Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
[Albion] Liverpool
- Thread starter Simonf93
- Start date
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Agreed, although l think someone on another thread was saying that the cheapest train fare that they could find was over £100 on the day of the game. Expensive.
Cheaper to drive, more relaxing to go by train.
We're going via Wigan which makes it a lot cheaper. Paying about £90 each instead of about £130
Was a lot cheaper pre covid.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Staying over, nice restaurant booked, drive back on Sunday.
jakarta
Well-known member
Having family scattered around various parts of Cheshire and the Wirral we often go up in our car, its an awful drive, the M6 is a huge traffic jam most days.
Has taken us up to 8 hours to do it on a bad day!
Take the train, never mind the cost, the lack of stress will more than compensate.
Has taken us up to 8 hours to do it on a bad day!
Take the train, never mind the cost, the lack of stress will more than compensate.
Neville's Breakfast
Well-known member
Depends where you live
Reminds me of that joke about someone stopping to ask for directions and being told best advice is don’t start from here.
maltaseagull
Well-known member
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Train is much better, you can get smashed on the way up. Just remember they're sometimes dry out of Euston so you might want to hide your beers/spirits 
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
Looking at live traffic, it's a 6+ hour drive, plus you'll want to stop a couple of times each way, there'll be stressful snarled up traffic at least a few places and the risk of a significant delay. 270ish miles each way so (assuming 40mpg average) about £80-90 in fuel alone.
The train should be a guaranteed 5 hours each way, with built in changes to get up and walk around - for the extra £25 each it's got to be worth it?
The train should be a guaranteed 5 hours each way, with built in changes to get up and walk around - for the extra £25 each it's got to be worth it?
Your sums are all over the place!
First, it is only 200 miles from Henfield to Liverpool, so 400 miles round trip.
400 miles at a more realistic 50mpg on an all motorway, long drive, works out at £50 (calculated at £1.38/litre).
there are plenty of reasons to choose the train, but the cost isn't one of them.
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hen...76a57e21973ff!2m2!1d-2.96083!2d53.4308294!3e0
264, 273 or 287 miles...
Do you really think you'll get 50mpg with all that traffic en route?
I didn't say that cost was a reason to choose the train; I said it wasn't a good reason to discount it.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Supporters coach?
Apologies - 264 miles.
But 50mpg? I'd expect that at an absolute minimum, and hope for closer to 60. My (bog standard Passat) pretty much never dips below 55 on a long drive.
Neville's Breakfast
Well-known member
We do the drive for home games (to Falmer not Henfield !). It’s a long drive but if you set off very early morning (or even better Friday evening) then it’s fine. There were no hold ups on the route last weekend but we did travel Friday evening and Sunday morning. Whichever way you choose give yourselves plenty of time up here to enjoy the city. Plenty of decent places to eat and drink in the city centre or head to Anfield for the fan park which is one of the better ones. Dare I say it better than the outside facilities at the Amex as plenty of food choices and places to sit.