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Best way to get to Bournemouth by train
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Westdene Wonder
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If you must go suggest travel via Glasgow,it will be almost over before you arrive
wigman
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Yes, but it was 3 hours after closing time.
el punal
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As I do this trip every home game on a Saturday there is a small compensation - that you drink copious amounts of beer/cider or whatever you fancy. My, how the time flies by. Mix in a discussion on how sh*t we are and what you would do to rectify the situation and you have 1hour 40 minutes of convivial entertainment.
Repeat process for return journey - marvellous.
seagull_in_malaysia
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Thankfully I only had to do the journey by train a few times when I lived there but the beer certainly helps. Do you bother going midweek or is it too tricky to try and get that last train home at around 22.10 or whenever?
el punal
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Unfortunately, for mid-week evening games one has to drive one's car to watch our beloved team, as trains do not go back to Southampton after 9.30ish. I suppose you could do an exaggerated 85th minute exit by leaving at half-time, but that kind of defeats the object of the exercise. And, finally, because of having to drive the copious drink fest is out of the window. Still, you could always enjoy the diversions and night time roadworks that seem to be prevalent on the A27 for every Albion game.
TomandJerry
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- Oct 1, 2013
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U made it to shoreham ok
Shoreham is more local than Bournemouth!
LamieRobertson
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TomandJerry
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- Oct 1, 2013
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town by town step by step....you'd probably get there five hours early though
Better than 5 hours late!
LamieRobertson
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lol ye....just kidding
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
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Quite a thread, how to get to Bournemouth on the train, imagine we really were "premiership ready" and in five years time we drew Partizan Tirana away in the Europa Cup, the thread would run for a thousand pages
Arthur
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It's funny because it's true! The "football family" that have attached themselves to England these days used to provide great amusement on the englandfans messageboard a couple of years back when I was a member.
What language do they speak? What money do they take? Do I need to take a plug socket adaptor? Will my mobile phone work? Will they except my credit card?
And of course the CLASSIC....
What pub is EVERYONE meeting at?
Going to places like Macedonia where you couldn't get any currency until you got there would send some people into melt down.
In answer to the original poster the best way to get to Bournemouth by train is to get on a train going to Bournemouth.
brighton terra
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Peter Grummit
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It's feckin' unbelievable. I started going away in the late 80s and it was fairly simple. Look up train time. Buy ticket. Discuss leaving time with friends in pub before previous home game. Go to station. Get on train. Arrive at 11am. Find the nearest pub. Get ****faced. Follow the floodlights to the ground (not the crowd as if you were somewhere like Port Vale you'd end up at a caravan sale, boom-boom).
I fully expect technology to come up with an arsewiping machine in the next few years and for people of certain ages to spend all day on Facebook complaining theirs doesn't work and asking for advice.
TomandJerry
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Now I have the route planned, anyone know the best time train to get?
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
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oh the irony if I was to type "LOL" or even worse "PMSL". I shall simply say, " I found this comment very amusing to say the least" or as the kids would say IFTCVATSTL
sydney
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about two hours after kick off...!