Coventry Arena Station (1 Viewer)

[JoeSTFC]

Hi, Swindon fan in peace...

I've seen you have a Coventry Arena station but seen quite a few people saying that it's not available for fans on match days, despite fact I can buy tickets on National Rail?
Can anyone shed some light on this please, if it isn't available - better to get buses or taxis right?

We've sold 2050 tickets so far, hoping to maybe reach 2500. Looking forward to a good game between 2 pretty good football sides.

 

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[skybluesam66]

can get there - but not back until 1 hour after kick off
plenty of buses- or taxi if few of you
hope we stuff you and you have a miserable day

 

[no_loyalty]

No idea if it is now open on match days, however I did see a train stop there (coming from Nuneaton to Cov) at our last home game, and was told by a friend that trains were laid on for last Saturday's Wasps v Leicester game

 

[no_loyalty]

can get there - but not back until 1 hour after kick off
plenty of buses- or taxi if few of you
hope we stuff you and you have a miserable day

I'd take a point Saturday, we don't have a good record against Swindon

 

[fernandopartridge]

They are only running for rugby due to the fact the rugby team is the biggest in Europe and gets much bigger crowds.

 

[chiefdave]

Also worth pointing out its only the regular service if it does stop so it will be of no use if big numbers are planning on using it.

 

[Deleted member 2477]

:jerkit:I can confirm it stops for wasps games but not sky blues. Another kick in the teeth by our beloved council and midlans rail.

i get this train each morning to work and its a joke. Theres one carriage that everyone squeezes on sometimes 30 or more people standing and people being turned away on the platform because its to full. Despite numerous complaints to midlands rail they give the standard response of they dont have anymore trains to use and that you have to accept it that trains are busy.

yet on a sunday they can magically find another train to put on for the rugby :jerkit:

 

[no_loyalty]

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/wasps-london-midland-lose-30k-11043422

Well and truly derailed

 

[CJ_covblaze]

:jerkit:I can confirm it stops for wasps games but not sky blues. Another kick in the teeth by our beloved council and midlans rail.

i get this train each morning to work and its a joke. Theres one carriage that everyone squeezes on sometimes 30 or more people standing and people being turned away on the platform because its to full. Despite numerous complaints to midlands rail they give the standard response of they dont have anymore trains to use and that you have to accept it that trains are busy.

yet on a sunday they can magically find another train to put on for the rugby :jerkit:

If it costs them money you can't really blame them for not running it during our home games. Wasps are willing to pay towards the service. That's why it's running. Now can anyone think of a solution to this problem?

 

[Deleted member 2477]

Money well spent. What a joke you couldnt make it up.
The council and midland rail should be hauled to parliment to explain the fuck up they made and the money spent

 

[stupot07]

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/wasps-london-midland-lose-30k-11043422

Well and truly derailed

Hahahahahahahahahahahahah what an absolute joke.


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[fernandopartridge]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahah what an absolute joke.


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Interesting difference in the quotes from Wasps and London Midland. SISU get accused of spin on here.
That said, it's short sighted to expect it to be an immediate success. I genuinely think a regular matchday service for both teams would be successful in the end, it should be a given. Only once people are aware of a regular service will they change behaviour and start using it.

 

[ecky]

There's another white elephant of a station in Bermuda ind est Nuneaton
Who the hell uses it is beyond me and how much did that cost?

 

[Skyblueweeman]

When we played Swindon in October, we were 19 places and 12 points ahead of them. After Saturday, that could be down to 4 places and 3 points.

No offence Swindon fella, but I hope to god we turn you over!

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

Hi, Swindon fan in peace...

I've seen you have a Coventry Arena station but seen quite a few people saying that it's not available for fans on match days, despite fact I can buy tickets on National Rail?
Can anyone shed some light on this please, if it isn't available - better to get buses or taxis right?

We've sold 2050 tickets so far, hoping to maybe reach 2500. Looking forward to a good game between 2 pretty good football sides.

Do you get the sense you might've hit a nerve???

 

[Captain Dart]

There's another white elephant of a station in Bermuda ind est Nuneaton
Who the hell uses it is beyond me and how much did that cost?

You are right about the finances of this project, the passenger numbers to justify the expenditure I saw were bordering on blatant lies in my opinion.

http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/blog/2014/04/04/funding-announcement-brings-region-near-the-nuckle/

The Department for Transport will fund up to £4.75 million of the £13.6 million scheme. The remainder will be met by the county council (Warks) and Coventry City Council.

http://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/118/public_transport/1879/nuckle_-_phase_1

NUCKLE is being delivered by the Council, Centro and Warwickshire County Council - with the Council acting as the lead. It is funded by, the three partners, Department for Transport (DfT) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

* the EDRF letter says £3.5M funding..

Speaking of stations, I was walking past the main Coventry rail station and it looks much better now the view has been opened up since they demolished that horrible tower block which stood next to it. I just hope the view I saw from the junction of Park Rd & Manor Rd isn't blocked by a new monstrosity to house the council slackers.

 

[shmmeee]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahah what an absolute joke.


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Trial results in data. Hardly a joke, just proves LM were spot on in their analysis of it not being worth running the trains for matches.

 

[CCFC88]

For the Harlequins game 650 people used the service 50 of which were trainspotters.

