • Thursday 01 January 2026 - Swansea v West Brom (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 17 January 2026 - Swansea v Birmingham (15:00 KO)
  • Tuesday 20 January 2026 - Swansea v Blackburn Rovers (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 07 February 2026 - Swansea v Sheffield Wednesday (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 21 February 2026 - Swansea v Bristol City (12:30 KO)
  • Tuesday 24 February 2026 - Swansea v Preston (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 07 March 2026 - Swansea v Stoke City (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 21 March 2026 - Swansea v Coventry (15:00 KO)
  • Monday 06 April 2026 - Swansea v Middlesborough (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 18 April 2026 - Swansea v Southampton (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 02 May 2026 - Swansea v Charlton (12:30 KO)

Wales

  • Monday 13 October - Wales v Belgium, Cardiff City Stadium (19:45 KO)
  • Tuesday 18 November - Wales v North Macedonia, Cardiff City Stadium (19:45 KO)

Wrexham

  • Tuesday 12 August 2025 - Wrexham v Hull City (TBC)
  • Saturday 16 August 2025 - Wrexham v West Brom (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 23 August 2025 - Wrexham v Sheffield Wednesday (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 13 September 2025 - Wrexham v QPR (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 27 September 2025 - Wrexham v Derby County (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 04 October 2025 - Wrexham v Birmingham (15:00 KO)
  • Wednesday 22 October 2025 - Wrexham v Oxford Utd (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 01 November 2025 - Wrexham v Coventry (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 08 November 2025 - Wrexham v Charlton (15:00 KO)
  • Wednesday 26 November 2025 - Wrexham v Bristol City (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 29 November 2025 - Wrexham v Blackburn Rovers (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 13 December 2025 - Wrexham v Watford (15:00 KO)
  • Friday 26 December 2025 - Wrexham v Sheffield Utd (15:00 KO)
  • Monday 29 December 2025 - Wrexham v Preston (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 17 January 2026 - Wrexham v Norwich City (15:00 KO)
  • Tuesday 20 January 2026 - Wrexham v Leicester City (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 07 February 2026 - Wrexham v Millwall (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 21 February 2026 - Wrexham v Ipswich Town (15:00 KO)
  • Tuesday 24 February 2026 - Wrexham v Portsmouth (19:45 KO)
  • Tuesday 10 March 2026 - Wrexham v Hull City (19:45 KO)
  • Saturday 14 March 2026 - Wrexham v Swansea (15:00 KO)
  • Monday 06 April 2026 - Wrexham v Southampton (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 18 April 2026 - Wrexham v Stoke City (15:00 KO)
  • Saturday 02 May 2026 - Wrexham v Middlesborough (12:30 KO)

 

Other events:

  • Thursday 10 July - James, Cardiff Castle
  • Saturday 12 July - Lets Rock, Shrewsbury
  • Sunday 13 July - Rag ‘n’ Bone man, Cardiff Castle
  • Thursday 17 July - Chepstow Races
  • Saturday 19 July - Rock the Castle, Cardiff Castle
  • Sunday 20 July - UB40 with Bitty McLean & Pato Banton
  • Monday 21 July - Thursday 24 July - Royal Welsh Show, Builth Wells
  • Friday 25 July - Rum & Reggae caribbean racenight, Chepstow
  • Saturday 26 July - Sunday 27 July - Glastonbarry
  • Saturday 26 July - Depot in the Castle
  • Friday 1 August - Faithless, Cardiff Castle
  • Saturday 2 August - Saturday 9 August - Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Wrexham
  • Thursday 7 August - Chepstow races
  • Thursday 14 August - Monday 18 August - Greenman Festival
  • Saturday 20 September - Sunday 21 September - Abergavenny Food Festival
  • Saturday 27 September - Max Boyce, Swansea
  • Sunday 5 October - Cardiff Half marathon

Upcoming events

Keeping our customers safe during events

Major events can result in more people than usual using our services. We’ll take extra steps to keep our customers travelling safely and reliably.

How do you decide which queues move and who has to wait outside?

Our queuing system

Our industry-leading queuing system is designed to allow customers’ access to trains on a first come first served basis and we release each queue according to the space available on the next service, holding the queue until the next train is due.

If we have to ask customers to wait outside stations for longer than we would like, we always give out waterproof ponchos.

This helps make the experience as comfortable as possible for everyone whilst still getting them home safely.

How do I know what’s happening on the day?

Communication with customers is a key part of the event day operation.

On the day we have high numbers of staff available to provide direct information, we have extra station announcers to ensure the information is regular and consistent, and we even operate a specific X feed to provide live updates from the station.

The X feed is managed by a member of our event team, based in our Crowd Management Centre, and is by far the best source of live information on an event day if you have access to X.

Before travelling, it is also important to check our website, which has a specific page for each event.

Check our events page to find information on the plan of the queuing system, details of any additional train services, and other useful advice such as how long customers can expect to queue, disabled access and the location of public toilets.

Why do I have to wait outside the station?

Crowd management

The best way that we can safely manage the high number of customers is to implement crowd management procedures before and after the events, such as queuing systems and restricted movement within stations.

We employ crowd management professionals to manage the flow of customers on the ground, and they are supported by a team of competent and experienced railway staff who provide customer assistance on the platforms, and coordinate the operation in the crowd management control centre.

As you can imagine, if all the customers were permitted to enter the station without any form of crowd control there would be safety risks in terms of over-crowding on platforms, and customers being prevented from boarding their desired train services

Why don’t you put on more carriages on an event day?

We spend up to three months in advance of a fixture planning the train service and crowd management.

This includes the provision of extra carriages and services on the most popular routes taking people to and from these locations. All this is done with consideration of the limitations of the fleet we have at our disposal.

As an example, the impact a 72,500 capacity stadium has on Cardiff Central Railway station, given its location and the benefits of using rail travel as opposed to road, means that this can result in a significantly higher number of customers using the station on an event day.

As a general indication of the popularity of services, prior to events at Cardiff, around 30,000 customers can arrive at the station before the event, and up to 40,000 customers return to the station to get home afterwards. During these event days, the depots are empty, as every train at our disposal is out in service, unless undertaking absolutely essential maintenance work.

 

Just the ticket

Why not listen to how we prepare for major events on our Just the Ticket podcast.