Extra trains put on for visitors to Somerset Carnival this weekend
Extra trains are to be put on for people travelling to Weston-super-Mare Carnival this weekend. Great Western Railway will run an additional four train[1] services on November 10 to cope with the tens of thousands of people coming to the seaside resort to watch the illuminated parade.
The parade of illuminated carts and walkers will start at 7pm as usual from the Locking Road[2] car park and turn right into Alfred Street. It will travel all the way down Alfred Street and left onto The Boulevard before heading into Waterloo Street and past the Italian Gardens.
The procession will then go onto South Parade and follow the road round to Knightstone Road to turn left along Royal Parade on the seafront[3], continuing along Marine Parade where the procession will end just past the Pirate Golf. A Weston Carnival spokesman said: “We have four additional train services planned for this weekend’s carnival at Weston-super-Mare.
“These additional services will allow passengers to see all the carts before travelling home safely.” There will also be a queue system in place at Weston Railway[6] Station to manage the large number of passengers heading to town and allow people to enter and exit the station safely.
Here are the train[7] times to and from Weston on Friday evening. (November 10).
Additional trains have been put on for Weston Carnival (Image: GWR)
Temporary road closure notices will be in place across the town for the carnival. There is a parking suspension on the red route – Alfred Street, Boulevard[8], Waterloo Street, South Parade and Royal Parade from 3.30pm on Friday, November 10.
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Enforcement tickets will be issued to any vehicle on the route[14] after this time. For the safety and security of the event any vehicle parked on the parade route in the lead up to and after the road closures at 5.30pm on November 10 could be authorised by the police to be physically removed.
There are a number of car parks in Weston suitable for carnival parking.[15] Some however will be impacted by the road closures in place during the procession.
Car parks not impacted by the road closures include Beach Lawns, Maderia Car Park, Melrose Car Park,Hampton Car Park, Grove Par and Station Car Park. Car parks where you will need to arrive before the road closures and will not be able to leave until approximately 10pm include the NCP Carpark, Carlton Street Car Park and the Sovereign[16] Centre.
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- ^ seafront (www.somersetlive.co.uk)
- ^ Biggest festive outdoor ice rink in the UK is coming to Somerset (www.somersetlive.co.uk)
- ^ Weston-super-Mare Carnival parking, route and road closures as event returns (www.somersetlive.co.uk)
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