The trains and Coventry station platform queue situation (4 Viewers)

fernandopartridge · May 23, 2018

Another option rather than going to Brum, is to get yourself to Nuneaton. There are a few direct trains from Nuneaton to Euston which are only just a bit slower than from Cov.

The Great Eastern · May 23, 2018

fernandopartridge said:
Another option rather than going to Brum, is to get yourself to Nuneaton. There are a few direct trains from Nuneaton to Euston which are only just a bit slower than from Cov.

Sssshhhhh..... Otis will buy all those tickets too....

Otis · May 23, 2018

fernandopartridge said:
You only need a contactless card, even easier and cheaper

Really do not like contactless cards at all.

Anyone who steals your card can lots of fun with £30 purchases.

Otis · May 23, 2018

fernandopartridge said:
Another option rather than going to Brum, is to get yourself to Nuneaton. There are a few direct trains from Nuneaton to Euston which are only just a bit slower than from Cov.

Everything in Nuneaton is a bit slower.

Nick · May 23, 2018

Otis said:
Really do not like contactless cards at all.

Anyone who steals your card can lots of fun with £30 purchases.

When my wife worked in a shop, they had a young lad start and a Romanian fella came in and kept buying £25 of ciggies over and over again and the lad didn't realise... He must have been out pick pocketing and rinsed them.

Otis · May 23, 2018

Nick said:
When my wife worked in a shop, they had a young lad start and a Romanian fella came in and kept buying £25 of ciggies over and over again and the lad didn't realise... He must have been out pick pocketing and rinsed them.

I find it a retrograde step in terms of personal security.

Nick · May 23, 2018

I dont mind it, its much less hassle than putting a pin number in. The awkward but is the couple of seconds after it beeps to make sure its gone through OK before you can go.

Otis · May 23, 2018

Nick said:
I dont mind it, its much less hassle than putting a pin number in. The awkward but is the couple of seconds after it beeps to make sure its gone through OK before you can go.

I fear someone pinching it though, or you lose the card.

Anyone could use it.

Wilkinson have had many cases of people keep coming in and using them and they have been suspicious, because those involved have looked down and out homeless, druggy types (no not Willenhall people).

Red House Coaches · May 23, 2018

Just got my train tickets. Going by Chiltern as Cov station was a right mess for the 'Checkout' last year and is going to by far worse on Monday.
All the Brummies going for a Bank Holiday dayout in London, from New Street and International, will be arriving by bus - right in the middle of where our lads will be queuing.The 'music' fans are going to wandering around in a state of chemically induced fuge and the Virgin staff (judging by last year) aren't going to have a clue what to do. It'll be carnage.
Chiltern - as they did last year - have issued a revised timetable for Monday, with extra trains from Warwick and Leam, calling at Wembley, then going on into central London (Marylebone) - for us serious drinkers who don't like the Green Man lager.
Pile over to Leamington is my advice, if you're going by train.

Otis - Chiltern tickets are refundable if you buy too many. But their seats are upholstered if you sh*t yourself.

Covstu · May 23, 2018

For the checkatrade we went from Nuneaton, not many left from there it was great

Covskyblue · May 23, 2018

We have booked the rugby to Euston train ... is Coventry on the same line?

Anybody have any experience of getting the train from rugby last year ?

North York’s Blue · May 23, 2018

Sounds like it’s going to be chaos at Cov station; thankfully get to avoid all that. 35 mins by train straight into Harrow-on-the-hill.

lifelongcityfan · May 23, 2018

Covskyblue said:
We have booked the rugby to Euston train ... is Coventry on the same line?

Anybody have any experience of getting the train from rugby last year ?

Most trains that stop at rugby come from the north via nuneaton. Cov trains do travel thru nuneaton, but typically the fast ones do not stop

PVA · May 23, 2018

I got the train from Rugby to Wembley (via Watford Junction) last year.

It was fine, had to stand the whole way on the way down but it wasn't too bad.

SKYBLUES90 · May 23, 2018

Covskyblue said:
We have booked the rugby to Euston train ... is Coventry on the same line?

Anybody have any experience of getting the train from rugby last year ?

No but I was on the virgin train from Cov last year which stopped at Rugby.

Train was absolutely mobbed with no room whatsoever, train pulls up at Rugby, doors open and there’s a bloke stood there with a Leicester top on, never have I seen someone’s arse drop like this poor guy, all friendly banter but he got fairly abused.

Safe to say he probably didn’t make it down to London with the 50 odd trains behind all the same.

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · May 23, 2018

Did they just let everyone jump on whatever the next train was at Cov last year?

