New £4.75m Ricoh Arena station can take up to 75 passengers per hour

[Notters]

I shouldn't laugh, but

Optimism in March:
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...trys-long-awaited-ricoh-arena-railway-8910943

Today:
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-city-fc-wasps-rfc-9920187

 

[sully]

Comedy gold!

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Voted 'Yes' on the poll at the bottom of the page just to help compound their misery further.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Whoops!!

 

[albion534]

lolz

 

[surrey jim]

What an astounding waste of money. The comments section does make for some good reading though.

 

[sully]

From those stories, I can't see any mention of any purpose for having the station there other than for events at the stadium.

What on earth were they thinking if they've always known, as stated, that there would only be one 75 seat train an hour?

Surely there's another similar one in the other direction, raising the capacity to 150 per hour?

 

[Woodchip]

Well that's a bit of a mistake.

 

[Hotchilidog]

That is ridiculous! Absolute laughing stock.

 

[studio150]

So what was the point of building the station there. Won't be much fun of you're 76th in the queue.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

On the plus side, it'll help the cleaners and other stadium staff to get there on non-match days.

 

[TomandJerry]

 

[Fungus]

You'd get more than 75 on a double-decker bus!

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

That is staggering.

 

[rool]

I feel there's an opportunity there

 

[beorhthelm]

a pedent notes one carriage does not make a train.

brilliant mis-coordination, original plan suggests 6 car specials on match days, but apparently no thought to check if this is possible/practical to supply. seems they didnt electricfy the route so are limited to using diesels.

 

[Juan Albion]

Should make for a nice convenient footpath to the ground.

 

[Curious Orange]

Good grief, I can't believe every modern-ish DMU in the country is currently leased out.

What a shambles, and makes you appreciate the Amex's use of Falmer Station much more.

 

[Curious Orange]

a pedent notes one carriage does not make a train.

This is why I cringe every time the BBC insist on saying "train station" on the News, its a f*cking railway station.

 

[TomandJerry]

At what minute would the early leavers go get the train