Trains tomorrow (1 Viewer)

[sky blue adam]

Booked on the 08:50 train from Coventry but tickets came as " off peak "
I assume that means everyone with off peak tickets are going to be trying to get on the earliest off peak trains tomorrow and it's going to be mayhem ?

Anyone getting there early? Surely it has to be organised with 44 k cov fans leaving the city ?

 

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[Silence_Is_The_Enemy]

Peak tickets only exist Monday - Friday

 

[Nick]

They are going to need a fair bit of organisation I think. Extended queue barriers etc. Signs for people who have pre booked etc.

 

[shy_tall_knight]

to any fans thinking of going via Cov station please revise your plans if you can, this is not 1987, there are not specials, these weekens services are normally quite busy anyway, from what I was told today the station are expecting problems and are employing police to coordinate the crowd control, a valid train ticket is no right to travel, you may get down but getting back will be even harder
Warwick Parkway is a better option but I cancelled that and book a coach as don't want to spend hours trying to get back after the game
Consider the kettering line to London, Kettering Wellingborough Bedford into Kings X means you'll have to drive there but you'll get there and back
Drive to North London
check out available coach travel

 

[coop]

I've got pre booked seats and paid I'm not paying again I'll be there for 8am me and two meatheads.Not really me and a couple of mates they must be organised it won't be a free for all as some people have got 9:30 and other trains booked.

 

[sky blue adam]

Issue will be when people try and get earlier trains then they originally booked
Pretty poor tbh the tickets not stating time of train on them
I'll be there from 7:30

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

Issue will be when people try and get earlier trains then they originally booked
Pretty poor tbh the tickets not stating time of train on them
I'll be there from 7:30

Mine has 10:51 on it.

But have a seat reservation.

Is it the ones without a reservation that don't a specific train time?

 

[sky blue adam]

Mine has 10:51 on it.

But have a seat reservation.

Is it the ones without a reservation that don't a specific train time?

You may be right as my way back has a seat reservation and a time... but I specifically chose 8:50 train on way there... suggested limited availability at the time I bought

 

[SkyblueSpecial]

I'm going Cov to leamington then leamington to Marylebone.

The leam Marylebone leg I'm not worried about as chiltern have 4 trains an hour running. However the cov leam train I am worried about as there is only 1 an hour.

I'm hoping that most going to Marylebone will have driven over to Warwick parkway so the train to leam isn't full.

 

[shy_tall_knight]

I'm going Cov to leamington then leamington to Marylebone.

The leam Marylebone leg I'm not worried about as chiltern have 4 trains an hour running. However the cov leam train I am worried about as there is only 1 an hour.

I'm hoping that most going to Marylebone will have driven over to Warwick parkway so the train to leam isn't full.

Bad plan that was my original plan, the train will stop at Wembley Stadium l but will be full at Warwick Parkway so very difficult to join at Leamington, also after the game may take ages to get back

 

[Brylowes]

None of this affects me, but just wondering with 40000 needing to get from Coventry to London
And back again with weeks to organise, why no specials?

 

[SkyBlueSid]

None of this affects me, but just wondering with 40000 needing to get from Coventry to London
And back again with weeks to organise, why no specials?

The railways are now privatised into dozens of companies. They have to pay the network shedloads of money to run extra trains so it just isn't worth their while. They are there to make a profit now, not provide a service like they would have done in 1987.

 

[SkyblueSpecial]

The railways are now privatised into dozens of companies. They have to pay the network shedloads of money to run extra trains so it just isn't worth their while. They are there to make a profit now, not provide a service like they would have done in 1987.

If they really wanted to make a profit they would put extra trains on when the demand is there.
Strange how Chiltern can manage it but Virgin can't.

 

[RegTheDonk]

The railways are now privatised into dozens of companies. They have to pay the network shedloads of money to run extra trains so it just isn't worth their while. They are there to make a profit now, not provide a service like they would have done in 1987.

I guess thats true Sid. When buying my tickets I had to specify a time both ways. Couldn't reserve outbound seats, but do they give a cow if I have to stand all the way - or not get on at all? When you put in a time to travel which is obviously over subscribed, there should be some way to stop you from purchasing that ticket. Oh well, as long as we get there, not fussed about sitting on the floor.

Lets hope the rail staff / old bill have something in place to filter people at the station, make sure everyone who wants to travel can.

 

[SkyblueSpecial]

Bad plan that was my original plan, the train will stop at Wembley Stadium l but will be full at Warwick Parkway so very difficult to join at Leamington, also after the game may take ages to get back

I can't see that happening. If that we're the case, no Oxford fans will be able to board at Bicester.

I think with 4 trains an hour everyone will get onto a train that needs it.

 

[no_loyalty]

I'm going Cov to leamington then leamington to Marylebone.

The leam Marylebone leg I'm not worried about as chiltern have 4 trains an hour running. However the cov leam train I am worried about as there is only 1 an hour.

I'm hoping that most going to Marylebone will have driven over to Warwick parkway so the train to leam isn't full.

Another option is getting a train to New Street, then walk to Moor Street as its the first station on the Chiltern line to Wembley, I'm going from Moor Street but I'm coming from Tipton

 

[the rumpo kid]

dosent the marylebone train stop at oxford ?

 

[rupert_bear]

Going to New Street as early as possible coming back will be a nightmare, less trains and could be competing with Man City fans especially it we have extra time. So coming home think it's train to Watford Junction and hopefully get one to Cov that's left Euston before the hoards ger there

 

[rupert_bear]

Where do London Midland start from is it New Street or one of the other Brummie stations ?

 

[no_loyalty]

dosent the marylebone train stop at oxford ?

No it doesn't mate, it does stop at Bicester though

 

[RegTheDonk]

Another option is getting a train to New Street, then walk to Moor Street as its the first station on the Chiltern line to Wembley, I'm going from Moor Street but I'm coming from Tipton

Got on at Sandwell...currently at brum. Its pretty full but we got unreserved seats in coach U. Stops at cov in 20 mins i think