Trains need sorted before the really nasty teams come visiting

[trueblue]

I've used the trains for every game bar Blackpool. The longest I've waited post match is 20 minutes (albeit having stayed behind for 1 pint).

I'm now reading NSC as on the way to tonight's game, it's taken me just 17 mins to get to the ground from Hove.

For anyone who's vaguely realistic about public transport and the time it takes shifting 20000 people at once, I really can't see what the problem is.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I've used the trains for every game bar Blackpool. The longest I've waited post match is 20 minutes (albeit having stayed behind for 1 pint).

I'm now reading NSC as on the way to tonight's game, it's taken me just 17 mins to get to the ground from Hove.

For anyone who's vaguely realistic about public transport and the time it takes shifting 20000 people at once, I really can't see what the problem is.

Was about to post something similar. I've used the train for every game and haven't had a problem. I've waited as long as you'd expect to wait at a sporting event

 

[gullshark]

I have used both train and bus to get to and from the ground and have had no issues but maybe that's because I expect that moving 20,000 people from a sporting event is going to cause some queuing.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

There are not many Routemasters left running in London , they are only used on "heritage" routes 9 and 15 mainly catering for the tourists and shoppers. Some Routemasters have been sold to preservationists/enthusiasts and take part in transport rallies and "running days". B&H Buses acquired a Routemaster in 2009 (RML 2317) as a back up vehicle for an ageing 1953 Bristol K/ECW

 

[Bakesy]

Maybe they will organise a special train for Palace going via Lewes and travelling that way thus meaning the two sets of supporters will be on opposite platforms ?

Could be fun for us that live in Seaford...

 

[Working class pride]

Poor old palace. The best they can come up with is that they were in a higher division when Brighton had been asset stripped. The reality is a worry for them after all :

- Brighton have won the Charity Shield/ been Champions of England, palace won the simon zenith windscreen paint pot cup
- Brighton cause a storm against York city and make international news, as against 300 palace fans get laughed at in the city
- Brighton get to a cup final in 1983 and palace manage to follow us there a number of years later
- Brighton sell 18500 season tickets and have a waiting list, palace struggle to get 8000

As the song goes, poor old palace.

 

[Woodchip]

Could be fun for us that live in Seaford...

You'd love it, you hoolie!!

 

[Bold Seagull]

Extra time tonight, will the club be putting up refugee tents for those stranded at the ground!?

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

It has nothing to do with signalling upgrades or anything like that. it is all about the ability to get trains on the track and running.

At the Monaco Grand Prix the SNCF manage to get 50,000 people out of Monaco and into Nice inside 1 hour after the Grand Prix.

All that is needed is 4 platforms at Brighton and the two Lewes platforms plus the sidings.

Oh and 12 trains.

That way you can get 6 trains an hour at the Falmer Station going each way.

Irrespective of the doubters here , it needs to be sorted and soon.

I dread to think what time the last passenger will leave Falmer station tonight. Probably worth staying until Saturday's match!!

TNBA

TTF

 

[watsongooal]

Incidentally ... I've not seen fans fighting on the railway (either on trains or on platforms) every time I've attended matches at West Ham, Palace, Orient, Charlton, Brentford, Fulham, QPR or Millwall over the past ten years. And fans of both clubs travel together. Why do people think trains from Falmer present particularly difficult issues?

Walsall a couple of seasons ago was a bit "aggro". Lots of coin chucking

 

[Commander]

Walsall a couple of seasons ago was a bit "aggro". Lots of coin chucking

And sandbags.

 

[Ernest]

It has nothing to do with signalling upgrades or anything like that. it is all about the ability to get trains on the track and running.

At the Monaco Grand Prix the SNCF manage to get 50,000 people out of Monaco and into Nice inside 1 hour after the Grand Prix.

All that is needed is 4 platforms at Brighton and the two Lewes platforms plus the sidings.

Oh and 12 trains.

That way you can get 6 trains an hour at the Falmer Station going each way.

Irrespective of the doubters here , it needs to be sorted and soon.

I dread to think what time the last passenger will leave Falmer station tonight. Probably worth staying until Saturday's match!!

TNBA

TTF

Let me know who is going to pay for this seeing as most people aren't even paying the £1 for their travel vouchers

 

[User removed 4]

You sound surprised.

Outside football match times, it is usually quicker to travel from Falmer to Haywards Heath via Lewes than via Brighton. Fewer stops, for a start.

Rubbish, there is one less stop, and far fewer trains.

 

[Falkor]

I have made a request to my Dad and Brother not to go to Millwall this year, seen alot of rumours about things they have planned for West Ham when they come, sadly during the Carling Cup some West Ham dickhead stabbed a man with his kids, and obviously Millwall want pay back, im sure the police have seen the rumours aswell, how this is not being played behind closed doors is beyond me.

I can see either of them clubs coming to Brighton and causing trouble, West Ham do have a nice family support but they also have alot of mindless pricks.

 

[Rookie]

Sort of interesting interview with Richard Hebberd about transport

Audioboo / Richard Hebberd IV pre Blackpool

No special arrangements for Palace, Leeds etc

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I'll be fascinated to discover how more than 2,000 Palace fans will get on to Brighton-bound trains at East Croydon during the evening peak period.

they won't

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I have made a request to my Dad and Brother not to go to Millwall this year, seen alot of rumours about things they have planned for West Ham when they come, sadly during the Carling Cup some West Ham dickhead stabbed a man with his kids, and obviously Millwall want pay back, im sure the police have seen the rumours aswell, how this is not being played behind closed doors is beyond me.

I can see either of them clubs coming to Brighton and causing trouble, West Ham do have a nice family support but they also have alot of mindless pricks.

still taking your boy though

 

[Falkor]

still taking your boy though

Why would i take my 3 year old son to West Ham V Millwall, let alone any other football match?

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Why would i take my 3 year old son to West Ham V Millwall, let alone any other football match?

i thought he was 8 years old

 

[Falkor]

i thought he was 8 years old

No my son is 3.

Why do you keep bringing him up anyway?