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Or ... to put things in more general terms ... plans are afoot to prepare for better train services to serve the stadium.

That's excellent news, BB. I gather that the technology also exists to notify people about the number of seats / standing places that will be available when a train pulls into Falmer Station to pick people up after the game.

I wonder whether a handheld device will be available. That could follow the bus queue.

I'm sure you're right. They have, after all, got used to doing that over the past ten years.

It's not a question of "forcing" away fans to buy tickets "before entering the car park". Tickets will be available to HOME fans and AWAY fans at all park and ride sites.

Away fans will either:- 1. Use the Park & Ride (and buy a ticket there); or 2. Travel by coach (and get a ticket as part of the coach deal); or 3. Travel by train (and have access to a ticket at Brighton or Lewes stations); or 4. Buy their ticket by phone / internet; or 5. Be able to use...

And this set me thinking ... Maybe the best way to get people who have never been to an Albion match before to sign up to a smart card system for use at future matches would to offer to fans who aren't already in the database 1,000 FREE TICKETS at every game that looks like it won't sell out -...

This is probably not the thread to discuss all of the implications of what Leyton Orient are up to as far as ticketing for the JPT game against the Albion is concerned. So I'll stick to just this little factette:- Tickets for home fans who are Under 18 are available in the West Stand FREE OF...

I'd agree with you about public transport in much of Britain. I won't agree with you about public transport between Brighton and Falmer - 10 buses an hour on Saturdays (maybe more when the stadium opens), with free travel for Albion ticket holders, plus 4 trains an hour, also with free travel...

I agree. The Club's evidence that pay on the gate wouldn't happen was a crucial part of winning the argument. My evidence (that fans needed a stadium) seemed like a statement of the bleedin' obvious.

Why do you assume that? The current ticketing arrangements require manpower to administer. The new system doesn't. And I mentioned Millwall because it is an example of a club (and not the only one) where surcharges are levied on people who pay at the gate. And some people (early on in this...

I sat through DAYS of transport (and other) evidence presented at the two public inquiries. It is absolutely without doubt that the Club were NEVER going to get planning permission for a stadium ANYWHERE if they had persisted with the idea that tickets would be sold on matchdays at the stadium...

Actually ... the conditions that discourage severe traffic congestion resulting from major developments are NOT "bloody stupid rules". They are mainstream features of the modern world. You might not like them, but you are stuck with them.

Once AGAIN ... There is NO-ONE connected to the Albion who is going to be able to change the planning conditions that are in force. Those conditions didn't apply when The New Den was built in 1993. It was only when John Selwyn Gummer became Secretary of State for the Environment that planning...

WRONG !! The example of Millwall has appeared several times in this thread. Ticket prices (East Stand Upper) for home fans at the next game (v Huddersfield) at the New Den (including on-line purchasers) are these:- Bought in advance: Adult £23 Senior (60+) £15 Junior U16s £12 Junior U12s £10...

No. Pay on the day? Yes.

You'll find that EVERY ticket you buy will be a "poxy plastic card". Re-usable and re-chargeable the next time you want to go. It will even get you into away games at grounds that have the same ticketing system. Paper tickets won't be available to anyone.

No-one is saying you will have to drive down from Cambridge and go to the club shop in Queens Road. You will be able to drive down from Cambridge, park at Mill Road, buy a ticket there and be taken by bus to within 100 yards of your seat. Far more convenient than driving to Falmer High School...

If you can buy your ticket at the park and ride site ... why would you want to buy your ticket at the ground? Once we move into a permanent stadium, the technology will be upgraded to allow for this. Remember - at Withdean - apart from lighting (?) the turnstile booths don't even have...

Have you tried shopping or swimming in Brighton city centre lately? You can park your car - but you pay through the nose to do so. Why? Because too many cars were killing the city. And someone has done something about it.