AMEX Transport - a thread of positive suggestions

[Peter Grummit]

Maybe it's because I work in the transport planning sector, but rather than the numerous moaning threads on this subject, I think we should try and share good practice or good ideas to help those who are having a bad experience and/or leaving early to avoid same.

I have a few ideas but would like to encourage you all to come up with something positive.

To ko:

- to get back into Brighton, try walking down to Coldean Lane (10 mins) and picking up an empty(ish) 24 bus that comes down from Hollingbury.

PG

 

[Rugrat]

Simple one .. stewards at top of steps by P&R "loosely" count numbers and direct to one bus then the next batch to the next an so on ... would fill them 4 times quicker I reckon

Simple one - All P&R buses use left lane off A27

More difficult - Build a big P&R bay under bridge alongside A27

More difficult - Build a slip from Bennets that filters in to the A27

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Useful one - Reserve a large part of Bennetts Field for shuttle buses that would run in a direct loop from:

Brighton station -> the Amex -> Lewes station -> the Amex -> Brighton station

This would relieve some of the pressure on the trains.

 

[superwomen]

have more bendy buses on the Mill road park and ride - it seem to be a lot better on saturday as they had someone stopping cars on the Dyke road roundabout - did anyone notice this ! we sit in the WSL (north/ west end of the pitch ) - we left on the final whistle and were home by six the best yet so far

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

how about not cancelling thr next train back to Brighton as 1000s of people approach the station?

 

[Pinkie Brown]

Have a shuttle bus running to Preston Park Station. Useful for people heading north & west & could relieve the pressure at Falmer & Brighton Stations. Of course, it would mean trains making unscheduled stops at Preston Park just like the bad/good old days at Withdean.

 

[Badger]

TELEPORTERS or MONORAIL

I never get taken seriously on these ideas.

 

[superwomen]

not a bad idea as we live in the area it would save us either walking or driving up to Mill road !!!!

 

[Max Paper]

For the first time on Sunday I got a coach to the ground rather than the train/drive. I will NEVER get the train again. It was AMAZING! Picked me up in Lancing, a further 3 pick ups along the way and we were there. Loads of beer, a walk back to the coach after the match, STRAIGHT onto it and sitting down, warm and cosy. 15 minutes later were gone! Great value too (I think I paid 7.00 return)

Check them out

Seagull Travel | Stage Door Tickets

They run coaches from all sorts of places, couldn't recommend it enough!

 

[Hillian1]

how about not cancelling thr next train back to Brighton as 1000s of people approach the station?

THIS, with big red shiny knobs on.

I thought they were joking at first.

Also, and this cannot be done by the club but if people moved down the carriages a lot more people would get on.

 

[superwomen]

the S bus goes via Dyke Road/withdene/coldean lane so having trains stopping a Preston park seems to be a good idea

 

[Rookie]

have more bendy buses on the Mill road park and ride

This 100% the difference between weekend service and mid week is huge. Personally given up on it and will be getting the coach in future, means leaving my house earlier but when its raining will get to sit on coach until it leaves which will be nice!

 

[tottenhamseagull]

Probably not feasible, but how about having more than 1 exit for road users?

 

[pasty]

Get some of these

 

[Trufflehound]

Avoid traffic queues. It's a lot less bovver in a hover.

 

[Hotchilidog]

if you can stay behind for 45minutes or so, the train queues are clear.

 

[Hercules Rockerfeller]

get there earlier. leave later.

 

[Medwayseagull]

For the first time on Sunday I got a coach to the ground rather than the train/drive. I will NEVER get the train again. It was AMAZING! Picked me up in Lancing, a further 3 pick ups along the way and we were there. Loads of beer, a walk back to the coach after the match, STRAIGHT onto it and sitting down, warm and cosy. 15 minutes later were gone! Great value too (I think I paid 7.00 return)

Check them out

Seagull Travel | Stage Door Tickets

They run coaches from all sorts of places, couldn't recommend it enough!

I have used the coach from Kent for all games bar one and it is by far the most convenient mode of transport now that the timings and routes have been improved. The only downside is that your arrival and departure time is controlled by others and therefore there is no flexibility. If that does not bother you I would strongly recommend it.

 

[Dawn Korus]

a fleet of about 4 or 5 buses that run from the stadium to city centre, reducing pressure on trains.

In a perfect world a couple of 8 car trains that shuttle directly between Brighton and Falmer - about every 10 mins, though the difficulty would be fitting in with existing timetable

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Divide Bennetts Field in two. Have two manned exits and co-ordinate the flow of traffic from each exit.

All of those cars in a free-for-all scrambling to one exit just holds everyone up when it probably doesn't need to.