Currently NO TRAINS for the Colchester or Forest games

[SUA Seagull]

Time for the club to say sorry Sky but F O and move the game back to Saturday

Completely agree. I have to put up with Chiltern Rail (frequent cancellations/works/replacement buses) and SASTA to get to the Amex and weekday matches are a challenge to say the least. I suspect the club will say they're contracted to Sky for the Friday fixture but worth asking anyway...

 

[Wrong-Direction]

I feel lucky to be a five minute bus ride away

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[Easy 10]

I'd much prefer that option to travelling by train anyway, with the inevitable queuing to get on the Falmer bound trains at Brighton.

The only question is I guess, how far west along the 700 route are you? Anywhere much west of Littlehampton and the journey would take forever.

I'd be getting on at Portslade. Did it a few times last season, getting off at Churchill Square and getting on a 25 Uni bus. Takes about 45 minutes I think, given a clear run and a fair breeze.

 

[Bigtomfu]

How quickly can we build a MONORAIL?

Monorails are so old school. We need a MAGLEV!

You're both wrong. It's all about the HYPERLOOP now. Come on get with it.

 

[Jameson]

I would be interested to know how many travel by train to a game but say its only 5k, where will this extra 5,000 bus or coach space come from. For those of us who (in HB&Bis view are bad people as we support a team 30 miles away) who work and cannot 100% guarantee to get to a coach stop at the allotted time, although I imagine seagulls travel are pretty much full already, that is out of the question. So how many spare seats are there on buses.

I sorry but to suggest watching on TV, well thanks for that.

I agree and I think fans from our side are disadvantaged as to get to any of the P&R sites we have to drive past the stadium just to get back again. I have thought for a long time that a P&R option based in Lewes is worthwhile just to spread the load and often the trains are so packed it's difficult to get on even when they are running. Given that it's a school and college holiday could a P&R run from the college site in Mountfield Road?

There are Seagull travel coach options but it costs about £15 when in fact we've already paid our subsidy and in theory travel from Eastbourne onwards is covered.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I agree and I think fans from our side are disadvantaged as to get to any of the P&R sites we have to drive past the stadium just to get back again. I have thought for a long time that a P&R option based in Lewes is worthwhile just to spread the load and often the trains are so packed it's difficult to get on even when they are running. Given that it's a school and college holiday could a P&R run from the college site in Mountfield Road?

There are Seagull travel coach options but it costs about £15 when in fact we've already paid our subsidy and in theory travel from Eastbourne onwards is covered.

Good post!

 

[Nottseagull]

Thats not a double negative though.

Well I spotted two

There won't be no trains. They don't just not run trains during strikes.

Didn't you spot none at all?

 

[Ernest]

I'd be getting on at Portslade. .

I wouldn't COUNT on it

 

[Pondicherry]

I believe that trains (or a contingency) have been secured for those two games - hopefully someone at the club is reading the thread and can confirm.

 

[Ernest]

I believe that trains (or a contingency) have been secured for those two games - hopefully someone at the club is reading the thread and can confirm.

There won't be any trains if there is a strike

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Well I spotted two Didn't you spot none at all?

It would've helped if inverted commas were used.

There won't be 'no trains'.

 

[sir albion]

The service is dog shite at times and agree with many that the parking is atrocious near the stadium...all these parking bans in coldean and moulscoome are a joke for the sake of a few hours on match days...The club pay around 2 million for this service every season.
Parking needs to be addressed ASAP because it's a few hours barely every 10 days on average....I really felt sorry for the numerous away fans that stop in their car asking where the parking is and it's a blank within a mile of the stadium.

Hope the club get compensation if this goes ahead and hope it gets sorted and people can start driving again without the stress of the wonderful public transport grrrrr.

 

[Gwylan]

Hope the club get compensation if this goes ahead and hope it gets sorted and people can start driving again without the stress of the wonderful public transport grrrrr.

I can't see any council telling residents that their views on parking don't matter. Every council (Labour, Tory or Green) has made much of the fact that parking schemes are only imposed when people want them - there's no way that any councillors are going to tell people who want such a scheme that they can't have one

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Evening KO home games on Tues 9th, Fri 12th, Tues 16th. Draw the line at having to walk back into town after the match three times in a week. For that reason the Colchester EFL Cup game on 9th is

 

[RM-Taylor]

Without reading through the whole thread, anyone know what the schedule would be like for getting to Eastbourne from Victoria would be like on these strike days? Have a funeral on the coast to attend that week.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I'm sure the club will turn down a chance of £100K.

yeah ,**** the fans it's all about the money
regards
DR

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

yeah ,**** the fans it's all about the money
regards
DR

Tony loses 18 million a year, let's be a little more grateful.

 

[wigman]

If I were Barber, I would be more worried about this than trying to raise £40,000 per annum in gaining guaranteed entrance to the Seven Stars Bar.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

£100,000 goes a reasonable way towards getting Danny Holla off the wage bill.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Ridiculous! I work in London and have no alternative but train travel!

Frustrated at paying for both a train and football season ticket and looks as though ill be watching this on tv....IF I get home before 7.45 due to the ****ing strikes!!

Well the RMT will be delighted that you are feeling this way. The threat of a strike is doing it's job!