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[Albion] Match day Travel Survey
- Thread starter Bob!
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Just had the email but not clicked through. If they do that then they will be two STHs down. They better not do it for next season after we've all committed already.
EDIT - just started it. This is a strange question as there already is :
EDIT - just started it. This is a strange question as there already is :
Somebody didn't think this survey through :
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I guess that implies they might charge for P&R.
It sounds like free Park and Ride is going to be dumped in the near future if the last question is anything to go by. Not the most functional service that is on offer but useful for many.
I can't see a way that getting 30,000 people to and from the ground works without the free travel zone in total though.
I can't see a way that getting 30,000 people to and from the ground works without the free travel zone in total though.
banjo
GOSBTS
I couldn’t see a question about safe standing on the train. 
jackalbion
Well-known member
- Aug 30, 2011
- 4,278
I think everyone should click 10 on these answers. Especially if they are gonna push the green premier league week every season, kind of makes a mockery of the whole thing. The free travel subsidy is something that should be celebrated, not stripped.
Deleted member 37369
Well-known member
- Aug 21, 2018
- 1,994
I have just completed the survey. I’d actually prefer cheaper ticket prices and no free travel.
Soton Seagull
Well-known member
The direction of travel, so to speak, is not encouraging. I appreciate the costs must be rising but so is the Premier League income.
I wonder how much season ticket prices would reduce if any of the options were implemented. My guess would be the substantial sum of £0.00.
From memory I'm sure we paid a nominal amount (£30?) in the 1st season at Falmer for travel vouchers and then dumped them as Southern basically didn't bother checking anyone so loads got it for free. Not sure that was the official explanation!
I wonder how much season ticket prices would reduce if any of the options were implemented. My guess would be the substantial sum of £0.00.
From memory I'm sure we paid a nominal amount (£30?) in the 1st season at Falmer for travel vouchers and then dumped them as Southern basically didn't bother checking anyone so loads got it for free. Not sure that was the official explanation!
Rambo
Don't Push me
So if they remove free travel zone it will add £10 every week to my spend or £190 a year to the season ticket.
Hmmmm
Hmmmm
blockhseagull
Well-known member
Obviously got to the point where it’s a huge hike in season ticket prices to cover the uplift in costs for free travel or introduce a charge for it and reduce season tickets as travel element won’t be included.
Rambo
Don't Push me
Where is the option for - I will go and watch Worthing?
Spiros
Well-known member
I'm guessing that they can't start charging separately for the travel for next season as the renewal for 23/24 already mentions 'Inclusive travel to all men's first-team home league matches on rail and bus from across Sussex within our matchday travel zone'
jackalbion
Well-known member
- Aug 30, 2011
- 4,278
If the free travel subsidy was dropped we would just get a base service for matchdays at the Amex at Falmer. The service wouldn't be able to cope in all honesty, with 4, 4 carriage trains an hour through there, very poor IMO if the club decide to drop the travel subsidy.
Deadly Danson
Well-known member
They will probably just charge for it and continue to run it. Makes sense from a club perspective if it's becoming more expensive to run so that not everyone's season ticket goes up to cover the cost of P&R if only a small percentage use it. Not saying its right or wrong and probably doesn’t sit well with sustainability but I assume that's what might happen (from the season after next).
Rambo
Don't Push me
I think a lot of people put up with the crap service and rammed trains and park and rides because it is free. If you are paying for it and it’s still crap or worse expect a lot of anger!
Hudson Hawk
Active member
It does appear that they are looking to drop the subsidised travel and make people pay for whatever service they choose.
I pretty much use every mode of transport throughout the season, depending on who i am going with, being a midweek game, if i am boozing or have to leave sharpish etc.
But to regularly get from Beeding to the Amex, the train + bus cost about £11 return. This would push me towards Seagulls travel at £20 return which would be quicker and more direct, unless i wanted to get there earlier or hang around after for a few.
The other option is park and ride, which looks like it would costs anywhere between £4 and £10.
There wasnt an option to say you would be willing to pay for park and ride, but only if the service improved. So i was left to have no option but to say no i wouldn't be willing to pay.
If the subsidised travel is costing them too much, maybe they should increase ticket prices to cover it as the whole point of the stadium being out of town was that it had sustainable travel, which is why the cost to get there should be in the ticket cost.
I appreciate that some people do not use any of the travel options, such as cyclists/walkers and people who pay to park etc. But i would think 60-70% use the current inclusive travel options.
But if you make people pay, you are more likely to increase traffic at the AMEX and surrounding areas.
They stopped us parking in Moulsecoomb and Coldean after a few seasons, because the locals complained about those 19/26 days of the year where people who pay road tax parked on the public roads they pay tax for.
I pretty much use every mode of transport throughout the season, depending on who i am going with, being a midweek game, if i am boozing or have to leave sharpish etc.
But to regularly get from Beeding to the Amex, the train + bus cost about £11 return. This would push me towards Seagulls travel at £20 return which would be quicker and more direct, unless i wanted to get there earlier or hang around after for a few.
The other option is park and ride, which looks like it would costs anywhere between £4 and £10.
There wasnt an option to say you would be willing to pay for park and ride, but only if the service improved. So i was left to have no option but to say no i wouldn't be willing to pay.
If the subsidised travel is costing them too much, maybe they should increase ticket prices to cover it as the whole point of the stadium being out of town was that it had sustainable travel, which is why the cost to get there should be in the ticket cost.
I appreciate that some people do not use any of the travel options, such as cyclists/walkers and people who pay to park etc. But i would think 60-70% use the current inclusive travel options.
But if you make people pay, you are more likely to increase traffic at the AMEX and surrounding areas.
They stopped us parking in Moulsecoomb and Coldean after a few seasons, because the locals complained about those 19/26 days of the year where people who pay road tax parked on the public roads they pay tax for.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,436
this is NSC, home of poll rigging.
you would likely not renew (9-10s), and you'd drive as alternative.
you would likely not renew (9-10s), and you'd drive as alternative.
How will they check tickets on the Brighton Falmer train though?
- May 8, 2018
- 9,540
I raised the viability of moving my travel subsidy to their official travel partner ST in view I’m paying for something I don’t use.
Will be interesting to see if the benefit for all is consistent with the recent safe standing stance
Will be interesting to see if the benefit for all is consistent with the recent safe standing stance