Hat-trick of travel tips for Leeds United fans heading to Wembley

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Hat-trick of travel tips for Leeds United fans heading to Wembley

Region and route:

EASTERN

| East: East Coast

Leeds United football fans traveling by train to Wembley for the Championship play-off final get a hat-trick of travel tips for a winning trip.

With trains expected to be extremely busy on the East Coast Main Line this Sunday (May 26), Network Rail is offering the following advice for those traveling through Leeds and London King’s Cross stations.

Passengers should:

• Plan your trip in advance using www.nationalrail.co.uk
• Follow the signs to London King’s Cross both going to and from Wembley
• Find out the time of trains home because subsequent services will be busy

The King’s Cross team will be on hand to help direct people and get fans to the game in good time.

Stadium attendees are asked to pass through the station as soon as they arrive to avoid congestion for other passengers in the concourse.

They should head straight to the London Underground and take the Metropolitan line from King’s Cross St Pancras tube station to Wembley Park.

On the return, London King’s Cross is expected to be very busy, so the glass doors to the front of the station and hotel shutters will be temporarily closed between 18:00 and 20:00.

Instead, all passengers will need to access the concourse via the Pancras Road entrance (where Boots and Marks and Spencer are located).

This is to reduce overcrowding and ensure that everyone has enough space to wait for their train in comfort.

Passengers waiting at King’s Cross are also being reminded to scan QR codes on station information screens to get live departure boards direct to their phone via Network Rail’s ‘Whoosh’ service.

Accessing the link automatically directs to live travel updates for those returning from the stadium.

Helen Cavanagh, Head of Passenger Experience for Network Rail’s East Coast route, said: “Our teams at the Leeds and King’s Cross station are ready to help football fans on their way to the biggest game in football – with a return to the Premier League on the line. With nerves about the big game, we’ll no doubt be doing everything we can to make getting the train to and from Wembley as easy as possible for people.

“What we ask of those going to Wembley is a three-way think – plan ahead, follow the station signs and know what time the train home is. You can do this by using National Rail Inquiries or by scanning the Whoosh QR codes which are on the passenger information screens at King’s Cross.”

To plan your journey in advance, please visit www.nationailrail.co.uk.

You can click on the following link for more information about Whoosh: www.whooshmedia.co.uk.