Community Shield travel chaos with Arsenal and Man City fans facing rail replacement buses on Wembley route
FOOTBALL fans have been left facing travel chaos ahead of the Community Shield.
Arsenal take on Treble winners Manchester City in today’s clash at Wembley – set to kick off at 4pm.
However, travelling fans have been left with a nightmare scenario after it came to light that Wembley Central Station is CLOSED.
The closure is due to planned engineering works affecting the Bakerloo and London Overground lines.
Wembley Stadium can hold 90,000 people.
And with Arsenal and Man City both selling out their respective ticket allocations, the area is sure to be packed.
According to the TfL website, rail replacement services have been laid on to ensure fans can still make it to the station ahead of the game.
With the closure there is no service between Stonebridge Park and Harrow and Wealdstone on the Bakerloo line.
Meanwhile, the Overground line has no service between Willesden Junction and Watford Junction.
The special bus route sees the 718 run from Stonebridge Park all the way through to Watford Junction.
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Arsenal are looking to win the Shield for the first time since 2020 -when they beat Liverpool on penalties.
City last won the trophy in 2019, losing the last two finals they competed to Leicester and Liverpool respectively.
The last time these two sides met in this competition was in 2014, with the Gunners running out 3-0 victors that day.