 

[skybluetony176]

Sounds to me like they don't need to worry about trains not stopping there after games as advised by the SAG. They can clearly just run a normal service and it will cope. It might need to change for us if we ever reach the dizzy heights of the premier league again but until then it looks like the SAG were over cautious with their suggestions and over optimistic on the numbers that they anticipated using it straight after games at the Ricoh.

Seems to me that possibly the only time trains might need to be chartered is for a big concert as the experiment has shown it's not needed for a typical match day. Just glad it's Wasps money that got spanked on it and not ours.

 

[dongonzalos]

Would be gutted if this doesn't work.
Would love to be able to catch the train to a Cov match and have a beer and have no worries about driving.

Don't find m it funny at all, just find it a crying shame. Let's hope they sort it out for the benefit of CCFC and our fans

 

[SkyBlueZack]

Well received by Wasps fans? A crowd of 22000 against Leicester, only 2000 used the service. Less than 10%. A crowd of 14500 for the Harlequins games, only 600 used the service. Less than 5%.

Estimated loss of £30000 in the headline. In the body of the story a loss of £18000 for Harlequins game and £15000 for the Leicester game. Don't think the loss amount appears on the front of the paper edition.

Now SISU losses, big red letters splashed across the front page. It may not be a conspiracy but it most certainly is spin. Think we know who the favourable spin is being given too.

 

[chiefdave]

It may not be a conspiracy but it most certainly is spin. Think we know who the favourable spin is being given too.

The issue I have is that the spin is never challenged by the CT. They pretty much copy and paste what Wasps want them to print. Take this story

“We were very pleased with the Rugby Special train service which was trialled at Wasps’ games against Harlequins and Leicester Tigers.“These initial services were a great success operationally and have been very well received by Wasps’ fans.

If it was SISU and CCFC who had lost money running trains well below capacity they wouldn't have allowed Fisher to come out with a statement like that without calling him out on it.

 

[dongonzalos]

Couldn't give a rats ass about spin.

The issue is the train service may not be viable

That's the issue here not spin for gods sake

 

[Nick]

Couldn't give a rats ass about spin.

The issue is the train service may not be viable

That's the issue here not soon for gods sake

didn't the council know years ago it wouldn't be viable?

 

[letsallsingtogether]

didn't the council know years ago it wouldn't be viable?

Of course they did.

Who locally is going to use it?
Have to make your way to the main station. It is quicker just catching the bus or driving to the Ricoh.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Of course they did.

Who locally is going to use it?
Have to make your way to the main station. It is quicker just catching the bus or driving to the Ricoh.

i can walk to the Bermuda station in probably five minutes and then get the train but why would I bother when I can leave my house at 2.20pm on match day park and get in the ground for 2.50pm and will have cost me under a pound in mileage charges.

 

[torchomatic]

Yeah, me and my lad went to that. Nightmare it was. That was one of Kent's most frustrating performances for me.

When we played Swindon in October, we were 19 places and 12 points ahead of them. After Saturday, that could be down to 4 places and 3 points.

No offence Swindon fella, but I hope to god we turn you over!

 

[torchomatic]

Oh they lost money. Shame.

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/wasps-london-midland-lose-30k-11043422

Well and truly derailed

 

[Gazolba]

:jerkit:<snip>

yet on a Sunday they can magically find another train to put on for the rugby :jerkit:

Well of course it's not magic because most people don't go to work on a Sunday so there are plenty of trains going spare.

 

[dongonzalos]

Of course they did.

Who locally is going to use it?
Have to make your way to the main station. It is quicker just catching the bus or driving to the Ricoh.

Easier to use the train for me. Been looking forward to it.

 

[Skyblueweeman]

Yeah, me and my lad went to that. Nightmare it was. That was one of Kent's most frustrating performances for me.

I took my folks Torch. 2-0 with 5 to go. Gutting!


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[dongonzalos]

didn't the council know years ago it wouldn't be viable?

I am just annoyed that it didn't work, for some reason that's a cause for celebration here. As oppose to thinking about the benefit for Cov fans if it did work and some could catch a train to the match making it an even more enjoyable experience.

That's my first and only thought.

Yet on here it's spin this spin that.,
Ha ha ha ha ha
Great Wasps have lost money
Ect ect

 

[Astute]

I took my folks Torch. 2-0 with 5 to go. Gutting!

Not sure what was the worse. Throwing away the win at the end or being in the heavy rain and wind behind the goal without any cover and having to give my coat to my youngest lad leaving me in just my Cov top.

 

[Nick]

I am just annoyed that it didn't work, for some reason that's a cause for celebration here. As oppose to thinking about the benefit for Cov fans if it did work and some could catch a train to the match making it an even more enjoyable experience.

That's my first and only thought.

Yet on here it's spin this spin that.,
Ha ha ha ha ha
Great Wasps have lost money
Ect ect

There is Spin though isn't there? The council were informed years ago it wouldn't work by London Midland.

 

[Specs WT-R75]

Hi, Swindon fan in peace...

I've seen you have a Coventry Arena station but seen quite a few people saying that it's not available for fans on match days, despite fact I can buy tickets on National Rail?
Can anyone shed some light on this please, if it isn't available - better to get buses or taxis right?

We've sold 2050 tickets so far, hoping to maybe reach 2500. Looking forward to a good game between 2 pretty good football sides.

Get the train to the game. Goto the Casino after the game and get train home ~1 hour after game has finished... or longer if you go on a winning streak!

Good luck in the casino to make up for the bad luck on the pitch...