With TRNSMT just around the corner, thousands of music fans are making their final preparations for the big event.
09.06.2022 - 12:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
This weekend, more than 80,000 people will descend on Heaton Park for Parklife - the UK's biggest metropolitan festival. A stellar lineup of international acts will take to the stage, from 50 Cent and Tyler, The Creator, to Megan Thee Stallion and Lewis Capaldi, as well as a host of locals names and new talent.
If you've bagged tickets for this year's festival, you'll no doubt be starting to think about outfits, set times and the weather, but it's also worth working out how you'll get home safely after the party comes to an end. Ideally, you don't want to find yourself lost on the way out or, stuck waiting on the outskirts of Heaton Park trying to arrange a last-minute taxi or lift home.
Here's some of the best ways you can get home from a fun weekend at Parklife.
The shuttle bus service provided by Parklife is available to those who have been uber prepared and bought a Parklife Travel Pass, which gives ticket-holders access to both the shuttle bus and Metrolink tram services. The bus provides a regular service between Manchester city centre between 9:30am and 5pm on Saturday and 10:30am to 5pm on Sunday, with return bus services from Heaton Park starting at 18:30 until late.
It sets off from Aytoun Street (M1 2DD - corner of Minshull Street near Piccadilly Train Station) and drops off inside the Parklife site. E-tickets for the Parklife Travel Pass will need to be exchanged for a wristband before travel, at either Minshull Street, Cathedral Gardens or St Peter's Square.
To get to Heaton Park via the tram you need to get the service towards Bury and get off at Heaton Park or Bowker Vale. To get back to the city centre after 6pm you'll need to go to the Bowker Vale stop, as the Heaton Park Metrolink station will be
With TRNSMT just around the corner, thousands of music fans are making their final preparations for the big event.
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