[Albion] Travel for Man City away (22/10)

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Sorry if there’s already a thread running on this, looking at the trains but you can’t book due to possible maintenance, am I missing something obvious here or are we looking at cars or coaches only?

 

[HCxUK]

Avanti are a shambles and only confirm the timetable/release the tickets a few days before the day of travel in some cases... I haven't seen anything about maintenance work on that day, it's just that tickets haven't been released yet I believe

 

[Dibdab]

You cant book because Avanti didnt train enough drivers during the pandemic and now there is industrial unrest the reliance on people working over time who are now choosing not too means they have no idea how many services can run until very shortly before day of travel. It's an utter shambles which is likely to last a very long time. It takes 18 months to train a driver.

 

[TomandJerry]

I've been thinking about a new way of mass travel for when public transport is up shit creek...

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[Cowfold Seagull]

I've been thinking about a new way of mass travel for when public transport is up shit creek...

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Have you seen the price of helium lately?

 

[Foul Play Rocks]

I’m thinking that I’ll just book the coach for this one as the only info I get about the trains is to check nearer the time.

 

[tonytowner]

Close. None of the railway company drivers are obliged to work on Sundays . Hence why we have a “Sunday service “. They only work on a Sunday if they choose to & are paid overtime rates. When the railway companies say they will pay increased wages in return for modernising some of the working practices this is the sort of thing they want to address. The unions are pretending that they are not encouraging their members at Avanti to not work on a Sunday. We used to be largely immune from strike action consequences as the unions used to strike on weekdays. This was to impact business & in particular the City. Following the lockdowns all businesses developed the capability to work from home. Now the unions are targeting us leisure users. I imagine the Government are saying to the unions bring it on. This will go on for months

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

According to an email I received from them, Avanti are due to publish a new timetable which reintroduces additional services to Manchester so keep an eye on their website over the next few days

 

[Me and my Monkey]

You cant book because Avanti didnt train enough drivers during the pandemic and now there is industrial unrest the reliance on people working over time who are now choosing not too means they have no idea how many services can run until very shortly before day of travel. It's an utter shambles which is likely to last a very long time. It takes 18 months to train a driver.

Surely all the train companies faced the same challenges? Avanti are a special kind of shambles. My own recent tale of woe involved, amongst other instances of incompetence, being dumped with a trainload of fellow passengers at Rugby station at 2am with no forward plan in situ how to get passengers to their final destination (Preston in our case). To fast forward, we eventually got there around 10 hours late. Utterly dreadful company.

 

[dazzer6666]

Driving up, hotel booked, on the lash afterwards

 

[hart's shirt]

Have you seen the price of helium lately?

That's inflation.

 

[Wozza]

Trains to Man City?

Nope...

Fresh rail strikes on their way with two more dates in row over rosters

The rail strikes will impact passengers looking to travel north from London.

metro.co.uk

 

[Mr Bridger]

Panicked to start with but then realised I’m going up by train on the Friday till Sunday. So will miss all the hassle.

 

[Wozza]

Anyone ever made a claim due to transport issues on Booking Protect after buying insurance?

 

[PeterT]

I used to use Virgin a lot to get up to the midlands from Euston. Once Avanti took over the service it has gone downhill in so many ways, price and lack of seat choice just for 2. If I have to go up now, I tend to drive.