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[Travel] How did you get to the match last night?



Jeremiah

Jeremiah

God is great
Mar 15, 2020
2,168
Hove
My apologies if there is already a thread up and running concerning this.

I am interested in learning how people got to and from the Amex last night. I didn't attend the match as I was concerned about social distancing on public transport. Were there crowds on the train platforms at Brighton and Falmer , did Park 'n' ride operate, how did the buses and coaches cope with social distancing etc ?

Thanks for any information.
 








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Hotchilidog

Well-known member
Jan 24, 2009
8,692
Got the train from Brighton. No queue on the way in, small queue on the way back but got on the second train that came in
 


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Pogue Mahone

Well-known member
Apr 30, 2011
10,733
Couple of pints in The Open House, then the 6.14 from London Road. The train was only 4 carriages, so was quite packed, but it only takes 7 minutes...

Going home, a much longer and much less crowded train to Brighton. Home by 10.15.
 






ManOfSussex

ManOfSussex

We wunt be druv
Apr 11, 2016
14,745
Rape of Hastings, Sussex
Train from the east. Coming in even after Lewes there were plenty of seats available. On the way home I walked straight down to the platform after the game and got a Newhaven Harbour train and got off to change at Lewes. The windows were open on the train coming back which I would have described as pretty packed, though far from heaving. First time I've been on a train yesterday since Palace last year.
 






chaileyjem

chaileyjem

#BarberIn
NSC Patron
Jun 27, 2012
13,880
Via Lewes and train to Falmer (included in ticket as per normal) . Waited about 15 mins for train at 5.50pm. On way back waited about 10 mins - Got a seat.
 




pasty

pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
30,272
West, West, West Sussex
Taxi. Unplanned but the extra pint in the pub made us miss the 23 bus :lolol:
 








Tom Hark Preston Park

Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
70,153
Went to the game by bus. It was fine.

Got the train back. There was ZERO by way of social distancing, either on the platform or on the train. Not particularly helped by those SASTA c***s not running one single train in either direction within 15 minutes of the final whistle. The first train back into Brighton was 4 carriages long :rolleyes:

Despite having had both jabs, this was - by a country mile - the most closely packed environment I've found myself in in over a year. Felt a tad nervous. It made a complete mockery of all the precautions made within the confines of the ground perimeter. Frankly it would be safer if they just closed the station on match days. Let's just hope that masks offer some modicum of protection in such an environment, else it could spell REALLY bad news
 






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Machiavelli

Well-known member
Oct 11, 2013
16,646
Fiveways
Got dropped off at the top of Ditchling Road. Walked the remainder, which was a lovely stroll through the woods and fields of Stanmer Park.
Got a bus back to Vogue Gyratory from there -- and that wasn't full, despite it departing c30 minutes after the final whistle -- and walked from there.
 




Denis

Denis

Well-known member
Mar 25, 2013
547
Portslade
Seagull Travel, couldn’t face teatime travel on buses and train, despite using buses five mornings a week into Brighton.
 




Superphil

Superphil

Dismember
Jul 7, 2003
25,417
In a pile of football shirts
Drove, picked up some friends in Southwick, parked in Car Park C.
 




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