[Travel] buses for arsenal game

I remember the good times said:

Now, I don't want to put the club down because they are doing a great service at a time when our main transport system has shut down (also same to Southern, not there fault we have to play this game).
But 1000's use the train to get back to Brighton. A bus takes 100 people. I guess they will utilise the bendy buses and every bus they can get, but where will they stack them up? Quick calculation is let's say they get 15 buses that take 2 minutes to load but only three buses at the stop at a time. Every 10 minutes they can clear 300 people. Going to be a lot of angry people.

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abc said:

Because, as far as I can work out, the train drivers’ union look for any excuse to strike these days. Being made to work on Boxing Day would be all out war

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BensGrandad said:

I have gone through various options for this game from watching on sky to P & R then settled on the bus from Lewes but reading this thread about the probable delays getting home have decided against that and am now being dropped off and picked up within easy walking distance of the ground. I wonder how it would be if PB and TB had the same problem getting to a game as some supporters encounter. I would guarantee it wouldn't happen many times.

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Yes Chef said:

Does anyone have any advice /suggestions on getting back to Eastbourne after the game, without driving? Public transport looks like it grinds to a halt at 5pm

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chaileyjem said:

They have done this before. Several times - it worked fine. There wasn’t a lot of “angry people”

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Jello Biafra said:

The transport situation today is an abject farce. I've lived in London since 1994 as a fully paid up member of the liberal metropolitan elite (SW20) so Sussex is more of an alien environment for me than SW London. Anybody accustomed to the London transport system is going to think they've gone back in time to the 1930s if they're trying to get to the Amex today.

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Wrong-Direction said:

Yes there was, I was one of them.

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BNthree said:

Though Southern (or BR previously) don't run local services in London on Boxing Day either so not that different to the situation on the Falmer line.

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BensGrandad said:

That may be your opinion re kick off but not the majority. I think it is the worst possible time on Boxing Day either a lunch time or 3pm kick off would have enabled people to use the normal buses and thus caused less problems.

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perseus said:

Always were Selhurst Park electric depot vs Brighton steam


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LamieRobertson said:

Always one

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Wrong-Direction said:

Can you pick me and the old man up around 4ish..?

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LamieRobertson said:

Nah not leaving until 4.45

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Wrong-Direction said:

Last resort then,





Ask the misses..

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Jello Biafra said:

The transport situation today is an abject farce. I've lived in London since 1994 as a fully paid up member of the liberal metropolitan elite (SW20) so Sussex is more of an alien environment for me than SW London. Anybody accustomed to the London transport system is going to think they've gone back in time to the 1930s if they're trying to get to the Amex today.

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Herr Tubthumper said:

Personally, in this day-and-age, I cannot see any excuse for not running services on Boxing Day, or Christmas Day. As long as staff are adequately compensated and not forced to work there’s really no reason why they can’t run. It’s baffling why we have this discussion every year.

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Tom Hark said:

This. 3 out of 10 Brits go shopping today according to this morning's news. Doubtless would be higher except for the shutdown of public transport. For somewhere like the Amex whose whole premise is built on sustainable transport, it's just crap. For sure public transport staff fully deserve to spend quality time with their families over the xmas period, but there must be many who would welcome the extra cash to run a limited service on a purely voluntary basis.

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Tom Hark said:

This. 3 out of 10 Brits go shopping today according to this morning's news. Doubtless would be higher except for the shutdown of public transport. For somewhere like the Amex whose whole premise is built on sustainable transport, it's just crap. For sure public transport staff fully deserve to spend quality time with their families over the xmas period, but there must be many who would welcome the extra cash to run a limited service on a purely voluntary basis.

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