jim Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Train strike has royally pissed me off, have now had to rent a car. We’d better put in a good performance it’s cost me a small fortune with flights as well. Doing it all again in two weeks as well! Got to be done though, someone has to give Stevie a cheer! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Just crossed the picket at Shrewsbury station. Bastards. Pick your fights. Read the room. Etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Flew up on the drive from Oxfordshire this morning. Didn’t expect to make it in time for McDonald’s breakfast at Star City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 I’m playing the safe card and watching it on BT Sport and I’ve had to give up my ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Made it in time to see Woaksey in the fanzone too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Carnage already just managed to squeeze in a spot under the flyover on Moor Lane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 How's Star City looking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 5 hours ago, hogso said: How's Star City looking? it was busy as **** on the way out lol...i went to costco after the game bought some food and let traffic die down a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Getting in was fine today as I left early. Getting out took a while but I am usually more philosophical with that after a win! Ideally I would prefer to use the train, so hopefully this can be sorted asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) Getting in on, getting out terrible. Not as bad as I'd expected though. The club seemed to really be pushing the Whitton station in the pre game questionnaire. Suggests their long term aim is to have more fans using that. Obviously, it's great for being close to the stadium, but if they don't connect to it from the cross city line I don't see myself ever using it. I'm not park and riding to anywhere on that line, when I can walk to the Cross City Line. Edited August 13, 2022 by MrBlack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Getting in was fine. About normal. Getting out was gridlocked in all directions from starcity. Definitely the norm. There was zero difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 17 hours ago, MrBlack said: Getting in on, getting out terrible. Not as bad as I'd expected though. The club seemed to really be pushing the Whitton station in the pre game questionnaire. Suggests their long term aim is to have more fans using that. Obviously, it's great for being close to the stadium, but if they don't connect to it from the cross city line I don't see myself ever using it. I'm not park and riding to anywhere on that line, when I can walk to the Cross City Line. You can make a connection at Duddeston but it is a bit of a pain only ever 30 minutes, perhaps it will go to 20 minute frequency eventually especially with Perry Barr station being done up for the Commonwealth games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 7 hours ago, VillaChris said: You can make a connection at Duddeston but it is a bit of a pain only ever 30 minutes, perhaps it will go to 20 minute frequency eventually especially with Perry Barr station being done up for the Commonwealth games. Given the trains to duddeston are pretty infrequent it would probably double the journey time even with a significantly shorter walk. Like you say, maybe they'll improve the frequency out and accommodate more regular drops there on a match day too. Still going to have the same bottle neck on the cross city line though afterwards. They just need more trains on it the 2 hours before a game and the 1 hour after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted August 14, 2022 Administrator Share Posted August 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, MrBlack said: Given the trains to duddeston are pretty infrequent it would probably double the journey time even with a significantly shorter walk. Like you say, maybe they'll improve the frequency out and accommodate more regular drops there on a match day too. Still going to have the same bottle neck on the cross city line though afterwards. They just need more trains on it the 2 hours before a game and the 1 hour after There is no capacity on the line to add more services, except possibly on Sundays. Capacity is why they are building HS2 (so that there will be fewer long distance trains running through to Wolverhampton). But this is off topic in the match forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 minute ago, limpid said: There is no capacity on the line to add more services, except possibly on Sundays. Capacity is why they are building HS2 (so that there will be fewer long distance trains running through to Wolverhampton). But this is off topic in the match forum. There is more capacity. The trains used to be more regular than they are post covid. That said, even at their previous peak it wasn't enough so if that was max capacity then yes HS2 taking the cross country trains out the picture may help. Anyway, yes, off topic of the strikes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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