Transport Levy....£30 confirmed as per NSC exclusive

[Thunder Bolt]

There wouldn't be fare dodgers if the rail company employed the correct number of staff and checked the tickets at each barrier.

It would take hours to get through the barriers and staff couldn't walk through the crowded trains as they are rammed.

 

[Uwinsc]

Well I pay a share of a £360 car park space. Hope they think about this and drop the cost of the car park spaces to £300 as cars will have a least on average 2 fans.

This. I don't want to be paying for my car parking space and then paying for park and ride etc that clearly I'm not going to use as I have a parking space.

 

[Arthur]

Is anyone seriously going to moan about a £30 increase? Especially when you are getting something back for it.

The ticket prices IMO were very reasonable and we're selling out every game consequently. Granted we'll have the 8000 extra seats but I was told some time ago that the waiting list was over 2.5k so if that is true who knows what it is now.

Very decent gesture from the club IMO.

 

[gullshark]

Wonder if they are going to stick it on all the away tickets too... makes more sense that way instead of rocking up to the park and ride and then realising you should have bought a travel voucher.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

I doubt if I will use it but if it give us a transport policy that smooths planning permissions and other relationships with councils etc. then I am happy to pay it. It is just another way of supporting our club in its development.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

This. I don't want to be paying for my car parking space and then paying for park and ride etc that clearly I'm not going to use as I have a parking space.

You paid for it at Withdean wherever you parked your car, so why moan now?

 

[Uwinsc]

Is anyone seriously going to moan about a £30 increase? Especially when you are getting something back for it.
The ticket prices IMO were very reasonable and we're selling out every game consequently. Granted we'll have the 8000 extra seats but I was told some time ago that the waiting list was over 2.5k so if that is true who knows what it is now.

Very decent gesture from the club IMO.

What about those of us who wont get anything back from it as we have already paid for our travel in other ways?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Also the mid sussex gulls have 77 people traveling all season and don't touch the public transport network and they will have to pay extra?

Yes, but ... the Club are still incurring costs in accommodating coaches at the stadium. The costs of providing the coach park, for one. And the costs of stewarding the coach parking arrangements, for seconds. It's not unfair for these costs to be recovered from the people who benefit. Similarly with car parking costs.

A flat charge spread across all supporters is the simplest, cheapest and fairest way of dealing with all transport costs that the Club have to meet.

And folk who benefit from the convenience of getting a near-by parking space are getting a premium service. It's fair that they should pay more.

 

[The Large One]

Is anyone seriously going to moan about a £30 increase? Especially when you are getting something back for it.

The ticket prices IMO were very reasonable and we're selling out every game consequently. Granted we'll have the 8000 extra seats but I was told some time ago that the waiting list was over 2.5k so if that is true who knows what it is now.

Very decent gesture from the club IMO.

This.

 

[Uwinsc]

You paid for it at Withdean wherever you parked your car, so why moan now?

Because the money I was paying to park my car wasn't going to the club then so they had no way of knowing that I wouldn't use the park and ride. Now that money is already going to the club and they know about it.

 

[The Large One]

I doubt if I will use it but if it give us a transport policy that smooths planning permissions and other relationships with councils etc. then I am happy to pay it. It is just another way of supporting our club in its development.

A central point which probably passes some people by.

 

[Working class pride]

If you travel from London, then where do you buy a ticket to before the voucher kicks in? Gatwick / Three Bridges?

 

[Uwinsc]

Yes, but ... the Club are still incurring costs in accommodating coaches at the stadium. The costs of providing the coach park, for one. And the costs of stewarding the coach parking arrangements, for seconds. It's not unfair for these costs to be recovered from the people who benefit. Similarly with car parking costs.
A flat charge spread across all supporters is the simplest, cheapest and fairest way of dealing with all transport costs that the Club have to meet.

But we are already paying for that

 

[Uwinsc]

If you travel from London, then where do you buy a ticket to before the voucher kicks in? Gatwick / Three Bridges?

Always used to be three bridges

 

[Lord Bracknell]

But we are already paying for that

As I added to my earlier post ...

Folk who benefit from the convenience of getting a near-by parking space are getting a premium service. It's fair that they should pay more.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Tough on some but had to be done.

People were taking the piss with it. I've been getting the 5B into town from Uncle Sams in Patcham for most games, and BHA fans there just flash their season-ticket card and get on without paying a fare.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Always used to be three bridges

No. It was / is Haywards Heath.

 

[andybaha]

From a personal point of view I think it is an excellent idea. I paid an extra £60 for travel and I feel a bit of a mug every game when I know that half the bus from the park and ride haven't paid anything. However I still don't understand why there couldn't have been spot checking of tickets. The potential embarrassment or hassle of not being allowed on the buses would have encouraged a lot of people to purchase a book of tickets.

 

[Beach Hut]

Stupid taxation as club cannot be arsed to get SR to check tickets and police what they pay for

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

It is the simplest thing to do, so yes I think it is the right thing to do. it is the checking of tickets that is the problem not the tickets themselves. Whilst I have a valid brian ticket I now have the option of the bus too, so I'm quite happy. At Withdean I did not need the voucher at all for a few seasons but still had to pay for it, so I'm glad I'll get my money's worth. An extra £2.50 on my DD is hardly a huge cross to bear.

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