Great Western Railway (GWR) says that it plans to run more than 60 trains to and from Glastonbury Festival next week, but reservations will be required.
The Glastonbury Festival site opens to the public on Wednesday 21st June, with thousands expected to make the journey to Castle Cary for the free connecting bus service to Worthy Farm.
GWR says that it is set to operate 39 trains from London Paddington, providing in excess of 26,000 seats between Wednesday and Friday, and as demand for train services is set to be high, GWR is requiring all customers travelling on the route to make a reservation.
A further 24 trains will operate for the return journey towards London Paddington on Monday 26 June. Extra services are also being laid on between Castle Cary and Westbury and Castle Cary and Taunton, for those travelling from further afield.
Those travelling are also reminded that a queuing system will be in place at London Paddington to board trains safely, and at Castle Cary to exit the station and board the connecting bus service.
Those looking to travel on Wednesday are recommended to do so after 2:30pm, with all morning trains already booked up. Availability remains on early morning trains (7:03am and 8:38am) on Thursday, or again after 2:30pm.
As well as reserving a seat, GWR is reminding customers tha they will need to be able to carry their luggage over the footbridge at Castle Cary before boarding the shuttle bus service to the festival site – so only bring what you can carry.
There’s a travel guide on the GWR website.
Castle Cary station manager Ben Scott explains: “Glastonbury Festival is one of the busiest events on the GWR network and we want to get everyone here in a safe and affordable manner. ”
“To offer the very best experience for all of our passengers, that means limiting what can and cannot be brought on board and providing people with the best information we can to let them take advantage of less busy trains.”
“Reserving a seat allows us to see which trains are the busiest, so we can let people know on our website where there is more availability.”
“While we have bottled water on site, given the weather forecast I would also recommend people remember their sunscreen and carry water with them.”
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