Nick · May 23, 2018

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
Did they just let everyone jump on whatever the next train was at Cov last year?

Yeah, I was the 8.50 I think. Got there about 7.30 and had a few cans waiting, there was a massive queue so they just sort of put you on the train where there was space when you got to the front of the queue. Think I ended up on a train at about 10.

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · May 23, 2018

Oh Christ! Did not realise it was that bad! I’ve got a train at 10:21 won’t be rocking up at 10:20 then!

Otis · May 23, 2018

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
Oh Christ! Did not realise it was that bad! I’ve got a train at 10:21 won’t be rocking up at 10:20 then!

You can have my ticket if you want. That goes earlier and is first class too.

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · May 23, 2018

Otis said:
You can have my ticket if you want. That goes earlier and is first class too.

Knowing you it probably goes in about 20 minutes!?

Nick · May 23, 2018

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
Oh Christ! Did not realise it was that bad! I’ve got a train at 10:21 won’t be rocking up at 10:20 then!

The whole of the main station bit was full of people, then it went outside and then down the side and around the car park. Even if your ticket was for the 9.15 train you werent getting through.

Take plenty of beers with you, or if it's anything like last year you can just drink the 3/4 full ones that people were strangely leaving. Had never seen anything like it. People were baffled when we asked what was up with it. It got to the point I took a picture to try and shame one.

No idea who the legend on the platform was.

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · May 23, 2018

Nick said:
The whole of the main station bit was full of people, then it went outside and then down the side and around the car park. Even if your ticket was for the 9.15 train you werent getting through.

Take plenty of beers with you, or if it's anything like last year you can just drink the 3/4 full ones that people were strangely leaving. Had never seen anything like it.

First beer will be at Euston at about 8pm like last year, I’m keeping the same superstitions that saw us win last year!

Nick · May 23, 2018

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
First beer will be at Euston at about 8pm like last year, I’m keeping the same superstitions that saw us win last year!

Think I was asleep by then.

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · May 23, 2018

Nick said:
Think I was asleep by then.

Not a surprise when you’re putting lager in on your weetabix!

Nick · May 23, 2018

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
Not a surprise when you’re putting lager in on your weetabix!

It was a one off occasion where it was acceptable to stand outside the train station before 8AM with cans of beer. It needed the most making of it.

hill83 · May 23, 2018

Just changed my train to go from leamington instead of cov and 2 hours earlier off the back of this thread. Going to be hammered.

Otis · May 23, 2018

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
Knowing you it probably goes in about 20 minutes!?

I have one at 7.21. Gets in at 9.10.

fernandopartridge · May 23, 2018

hill83 said:
Just changed my train to go from leamington instead of cov and 2 hours earlier off the back of this thread. Going to be hammered.

I'm going from Manchester just to avoid Cov station. If that ain't commitment I don't know what is.

hill83 · May 23, 2018

fernandopartridge said:
I'm going from Manchester just to avoid Cov station. If that ain't commitment I don't know what is.

I ended up losing a tenner cancelling my ticket but as my mate just said. Sat in cov train station carpark at 12pm dying for a piss or in the green man 8 pints in, no brainer for £10.

Somerset Sky Blue · May 23, 2018

fernandopartridge said:
I'm going from Manchester just to avoid Cov station. If that ain't commitment I don't know what is.

I'm going from Somerset to avoid the queues - that's commitment!

Mr pot · May 23, 2018

It's all super off peak return travel cards - every man women and dog for themselves on Monday - any train you can get on your ticket will be valid

rupert_bear · May 24, 2018

Train chap on the radio said there are 2 trains an hour Monday instead of the usual 3 plus one special. Not a lot is it, Don’t know how many a train holds but by the above figures going to take a few hours to shift all the fans.

skyblu3sk · May 24, 2018

I decided to go down Sunday and grab a hotel room for the night. Was pissed off I couldn't book seats on the way back! Wife will be with me and 6months pregnant. Going to be a ray of sunshine if she has to stand all the way home...

Otis · May 24, 2018

Mr pot said:
It's all super off peak return travel cards - every man women and dog for themselves on Monday - any train you can get on your ticket will be valid

Well my tickets are specific trains only. Valid only on those particular trains.

itsabuzzard · May 24, 2018

skyblu3sk said:
I decided to go down Sunday and grab a hotel room for the night. Was pissed off I couldn't book seats on the way back! Wife will be with me and 6months pregnant. Going to be a ray of sunshine if she has to stand all the way home...

If anyone on your train's got an ounce of decency, they'll give up their seat for your better half.

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