Metrolink to / from Etihad

The annoying thing for me is that I'd always walk to and from matches if I was on my own. However, I attend matches with my mate who has mobility issues so feel duty bound to stay with him and use the tram both ways.
After yesterday's experience, I provided feedback via the "Bee Network" app, and I'd suggest anyone who had a rubbish experience to do the same. If people don't provide them feedback, I suspect Burnham & his cronies will think everything is brilliant.
 
staffsblue said:
The annoying thing for me is that I'd always walk to and from matches if I was on my own. However, I attend matches with my mate who has mobility issues so feel duty bound to stay with him and use the tram both ways.
After yesterday's experience, I provided feedback via the "Bee Network" app, and I'd suggest anyone who had a rubbish experience to do the same. If people don't provide them feedback, I suspect Burnham & his cronies will think everything is brilliant.
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Mate I've emailed them countless times and you just get the standard trite reply. On matchdays they have all these stewards or whatever they are at stops in the city center. They do nothing except shout to passengers already standing up crushed to move down the tram so they can cram even more people on.
 
Gray said:
Will always be Warwick Road as far as I am concerned, 'Trafford Bar' what the hell is that?
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Trafford Bar is where the old BR station Old Trafford was situated, and renamed when Metro was introduced as they didn't want the tourists getting off a mile from the Swamp.
 
Winchester said:
It's Dire both ways tbh
There will down come s day when people sit in the roof as they do in India I'm sure
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Metrolink say they have come up with the solution to crowded trams going to and from the Etihad stadium. The head of metrolink, Danny Vaughn, said by allowing passengers to ride on the roof they provide a unique exhilarating experience and a chance to experience Greater Manchester weather in the raw. It also allows trams to carry more passengers and will add to the atmosphere for match going fans.

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We must have got lucky yesterday by the sounds of it.

Got to Deansgate just as a double was pulling out about 2.30. Thought we’re definitely gonna be late here. But literally 1 or 2 minutes later another double turned up and it wasn’t even full. Got a seat even.
 
I went into town in the summer one late afternoon. Got on at Stretford and saw a tram to the Etihad in 5 mins then another in 11 mins on the display which I thought was really unusual. Anyway got on and realised there was a concert on at the stadium. Couldn't believe there was specials laid on for that but sod all when we're at home.
 
Stephen230 said:
We must have got lucky yesterday by the sounds of it.

Got to Deansgate just as a double was pulling out about 2.30. Thought we’re definitely gonna be late here. But literally 1 or 2 minutes later another double turned up and it wasn’t even full. Got a seat even.
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Most aren’t prepared to leave it till 2.30 to leave town.
What time did you get to your seat in the stadium?
 
You’ve got it easy compared to anyone having to catch one of the buses, why oh why they can’t count to a hundred, start loading that bus, then crack on with the next & so on, I don’t know, instead they just wait till that one is ready to go, there’s no reason why they couldn’t set 3 or 4 off straight away, yesterday the bus just crawled at 5mph behind all the fans (no doubt a reaction to the incident midweek) and everyone was shouting at the driver to get on with it
 
paulchapo said:
Metrolink say they have come up with the solution to crowded trams going to and from the Etihad stadium. The head of metrolink, Danny Vaughn, said by allowing passengers to ride on the roof they provide a unique exhilarating experience and a chance to experience Greater Manchester weather in the raw. It also allows trams to carry more passengers and will add to the atmosphere for match going fans.

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Oh yesssssss
 
Got a taxi in from Portland St yesterday, £8 for 4 of us.

Generally though, the message from this thread seems to be, if you’re able to walk, walk. It’s the way I get in most of the time.
 
Jesus H Gabz said:
You’ve got it easy compared to anyone having to catch one of the buses, why oh why they can’t count to a hundred, start loading that bus, then crack on with the next & so on, I don’t know, instead they just wait till that one is ready to go, there’s no reason why they couldn’t set 3 or 4 off straight away, yesterday the bus just crawled at 5mph behind all the fans (no doubt a reaction to the incident midweek) and everyone was shouting at the driver to get on with it
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A few thousand more will be walking on the roads when they stop people street parking anywhere near the ground, delaying the buses even more.

(Are the "special" buses still being done as a commercial venture?)
 
