From what I can remember the line is not electrified to the CBS so they needed diesel trains which are in short supply. I’m sure I can remember them saying they were on the way but probably as usual in the midlands anywhere outside of birmingham gets overlooked for funding.
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pusbccfc
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Spot on. It's a nightmare getting from that side of the city to the ground.
pusbccfc
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Extra trains heading for the Ricoh Arena
It will be rejoiced by shoppers and arena-goers alike
It's to do with the platforms at Cov station apparently.
The plan to build an additional platform bay was cancelled a few years back...
Nick
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So the club need to upgrade platforms?
shmmeee
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Extra trains heading for the Ricoh Arena
It will be rejoiced by shoppers and arena-goers alikewww.coventrytelegraph.net
It's to do with the platforms at Cov station apparently.
The plan to build an additional platform bay was cancelled a few years back...
Not even resurrected from the body of HS2?
potholes in London get cash but not train stations in the midlands.
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Midweek games are always different to Saturdays, the majority midweek wouldnt have time after work to go to a park and ride system and just want to get back quicker after the game with work the next day.
Saturdays potentially allow more to have time for other transport options if available and offered.
needs different solutions for different days and also the amount of travelling away supporters and how they travel, ie London teams more on train than Middlesbrough fans
Not difficult, just needs planning and common sense along with some joined up groups around infrastructure and marriage values/benefits of what’s being offered and who gains/subsidises
Saturdays potentially allow more to have time for other transport options if available and offered.
needs different solutions for different days and also the amount of travelling away supporters and how they travel, ie London teams more on train than Middlesbrough fans
Not difficult, just needs planning and common sense along with some joined up groups around infrastructure and marriage values/benefits of what’s being offered and who gains/subsidises
Flying Fokker
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I see what you did there.
MalcSB
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It’s even madder to give something the go ahead based on assumptions that the development actually has little or no control over.
MalcSB
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Thanks, I must subconsciously be even funnier than I think I am.to
I see what you did there.
I think!!??
MalcSB
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I made a slightly tongue in cheek comment on another thread about Maidstone tickets not being available yet. The club have known since Tuesday that they will be playing Maidstone on 26 February and that it is likely to be well attended. Tickets not available yet, meaning much more delay and more people will end up opting for paper tickets, cunningly marked to fold to make them precisely just too big to fit the scanners, rather than having tickets posted. This will no doubt end up causing delays in entry and queues etc.
why do they never seem to have their arses in gear?
why do they never seem to have their arses in gear?
Calista
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What's she offering?
chiefdave
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I was looking at the website earlier today, away at the moment and thought I must have missed an announcement but nothing.
This kind of thing is frustrating because how hard can it be? We knew well before the replay took place who we would be playing and when. Even if we need to agree details with the opposition give them a call ahead of the replay and get it agreed.
You can have events loaded up on the ticketmaster back end system months in advance of an onsale date if you want. Why not have everything ready to go and as soon as the final whistle went a PA announcement and article on the website that tickets are on sale now? But even if they can't get that organised no reason for it not to be live the next day.
fernandopartridge
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pusbccfc
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Yeah, that's the one criticism in the comments.
I suppose it's comparable to getting a bus from Leamington or Stratford for £8 directly to the ground.
The issue with buses or park and rides is that you'll have a period before the match when people stagger their journeys up, but after the game everyone wants to get on a bus. We used the Whitley park and ride when the Arena opened but one Saturday we stood for nearly an hour in the rain to get on a bus back to Whitley. Since then we've driven. Doesn't mean we shouldn't use buses - maybe just needs a bit of planning around the practicalities
Legia Sky Blue
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Perhaps the delay is down to the clubs struggling to agree ticket prices.
chiefdave
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I know Doug likes to, rightly, have as much revenue as possible coming in but surely for a Monday night match against non league opposition it will be the same pricing as the last round
What could Maidstone not be agreeing to? They’ll get cheap tickets and can have 6K if they want them
MalcSB
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TBH fuck Maidstone, they are playing at the CBS arena on a decent pitch - with all the associated costs. We should have more say than they do.
pusbccfc
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4500 will be the max I think.
I really hope he doesn't sting fans for this. We've got a game on Friday that people will be paying £30 for.
chiefdave
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well he hasn’t in other cup games and this is a Monday night and on free to air tv so can’t imagine him thinking £30 a ticket is the way to go
oscillatewildly
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What. like those that you could hurdle over?
Do you know why the 'floor to ceiling' model came in?
Tommo1993
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Let’s just take them out completely, let people Waltz in freely.
chiefdave
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The trust model, we could bring in pay what you like pricing as well
Skybluedownunder
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Soggy printed tickets? Do the turnstiles not have somewhere to just scan the ticket off your phone?
The MCG holds over 100,000 people and never has any issue with people getting in and out the ground.
Feel sorry for you lot if it’s stuck in the old age still
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They do to the first bit!
Legia Sky Blue
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Whose to say its DK that wants the higher ticket prices? Maidstone probably realise this is their last chance to realistically financially milk this competition, so it could just as easily be them that are pushing for higher ticket prices.
I'm also pretty sure both sides have to agree to ticket prices, and that although we are the home time we can't just set ticket prices unilaterally.
pusbccfc
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They do but they make it clear to people to print them
Skybluedownunder
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That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard! Most people don’t even have printers nowadays. Feel sorry for you lot
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pusbccfc
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You know what people are like
skyblue_55
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What a fiasco at trying to enter the ground today . A “ new system “ ……. Well whoever devised that shite wants sacking .
New stewards that also aid to the confusion & ‘ open turnstiles’ not being used ….. excellent CBS !
New stewards that also aid to the confusion & ‘ open turnstiles’ not being used ….. excellent CBS !