Non Boxing Day football [moved to Tue. December 18th]

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Does anyone have any idea of the likely cost (plus any allowances you like for inflation and overspend) of a monorail from say The Level to the Amex/universities? Perhaps the £1million plus to be spent on reconfiguring The Level would be better spent on a monorail terminus!

Why even bother discussing it? Sure, maybe, long term, Brighton could 'do a Croydon' and tell the private car to just f*** off in favour of moderne tram/monorail priority, but tram/monorail won't give you much more in the way of capacity than a much smarter use of buses. That, and telling the private car to f*** off.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Re: P&R Boxing Day?

Do not know if this has been suggested but could we have extra car parks at:
Falmer school fields
Stanmer Park (the part which is used as a car park on busy summer days)
The Falmer- woodingdean road

Also think that an early KO may be a good idea- people can get home earlier

This good thinking. I fear if we can't come up with a strategy, it's going to be the end of Boxing Day football in Brighton for a long, long time.

 

[Albion Dan]

Re: P&R Boxing Day?

Make the fines bigger?
Who's the transport minister?

What fines? There are no fines for not running boxing day.

 

[8ace]

What fines? There are no fines for not running boxing day.

Fair enough, I did ask if there were before and no one said there weren't.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Interesting letter in the argus today that makes reference to both the boxing day situation And the fact that busses are still leaving the stadium less than full when going back to the race hill park and ride.

It also refers to the online petition that was set up re a pathway from Falmer to woodingdean. Any news n what happened to that.

 

[BensGrandad]

Would it not be possible for the club to arrange a train to go from Brighton to Falmer taking fans then carry on to Lewes and pick up again for Falmer then back to Brighton and do this again. Then do the reverse operation after the game picking up from Falmer.

 

[KJP]

P&R Boxing Day?

They might need to install a few thousand more bike racks

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Would it not be possible for the club to arrange a train to go from Brighton to Falmer taking fans then carry on to Lewes and pick up again for Falmer then back to Brighton and do this again. Then do the reverse operation after the game picking up from Falmer.

Yes, but it would be very expensive. I imagine they'll try a cheaper option with something sorted out with parking and a few more busses.

 

[Ernest]

Would it not be possible for the club to arrange a train to go from Brighton to Falmer taking fans then carry on to Lewes and pick up again for Falmer then back to Brighton and do this again. Then do the reverse operation after the game picking up from Falmer.

There are NO trains on Boxing Day

 

[BensGrandad]

There are NO trains on Boxing Day

You said that it was possible if the right money was paid. I only suggested it as a possibility because everybody says there are problems turning around at Lewes and I thought that if a train went from Brighton to Lewes and back there would be no actual turning around. That what I thought being a layman and not knowing the details and workings of trains.

 

[Ernest]

You said that it was possible if the right money was paid. I only suggested it as a possibility because everybody says there are problems turning around at Lewes and I thought that if a train went from Brighton to Lewes and back there would be no actual turning around. That what I thought being a layman and not knowing the details and workings of trains.

Not a chance now, too late to organise anything. It would have had to be done months ago

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

There are NO trains on Boxing Day

Does that include Victoria to Brighton?

 

[BensGrandad]

Not a chance now, too late to organise anything. It would have had to be done months ago

Why is that with the lines being empty and not being used by most of the network

 

[portslade seagull]

Do not know if this has been suggested but could we have extra car parks at:
Falmer school fields
Stanmer Park (the part which is used as a car park on busy summer days)
The Falmer- woodingdean road

Good idea but it wouldn't be allowed because the pikeys would have to be moved off 1st and they seem to be able to park where they like

 

[Ernest]

Does that include Victoria to Brighton?

Between Brighton and Falmer

 

[Ernest]

Why is that with the lines being empty and not being used by most of the network

Ask Network Rail

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Between Brighton and Falmer

Yes, iknow that, but what about London to Brighton trains?

 

[KJP]

P&R Boxing Day?

Yes, iknow that, but what about London to Brighton trains?

Southern will probably run a London to Brighton train but nothing else anywhere

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Should make for an interesting journey for the Millwall fans then.

 

[Ernest]

Yes, iknow that, but what about London to Brighton trains?

Hourly service as per previous Boxing Days