{"id":660478,"date":"2026-05-09T20:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/660478\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:22:10","slug":"radio-1s-big-weekend-in-sunderland-help-with-your-travel-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/660478\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio 1&#8217;s Big weekend in Sunderland &#8211; help with your travel plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">SHUTTLE BUSES<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Regular shuttle buses will run from Sunderland&#8217;s Park Lane Interchange, Heworth Metro Station in Gateshead and Durham Park and Ride to Herrington Country Park. They must be pre-booked <a href=\"https:\/\/bigweekendtravel.com\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">TYNE AND WEAR METRO<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Services on the Metro are expected to be busier than usual, particularly on Sunday when Sunderland AFC play Chelsea at the Stadium of Light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Heworth and Park Lane are the recommended Metro stations with both having regular return shuttles to the event site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">From Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside or South Tyneside, festival-goers are advised to take the Metro to Heworth Interchange, before using shuttle buses to Herrington Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">From the Sunderland area, Park Lane Interchange should be used to connect with shuttle buses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There will be queuing systems in place at Heworth and Park Lane interchanges after the event. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Shuttle bus tickets are not valid on Metros.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Buses and Metros are also alcohol-free zones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The last Metro trains from Park Lane after the event, leave at:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">23:34 to South Hylton<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">23:55 to Fellgate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The last Metro trains from Heworth leave at:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">23:00 to the airport via Newcastle city centre<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">23:30 to Tynemouth via Newcastle city centre<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">23:33 to South Shields <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">00:15 to Benton via Newcastle city centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">00:18 to South Gosforth via Newcastle city centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">COACHES<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Regional coach returns will be available from 23 locations across the North East combined authority area and Tees Valley Combined authority region and pre-booking is essential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BUSES<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Local buses will be subject to delays and diversions due to road closures, especially on the Sunday due to the football. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">TRAINS (National Rail)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People travelling via rail on the East Coast Main Line are being warned to expect disruption over the bank holiday weekend due to engineering work between York and Northallerton from 23 to 25 May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The closest National Rail station is Sunderland Central, a short walk from the Park Lane shuttle services. Other stations available are Heworth, Newcastle and Durham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council advises travellers to check for timetable changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHUTTLE BUSES Regular shuttle buses will run from Sunderland&#8217;s Park Lane Interchange, Heworth Metro Station in Gateshead and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-660478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}