Sandhills station

[edge]

Be better if you traveling north to walk along to Bankhall, than wait in that que.
The Council have proven they are amateur hour yet again.
At least have park and ride places around the city .
Let those buses go near the ground to drop off at least.
It only needs one train breaking down or pionts /signal failure and it's a nightmare waiting to happen.
Add in the effect they are having on local business,
It's been a shambles.
Manchester are light years better at doing things and have been for years.

 

[MaghullBlue1878]

Didn't Rotherham pluck figures out of thin air after the firs test event? and say roughly one third would use sandhills? Almost 50% today. The shortfallings of the council has been disastrous and no doubt he will point the finger again.

 

[edge]

Done again. Today.

When I consider the term "Test Event", i consider the testing to be the club testing the stadoum is fit for purpose.

Instead the Mayor and Merseyrail seem driven to make it chaos.

Everton, seamless today? Quick queuing, lots of stock, Easily in with guards helping, lots of entertainment.

Merseyrail, people couldn't get on the train at 11:55 at Orrell Park. 4 cars, but is 2 four-carriage trains every 15 minutes, any different to 1 eight-carriage train, every 30?

Left just before half time, as I had planned to do. Walked straight onto platform and awaited the train, which was again, 4-car. Which was already busy.

But Southport trains cancelled and Headbolt lane running with 20-minute delays.

They've had 4 years to sort this.

The 8 carriage trains can't run through to Hunts X
Some of the platform can't take them, not long enough curved ect.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

So does the queue from Giulia Bould's video get to the station entrance and then enter the pen?

 

[davek]

There's going to have to be another couple of test events, surely? There'll have to be a 4th added.

 

[Goat]

There's going to have to be another couple of test events, surely? There'll have to be a 4th added.

Why?

 

[RomanReigns]

So does the queue from Giulia Bould's video get to the station entrance and then enter the pen?

Yes

 

[Rita_Poon]

All this queuing is well and good in a warmish spring, get it freezing and sleet and snow and conditions will be dangerous. Night games in winter when it's really cold and the wind is taking no prisoners rolling in off the water. Gonna look like artist renders of filming on Hoth.

 

[Bryan+]

I was going to add that point and wish I had. I didn't mean it to sound insensitive so apologies.


For those that can't there needs to be a better option than a 35 minute bus journey that then still leaves a 5 minute walk to the ground. Hopefully these test events result in improvements.

Sorry again if I offended.

Not offended don’t worry

 

[Connor]

There's going to have to be another couple of test events, surely? There'll have to be a 4th added.

There’s a third and that’s it, the stadium passes all needed checks then

Be better if you traveling north to walk along to Bankhall, than wait in that que.
The Council have proven they are amateur hour yet again.
At least have park and ride places around the city .
Let those buses go near the ground to drop off at least.
It only needs one train breaking down or pionts /signal failure and it's a nightmare waiting to happen.
Add in the effect they are having on local business,
It's been a shambles.
Manchester are light years better at doing things and have been for years.

 

[davek]

Why?

Because they need to try more stuff out that'll even out the pinch points.

 

[Goat]

Because they need to try more stuff out that'll even out the pinch points.

There aint no fixing it.

Sorry to say.

 

[Bryan+]

Because they need to try more stuff out that'll even out the pinch points.

I think the crowd should eventually get close to capacity with more test games and they will know roughly how chronically bad it is.

But like a few are saying it’s not a new problem and I’m not ignoring the comically bad oversight on not even bothering to prepare Sandhills for capacity but as we know I bet the council have had their hands tied for money until the ground and special investigation was completed.

 

[davek]

There aint no fixing it.

Sorry to say.

I know.

I've said this before and it's a terrible thing to say now that we see the scale and majesty of it...but that stadium should never have been given the go ahead by LCC if the plan was to tell everyone to 'actively travel' and they'd spend nothing on upgrades to Sandhills AND throw an iron curtain around the district in terms of parking.

This is about to become a national issue before long. You can bet your bottom dollar on that.

 

[gazzaa2]

Saturday games probably won't be too bad. People hanging around after for a drink and maybe walking towards town if a few boozers pop up.


It's the midweek games where people just want to get home that look like they will be chaotic unless the public transport is sorted.

Imagine an 8pm midweek game, with VAR and injury delays, that goes to extra time and pens and with 6k away fans. You could be getting out the ground at 11pm and then a walk to Sandhills with services done in half an hour for the night.

The positive is the ground is walkable from city centre (Brighton isn't). But the public transport is grossly inadequate.