Saturday 26 April will see Aston Villa play Crystal Palace at Wembley in the the FA Cup Semi-Final.
To maximise the number of customers we can safely carry to Wembley with limited traincrew resources, we will be operating an enhanced service from Warwick Parkway. This means no Chiltern Railways train services will operate from Birmingham Moor Street, Solihull, Dorridge, Lapworth, Hatton or Warwick for the entire day.
For Aston Villa fans to make the kick off time of 17.15, there are two options by rail of getting to Wembley from the region.
For Aston Villa supporters travelling to the match by rail:
Chiltern Railways will operate direct services from Warwick Parkway to Wembley Stadium
Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway will operate services from Birmingham New Street to London Euston, where supporters can get onward travel to Wembley
As the kick off time is 17.15, return travel is expected to be limited and extremely busy.
From 19.00 until the end of the day, there will be ten direct services from Wembley Stadium to Warwick Parkway. If the match goes into extra time and penalties, there will be seven direct services from Wembley Stadium to Warwick Parkway after 20.00. Other operators services will also be limited from London Euston. Customers may wish to consider extending their stay to the following day at the risk of a late evening finish and extremely limited rail services back to the West Midlands.
Services will be much busier than usual, so please allow plenty of time to make your journey. Queuing systems will be in place at Warwick Parkway, Leamington Spa, Banbury and Wembley Stadium. Where possible, we ask customers to purchase tickets ahead of travel using the Chiltern Railways website or App. We recommend that customers consider collecting pre-purchased paper tickets ahead of the day.
Finalised timetables for services operated by Chiltern Railways have now been loaded to online journey planners. Online journey planners are accurate and show the services we plan to run.
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Last Updated: 23/04/2025 06:12