Whether it is the NRL, the A-League Sydney derby at Moore Park or a music festival that has you counting down to the weekend, now is the time to start planning your trip on public transport.
A Transport for NSW spokesperson said there will be plenty of extra trains and buses running to get music and sports fans to a big few days of events at Homebush, Randwick, Moore Park and across Sydney.
As an added bonus, all match tickets to NRL games at ANZ Stadium this year include travel on trains on the Sydney Trains network and NSW TrainLink Intercity network under a new deal between the NSW Government, NRL and ANZ Stadium.
“The ticket deal begins tomorrow night with South Sydney hosting Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium, in the opening game of the 2014 NRL season," the Spokesperson said.
"There will be another six NRL games in Sydney in the opening round, including the Bulldogs-Broncos clash on Friday night and the Dragons-Tigers encounter on Sunday, both at ANZ Stadium.
"The nearest train station to ANZ Stadium is Olympic Park. Trains will run between Lidcombe and Olympic Park every 10 minutes for these events, and there will be direct trains leaving Central for Olympic Park, via Redfern and Strathfield."
Penrith, Manly and Parramatta will all play home games on Saturday, and again, public transport is the best way to get to Penrith’s Sportingbet Stadium, Manly’s Brookvale Oval and Parramatta’s Pirtek Stadium. Cronulla will host the Gold Coast at Remondis Stadium on Monday.
On Saturday, crowds will flock to the Moore Park area for the Future Music Festival between midday and 10pm at Randwick Racecourse and the Sydney FC-Western Sydney Wanderers A-League derby at Allianz Stadium from 7.45pm.
The following day, the Good Life Music Festival will take place at Randwick Racecourse between 1pm and 9pm.
Tickets to these three events include travel on dedicated special event buses running from Central to Moore Park and Randwick, regular buses across Sydney, Sydney Trains services and NSW TrainLink Intercity services, Sydney Ferries and Sydney Light Rail services.
There will also be extra buses from the Eastern Suburbs and Northern Beaches to help get festival-goers to and from Future Music Festival.
Anyone travelling by train should be aware of trackwork taking place on some lines.
Buses replace trains on Thursday and Friday between Lithgow and Mount Victoria on the Blue Mountains Line, on Saturday and Sunday between Hornsby and Wynyard on the T1 North Shore Line and between Epping and Chatswood via Macquarie Park on the T1 Northern Line.
5 March 2014
