Kingman Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 IIRC, planned engineering works. Anyone confirm what routes are affected over the bank holiday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I was planning on being in Swindon that weekend and getting an easy train in but engineering works all that weekend mean no trains from Swindon. Anyone else doing this journey and worked out an alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Moor Street to Wembley Stadium with a change at Banbury on the Chiltern line isn't flagging up with any issues. May there be a special on that goes direct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Booked on the first train out the North East. Getting into Kings Cross about 10:30. Gonna be a long, messy day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Last time we were at Wembley in the FA Cup there were loads of direct services from Moor Street to Wembley. Anything similar this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 4 hours ago, tomsky_11 said: I was planning on being in Swindon that weekend and getting an easy train in but engineering works all that weekend mean no trains from Swindon. Anyone else doing this journey and worked out an alternative? I’ll be going from Chippenham, looks like there are trains to Paddington from Bath which miss out Swindon. So it’s not too big of a detour. It’s not any good for you though as the bus replacement to Reading will be better than that. I’ll stick with train I think although need to check coming home as it might not work. It will have to be National Express if not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 14 hours ago, AlwaysAVFC said: I’ll be going from Chippenham, looks like there are trains to Paddington from Bath which miss out Swindon. So it’s not too big of a detour. It’s not any good for you though as the bus replacement to Reading will be better than that. I’ll stick with train I think although need to check coming home as it might not work. It will have to be National Express if not. Yeah, bus to Reading is an option. Looks like if I can get to Hungerford or Newbury then trains are running and are a bit cheaper too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 3 hours ago, tomsky_11 said: Yeah, bus to Reading is an option. Looks like if I can get to Hungerford or Newbury then trains are running and are a bit cheaper too. I think I might have to book National express at least for journey home. Otherwise it will be a bus replacement from Reading to Chippenham if it’s any later than 830 which doesn’t leave much time for any post match drinking or if it goes to penalties. It will also be much quicker and cheaper to just bus it the whole journey. Other option is to arrange to meet some mates in London to watch the Champions league final and stop over at one of theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 How difficult will it be to drive to the ground? I know someone who lives near the ground and I can park in their drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted May 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2018 37 minutes ago, omariqy said: How difficult will it be to drive to the ground? I know someone who lives near the ground and I can park in their drive. I drove there for Spurs/Citeh a few weeks ago. No bother at all, the way I approached (Hangar Lane to Ikea and in from there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Chiltern now have some additional info on the Wembley Station service from Moor Street here, look for the first pdf at the bottom of the page that pops up for Saturday 26th May. When I first checked the results suggested a change was required before Wembley stadium - but this timetable confirms that isn't required. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 On 17/05/2018 at 13:00, AlwaysAVFC said: I think I might have to book National express at least for journey home. Otherwise it will be a bus replacement from Reading to Chippenham if it’s any later than 830 which doesn’t leave much time for any post match drinking or if it goes to penalties. It will also be much quicker and cheaper to just bus it the whole journey. Other option is to arrange to meet some mates in London to watch the Champions league final and stop over at one of theirs. I've gone the National Express route in the end. Will take as long as train and a fair bit cheaper. Leaving Swindon at 7am, back at midnight. We'd better win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 23 minutes ago, tomsky_11 said: I've gone the National Express route in the end. Will take as long as train and a fair bit cheaper. Leaving Swindon at 7am, back at midnight. We'd better win. I’ve gone with national express too, easier potentially quicker and a lot cheaper. I hate coaches though but was the sensible option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I'm looking at National Express now. The coach back to Nottingham leaves at 20:00. It'll be squeaky bum time for a couple of reasons if it goes to penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raver50032 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) Been in a meeting today with Chiltern and West Midlands Railways/LNW and Virgin about all this. Chiltern - will be what amounts to a 20 minute service (a train every twenty minutes, or three an hour each way) between Birmingham Moor Street and Marylebone - most if not all stopping at Wembley Stadium all day. Services also strengthened in length. HOWEVER, if the game goes to extra time and penalties, there is a risk that your return journey will be a bus from Banbury. Please expect 'Aston Villa queues' at Moor Street (southbound) and Wembley Stadium (northbound) to manage potential fan idiocy. Some of you like a lot to drink... and some of you are prats in general. Same with any team. Just kidding... but there will be queues to prevent overcrowding on station platforms and trains in the Witton stylee. West Midlands Railways/LNW - CrossCity north is a bus if you are thinking of getting to New Street and then walking to Moor Street. ALSO NOTE, that there is the annual Pride parade taking place from 12pm on Saturday which may disrupt your walking time between New Street and Moor Street. LNW providing their usual Birmingham to Euston services, albeit Coventry to Euston with a bus to and from New Street. LNW also operating their normal Crewe to Euston services (Tamworth and Lichfield passengers). Virgin Trains operating a Coventry to Euston service (twice per hour). Also operating an hourly Birmingham to Euston service but this runs via Wolverhampton and reverses at Stafford. Plenty of trains - just plan ahead and be sensible with your expectations. Bear in mind that this engineering work around Proof House Junction to Birmingham International has been planned for years. The fact that Villa have got to Wembley has been known about for less than seven (7) days. It's the Shrewsbury fans I feel sorry for. And I feel sorry for Liverpool fans - their victory parade is planned for Sunday and as far as I can tell, no trains in and out of Lime Street for that event. Edited May 21, 2018 by Raver50032 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted May 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2018 We have to go from Evesham directly to Paddington. Not too bad but they could have picked a better weekend to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) Just having another look at National Express, and the drop off/collection points for Wembley stadium are 5-6 **** miles away. I don't fancy making that journey when 90,000 people leave a stadium at once. That's going to be a nightmare. I think I'll drive. Edited May 21, 2018 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted May 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2018 22 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Just having another look at National Express, and the drop off/collection points for Wembley stadium are 5-6 **** miles away. I don't fancy making that journey when 90,000 people leave a stadium at once. That's going to be a nightmare. I think I'll drive. You do know they do a special run straight to Wembley Stadium? Got it for the FA Cup a couple of years ago - really good to be honest! Dropped right at the stadium and picked up also. https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/events/championship-play-off-final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Ah, fair enough. Good news for most but I'm travelling down from Nottingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted May 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2018 23 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Ah, fair enough. Good news for most but I'm travelling down from Nottingham Ah - didn’t realise! Yeah, getting a coach from Birmingham doesn’t help you much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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