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dublin sky blue

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  • Feb 10, 2017
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am coming over from Dublin for game against Gillingham are trains still not stopping at ricoh on match days or has this been resolved?
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 10, 2017
  • #2
They are stopping as far as I can see, the station has been open recently and was on Tuesday night.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #3
Don't count on more trains at the Ricoh anytime soon.
The government has scrapped the planned electrification of railway lines in Wales, the Midlands and the North.
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fernandopartridge

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #4
chiefdave said:
Don't count on more trains at the Ricoh anytime soon.
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Whilst simultaneously committing to spend billions increasing London's commuter belt with HS2.
 
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oucho

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #5
The Ricoh station would be a better concept if Cov station was bang in the city centre and thus near most of the city centre pubs, but it's a few minutes walk from the station to the main boozing area, and most people aren't going to traipse back to the station to catch the one-stop, one-carriage journey when 4/5 guys sharing a taxi can get to the Ricoh for £2 each which is less than the Cov-Ricoh train fare.
 

Brylowes

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #6
fernandopartridge said:
Whilst simultaneously committing to spend billions increasing London's commuter belt with HS2.
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Not to mention Cross Rail (East-West) almost completed I think, and then the proposed
Cross Rail 2 (North-South) if you took London out of the equation, we would be a third
World Country.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #7
Brylowes said:
Not to mention Cross Rail (East-West) almost completed I think, and then the proposed
Cross Rail 2 (North-South) if you took London out of the equation, we would be a third
World Country.
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Not necessarily, we just concentrate too much economic activity in London. The actual residents of London do not contribute much if any more per head than anywhere else in the country.

Whilst we have a parliament and media that is as London-centric as ours is, nothing will change.
 
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sw88

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #8
Unless anyone's heard otherwise trains stop stopping at the station one hour before KO and recommence one hour after.

Station did seem to get more popular as the season went on last year so maybe this was scrapped (can't imagine people wanting to stand on a platform for a one carriage train to stop?)
 
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AndreasB

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #9
Night games, it leaves the Ricoh at 9.30. got it back to Coventry a couple of times, missed the last 5 minutes . Never missed us win or even score
 

chiefdave

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #10
oucho said:
it's a few minutes walk from the station to the main boozing area
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If only there was a pub right next to the station. More cracking work from the council there.
 
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CJ_covblaze

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  • Jul 20, 2017
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The franchise for that line was supposed to be sorted by the end of June. It's been delayed. I can't see how that line makes any money at all. There's rarely many on it.

It's one of the things we've been looking into along with dedicated buses etc. Our matches are not a major event anymore so the green travel plan and parking restrictions technically don't apply.
 

CJ_covblaze

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #12
AndreasB said:
Night games, it leaves the Ricoh at 9.30. got it back to Coventry a couple of times, missed the last 5 minutes . Never missed us win or even score
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That would apply if you left at 8:30.
 

chiefdave

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #13
CJ_covblaze said:
I can't see how that line makes any money at all.
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The joy of privatisation, the tax payer provides a subsidy so the private operators can take a profit.
 
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oucho

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  • Jul 20, 2017
  • #14
chiefdave said:
If only there was a pub right next to the station. More cracking work from the council there.
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The Rocket was a shitehole, i shed no tears for it....not council's fault it's gone?
 

robbiekeane

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  • Jul 21, 2017
  • #15
fernandopartridge said:
The actual residents of London do not contribute much if any more per head than anywhere else in the country.
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You sure
 

clint van damme

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  • Jul 21, 2017
  • #16
oucho said:
The Rocket was a shitehole, i shed no tears for it....not council's fault it's gone?
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does any other large city in the UK have a railway station without a pub next to it?
 

chiefdave

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  • Jul 21, 2017
  • #17
oucho said:
not council's fault it's gone?
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Wasn't it pulled down as part of the redevelopment for the new council house?
 

clint van damme

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  • Jul 21, 2017
  • #18
chiefdave said:
Wasn't it pulled down as part of the redevelopment for the new council house?
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it was but I think it was a bit of a lame duck anyway which had been though a succession of owners.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 21, 2017
  • #19
clint van damme said:
it was but I think it was a bit of a lame duck anyway which had been though a succession of owners.
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Wasn't needed as much without HR I guess.
 
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martcov

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  • Jul 21, 2017
  • #20
Nick said:
Wasn't needed as much without HR I guess.
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Was good before getting the train to Wembley....apparently .. one good day every 30 years ..not enough;-)
 

oucho

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  • Jul 21, 2017
  • #21
chiefdave said:
Wasn't it pulled down as part of the redevelopment for the new council house?
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The Rocket? It had been closed for years due to being an insolvent dive!
 

chiefdave

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  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #22
oucho said:
The Rocket? It had been closed for years due to being an insolvent dive!
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Planning permission for the redevelopment was granted in 2010, the Rocket closed in 2014.
 

I_Saw_Shaw_Score

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #23
Just checking train times does the 14:49 stop at the station on match days?

And is it still an hour after the game for the first train?
Does the 16:42 stop? Or do you have to wait for the 18:42?
 

oucho

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  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #24
chiefdave said:
Planning permission for the redevelopment was granted in 2010, the Rocket closed in 2014.
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Bit would the redevelopment have required the Rocket to close or scare off its customers?
 

ceetee

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  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #25
I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
Just checking train times does the 14:49 stop at the station on match days?

And is it still an hour after the game for the first train?
Does the 16:42 stop? Or do you have to wait for the 18:42?
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Last season I definitely saw train stopping and people getting off at around 14:50. Can't help on return trains
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #26
The Rocket has been a dive for years, I wouldn't be surprised to see a pub open in Friargate eventually, if it ever gets properly off the ground that is.
 

ceetee

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  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #27
Rockets usually get off the ground
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #28
robbiekeane said:
You sure
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Yes.

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Speedies_Chips

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #29
CJ_covblaze said:
The franchise for that line was supposed to be sorted by the end of June. It's been delayed. I can't see how that line makes any money at all. There's rarely many on it.

It's one of the things we've been looking into along with dedicated buses etc. Our matches are not a major event anymore so the green travel plan and parking restrictions technically don't apply.
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You have obviously never caught the 07:45 Nuneaton to Coventry service then Monday to Friday. It's standing room only.
 

letsallsingtogether

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  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #30
chiefdave said:
Wasn't it pulled down as part of the redevelopment for the new council house?
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No it is going to be the entrance to the station they have built a subway under the road from the stain carpark in central 6 to the station.
Not due to open until the redevelopment of the new carpark on the station side.
 

I_Saw_Shaw_Score

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #31
ceetee said:
Last season I definitely saw train stopping and people getting off at around 14:50. Can't help on return trains
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Thanks!
 

Covstu

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #32
I used to love the rocket for England games years ago
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #33
I went in there once at mid day on a week day, was empty but had a few games of pool. Wasn't too bad.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #34
Nick said:
I went in there once at mid day on a week day, was empty but had a few games of pool. Wasn't too bad.
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I'm worried about you.

Constantly drinking during the day.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 22, 2017
  • #35
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I'm worried about you.

Constantly drinking during the day.
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It was years ago, when I was cool (ish)
 
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