One Love Manchester: How To Travel To The Concert
| 4th June 2017
The highly anticipated One Love Manchester concert is set to go ahead tonight, at Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground. The open-air concert will be in honour of not only the 22 killed and 120 injured in the Manchester bombings, but also the latest victims from the London attack last night. They will also be raising money for the families of those affected.
Ariana Grande will be gracing the stage with some of the worlds biggest stars including: Take That, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Pharell Williams, Black Eyed Peas and Niall Horan.
Around 50,000 people are expected to be going to the concert, so transport bosses have decided to offer up their services for free to those who have their concert ticket.
Northern rail have announced that they are giving free travel to anyone who is in possession of their One Love Manchester ticket and they will be offering refunds to those who have already bought their train tickets, if this applies to you then you should take your ticket back to the place of purchase or phone Northern on: 0800 200 6060.
Metrolink will also be offering a similar service, giving free tram tickets to and from the concert. They will also be running later trams in the city centre, with the last one departing at 11:30pm.
There will be a special tram running between Old Trafford and Manchester Piccadilly until midnight, which will also be stopping at the usual Metrolink stops.
Finally, Arriva North West will be offering free transport to passengers travelling on the number 263, providing they show their concert ticket to their train driver. The 236 will be traveling between Altrincham and Manchester Piccadilly, passing through Sale, Stretford and Old Trafford – passengers should get off at the Warwick Road stop.
For passengers opting to travel via public transport, make sure you check the bus, train and tram times before you leave in case of any delays. For updates, follow Manchester transport links on Twitter.
Tram- @MCRMetrolink
Bus-@FirstManchester and @StagecoachGM
Train- @OfficialTfGM and @NRE_Northern
Furthermore, remember to stay safe and vigilant whilst travelling to and from the concert tonight and if you need more travel information then head over to the Transport for Greater Manchester website.