Park & Ride Trial for Wrexham AFC Home Fixtures
Wrexham County Borough Council have announced details of a Park & Ride trial aimed at reducing congestion and offering convenient match day parking for the remaining home fixtures of this season for Wrexham AFC.
Councillor David A Bithell, Deputy Leader of the Council and Lead Member for Housing & Climate Change, said “With the continued success of Wrexham AFC and an ever increasing fan base wanting to attend home games, we have been working hard behind the scenes to address the issues associated with the demand for match day parking. I am pleased to announce that Wrexham Council has reached an agreement with Arriva North West & Wales, to operate a dedicated shuttle bus service to complement the existing match day parking facility that is available from our Ruthin Road site.”
“Fans can benefit from free parking at the site, and will then be able to travel to and from the ground on a dedicated local bus service. Fares are £2.00 for adults, £1.30 for Children/Young people and concessionary passes are accepted. This trial will commence with the next home game on Saturday 22nd March when Stockport County visit the STōK Cae Ras, and will run for the remainder of this season”
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Adam Marshall, Area Head of Commercial Arriva North West & Wales added “we are delighted to be able to play a part in delivering a sustainable travel option for Wrexham AFC supporters by using our experience of providing local bus solutions and mass people movement at sporting fixtures. Partnering with Wrexham Council to provide a Park & Ride shuttle bus, is not our only involvement.
Arriva North West & Wales will be introducing a further ticket offer to coincide with the start of this trial. For any fans travelling on our network within the Wrexham County boundary on match days, who show their match ticket to our driver will benefit from a reduced price day ticket for £3.00 for Adults and £2.00 for Children or young people (with a valid mytravel pass).”
The bus service from Ruthin Road will start at 1300hrs and will run every 20 minutes to Mold Road for the stadium until 1440hrs.
After the match buses will depart from A541 Central Road at 1700hrs every 20 minutes, then from 1800hrs every 20 minutes opposite the stadium on Mold Road. This is to accommodate the closure of the A541 Mold Road when fans leave the stadium after the match.
The Park & Ride trial will be in place for the remaining home games of the season, and where a kick off differs from 1500hrs, the shuttle bus timetable will run the appropriate minutes earlier or later to compensate.
An example timetable is shown below
