[Albion] Mill Hill P&R on Saturday

[essbee1]

I don't want this to come across as a moan, just a question really.

I waited in the queue for the Mill Hill P&R after the match for an hour (6pm) on Sat. before
being able to board a bus. First time I've tried this route. There was still a large queue
behind me.

Is this usual? I know the trains were messed up, but would that have really made a
difference?

 

[ElectricNaz]

Not constructive I know, but why do so many people call it Mill Hill?

 

[essbee1]

Not constructive I know, but why do so many people call it Mill Hill?

I lived in Patcham for 17 years and it was always known as Mill Hill, not Mill
Road.

 

[chrisg]

It was far worse than ever before - emailed supporter services on Saturday evening to ask why so few buses. Will let you know their response

 

[essbee1]

It was far worse than ever before - emailed supporter services on Saturday evening to ask why so few buses. Will let you know their response

Ta chrisg. I'd be interested to hear.

 

[ElectricNaz]

Genuinely didn't know that. You're not the first person to call it that and I never knew why!

Also an hour seens a bit overkill for a wait. I rarely park at Mill Road because of the single deckers so I usually do the racecourse, but i've never had to wait that long for a bus to Mill. Maybe 20/25 mins max so seems out of the ordinary

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Not constructive I know, but why do so many people call it Mill Hill?

Always called it Mill Hill.

When a road has two features, one being a windmill and the other being a bloody great big hill... I think that's fair.

 

[ElectricNaz]

Genuinely didn't know that. You're not the first person to call it that and I never knew why!

Also an hour seens a bit overkill for a wait. I rarely park at Mill Road because of the single deckers so I usually do the racecourse, but i've never had to wait that long for a bus to Mill. Maybe 20/25 mins max so seems out of the ordinary

 

[herecomesaregular]

Maybe out of £115m the club could buy a few of their own buses and drivers?

 

[essbee1]

Genuinely didn't know that. You're not the first person to call it that and I never knew why!

Also an hour seens a bit overkill for a wait. I rarely park at Mill Road because of the single deckers so I usually do the racecourse, but i've never had to wait that long for a bus to Mill. Maybe 20/25 mins max so seems out of the ordinary

The staff running the service are great (stewards, drivers etc) it ought to be said. I just don't fancy a cold, rainy
nov. evening wait of the same (I'm not young any more.) if 1 hour is standard.

 

[Withdean11]

Got worse when the got rid of the bendy buses (for whatever reason?)

 

[Deleted member 37369]

Got worse when the got rid of the bendy buses (for whatever reason?)

They were phased out due to lack of parts for maintenance etc as they were no longer being made. New buses also more environmentally friendly.

Bye bye to Brighton’s bendy buses

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I don't want this to come across as a moan, just a question really.

I waited in the queue for the Mill Hill P&R after the match for an hour (6pm) on Sat. before
being able to board a bus. First time I've tried this route. There was still a large queue
behind me.

Is this usual? I know the trains were messed up, but would that have really made a
difference?

Yes.

It was busier than normal on Saturday, but I've seen it worse (Spurs last season, for example).

 

[herecomesaregular]

Got worse when the got rid of the bendy buses (for whatever reason?)

They stopped making them so spare parts were an issue. Fuel consumption was astronomical, so environmentally very poor. Shame as otherwise they were great. edit - beaten to the punch again!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

It was far worse than ever before - emailed supporter services on Saturday evening to ask why so few buses. Will let you know their response

Not for us. Sprinted out at the final whistle and waited probably about 10-15 minutes for a bus. Actually it was a coach, which was much nicer

I get if you hang around you're going to get caught in the queues – been there, done that – but with a finite amount of buses and more people/demand for them, it's bound to be a bit of a hassle. There were mitigating circumstances I seem to recall with the Spurs game last season, where it was MUCH worse – the club had ordered extra vehicles from Portsmouth (twats) but a crash on the 27 meant they couldn't get through in time.

 

[banjo]

You’re the Lucky one. You could have got the train.

 

[ElectricNaz]

Maybe out of £115m the club could buy a few of their own buses and drivers?

Or build a monorail

 

[BNthree]

The trains being totally screwed has to be a big factor in this.

 

[ElectricNaz]

The trains being totally screwed has to be a big factor in this.

Don't think so. P&R has capacity, and Mill certainly fills up for every game. Only a limited amount of capacity there. So trains or not, surely it should be the same every week. Unless more people are parking in withdean/patcham and walking round the corner to use the bus

 

[BNthree]

Don't think so. P&R has capacity, and Mill certainly fills up for every game. Only a limited amount of capacity there. So trains or not, surely it should be the same every week. Unless more people are parking in withdean/patcham and walking round the corner to use the bus

I meant people that had got to Amex by train were then using the P&R to get home as the trains were completely screwed and the bus stop queue on A27 were HUGE. That must have been a factor. If I'd have realised the EDF P&R was running I'd have queued for that rather than being stuck in the train queue for yonks.