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New Merthr Tydfil Trago Mills store so busy customers are warned not to cross the road to get to it
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Marcus Hughes
Olivier VergnaultSenior Reporter
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There were queues hundreds of metres long outside the new Trago Mills store as shoppers flocked to the bargain store on the day it threw its doors open.
The store, complete with the trademark Trago mock-medieval turrets, opened in Wales on Saturday, April 21.
The £68m store and car parks in Merthyr Tydfil, which is big enough to cover 61 football pitches, is the company's fourth store .
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Trago Mills already has stores in Falmouth , Liskeard and Newton Abbot in Devon but boss Bruce Robertson has already hinted that a fifth store between Devon and Wales was very much on the card and could open by 2020.
Shoppers at the check outs at the new Trago Mills store in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales (Image: Mark Lewis)
The new store was so busy on its open day that customers were warned not to cross a busy dual carriageway on foot to get to it.
The discount retailer opened the doors of its purpose-built store on Swansea Road, Merthyr Tydfil , on Saturday.
The vast department store is the first Trago Mills branch in Wales and is situated next to the A470, adjacent to Cyfarthfa Retail Park.
As reported by Walesonline Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council said they received reports of some people crossing the busy road - the main traffic route from mid-Wales and the Valleys to Cardiff - on foot.
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They tweeted a warning to customers that this "could potentially lead to a serious incident" and have asked people to use the pedestrian subway underneath the A470 instead.
The council added that they are in the process of erecting a barrier to prevent people accessing the road on foot.
Customers queue to enter the new Trago Mills store in Wales (Image: Mark Lewis)
The first pictures of the store opening show queues of customers snaking round the block as Welsh shoppers discovered the Trago Mills experience for themselves.
On Saturday, South Wales Police informed the public to expect delays finding parking at the store's car park. That warning was reiterated by Merthyr Tydfil council in a tweet on Sunday morning as the car park again reached almost full capacity.
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Customers flocked to the department store on its opening day yesterday. The store has been almost 30 years in the planning has brought 350 jobs to Merthyr where the unemployment figure stands at 5.8% - higher than the Welsh average of 4.8% according to official figures for 2017.
The new Trago Mills store in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales (Image: Richard Swingler)
Speaking in the lead up to the opening weekend, Merthyr Tydfil council leader councillor Kevin O'Neill said: "Please be mindful if you decide to walk there yourself, for your own safety please use the underpasses available."