[Albion] Notification of train travel for tonight

Thunder Bolt said:

I've just received a notification on the Albion app on my phone re train travel for tonight.

If you are travelling by train this evening, we have been advised by Southern Rail that they are experiencing staff shortages, so please ensure you allow additional time for your journey to and from the Amex and expect long queues.

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Jim in the West said:

Without wanting to be a doomsayer, this translates to: "In order to get to The Amex you will be exposed to additional levels of crowding before, during and after your train journey." If you haven't had your booster, this sounds a bit scary to me.

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Thunder Bolt said:

I've just received a notification on the Albion app on my phone re train travel for tonight.

If you are travelling by train this evening, we have been advised by Southern Rail that they are experiencing staff shortages, so please ensure you allow additional time for your journey to and from the Amex and expect long queues.

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The-Libertine said:

We ALL pay towards the cost of travel to The Amex. It is included as part of the price of all tickets. Southern take a lot of money off the club. This is what they get back in return. Southern don’t want to provide a service. They actively try to dissuade people from travelling by train!! It is outrageous. I hope the club ask questions.

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Jim in the West said:

Without wanting to be a doomsayer, this translates to: "In order to get to The Amex you will be exposed to additional levels of crowding before, during and after your train journey." If you haven't had your booster, this sounds a bit scary to me.

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jackalbion said:

While it is pretty terrible, I presume that the staff shortages are due to COVID, so I’m not really sure what anybody can do about this.

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CheeseRolls said:

Stop the pretence that this is a for profit private enterprise. Over three decades of this BS and the only thing we have to show for it is better sandwiches, which are F'all to do with the operators anyway. Treat the railways and water treatment (while I am having a rant) like they matter and are a critical part of the countries infrastructure and employ enough people to make sure that services can still run in all but the most extreme of circumstances and that we don't have to wallow in our own excrement in our rivers and seas.

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jackalbion said:

I agree with what you are saying, but looking at it on a smaller, short term scale, if there is a COVID outbreak at a drivers depot, what can anyone do?

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CheeseRolls said:

As always make alternative arrangements. SASTA don't have a plan and couldn't care less.

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jackalbion said:

And what alternative arrangements would those be? While I agree with franchising being a disaster, having some background knowledge on the industry, judging by this weekend, a lot of people are only just testing positive, it takes over 2 years to train a driver, I can’t really see where they are gonna get drivers/train crew from in a days notice.

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jackalbion said:

I agree with what you are saying, but looking at it on a smaller, short term scale, if there is a COVID outbreak at a drivers depot, what can anyone do?

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CheeseRolls said:

Sorry Jack I wasn't suggesting anything more sophisticated than using whatever means of transport is available a bit like the suggestion provided by Saints fans at St Marys "1-0 and your walking home", although they really struggled to keep that one going towards the end of the game.

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