Jesus H Gabz said:
You’ve got it easy compared to anyone having to catch one of the buses, why oh why they can’t count to a hundred, start loading that bus, then crack on with the next & so on, I don’t know, instead they just wait till that one is ready to go, there’s no reason why they couldn’t set 3 or 4 off straight away, yesterday the bus just crawled at 5mph behind all the fans (no doubt a reaction to the incident midweek) and everyone was shouting at the driver to get on with it
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The buses are quicker to get away from the ground than waiting for a tram, but there are problems that could be addressed to make it quicker.

In spite of the barriers and loads of stewards supposedly there to control it it's often a shambles. That's because nobody leads the operation and most stewards stand around with no clue or interest as to what they're supposed to be doing. They've gone with one huge queue so as you say they fill the first bus up, then start to fill the second and so on. There is usually somebody walking the queue trying to count numbers but it's not accurate. They need to count the numbers, put a barrier there, count numbers for the next bus, barrier there and so on. Get the buses filled up quickly and away.

Paying by cash. This needs to stop as it holds up things even more as in spite of it being £2 for a while now people still don't seem to know and fuck about sorting their money out. If they're going to allow cash then get somebody walking the queues selling tickets to speed it up.

Halfwits walking in the road. Those pavements are pretty wide I've walked on them, but in spite of that hundreds persist in walking in the road. Not only that but they're either oblivious a huge bus is right up their arse, or choose to be an arsehole and refuse to move. If they do move it's grudgingly. How anybody hasn't been killed so far is a miracle. You've chosen to walk, allow the people who've chosen the bus to get past.

Rant over.....for now lol!

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It's not so bad going to the ground; people arriving at different times in the couple of hours before kick off. After the game, though; absolute chaos. I tried it once; never again. I hike back into town after games now, whenever I'm fortunate enough to be over. Along with thousands of others. Too many people wanting to get the tram at the same time, andnot enough trams put on. And, of course, only the one "platform" to cater for that amount of people.
 
paulchapo said:
The whole organisation just smacks of a "We don't care" attitude. Instead of thinking, "Right we have 54,000 people attending an event at one location. We need to move as many of these people as swiftly and safely as possibly to and from the venue. That means adding extra capacity and tweaking our existing services, so trams going into Piccadilly station run through to the stadium and then turn around." they don't. They just run the normal service that is fine on non match days but not fit for purpose on a match day.
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The reason for that is, apparantly, the power supply from Piccadilly to the Etihad isn't sufficient. I got a comment back from someone, possibly the club saying that this would be fixed during closure while HS2 was being completed. I guess they just now need to fix it.
 
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BlueAnorak said:
The reason for that is, apparantly, the power supply from Piccadilly to the Etihad isn't sufficient. They said this would be fixed during closure while HS2 was being completed. I guess they now need to fix it.
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Absolutely. They've got a concert venue plus another 6,000 football fans to contend with soon they need to get their finger out.
 
paulchapo said:
I give up with metrolink. Whoever is the operations manager should fuck off and manage a toy train set. We have a fast effective tram system but don't utilise it properly. At the moment we have the Ashton tram and I think the Eccles tram that goes to the stadium. They also put the odd special on, though I haven't seen many. We have the Altrincham tram that goes into Piccadilly station, why can't it carry on to the stadium and then turn around? Same with any Bury trams that run into Piccadilly station. They only have to run them to the ground from 12-3 pm going and 5-7 coming back. Instead of making it easy they make it chaotic and the trams are dangerously overcrowded as a result.
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It had improved but yesterday was shocking I got to Ashton West at 14:17 only for there to be no trams to Manchester till 14:50. Missed Franny Lee memorial as a result and just got to my seat as the 2nd goal went in.
Pissed off.
As to the Bee app, it is shit compared to the Metrolink app. There need to be front end pages just for Metrolink journies.
 
paulchapo said:
Absolutely. They've got a concert venue plus another 6,000 football fans to contend with soon they need to get their finger out.
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Absobloodylutely.
In the mean time they remove even more parking options near the ground just to piss City fans off even more.
 
I asked the Bee network why the passenger information signs are never or rarely working at Etihad Campus after the game. The reply; they intentionally turn them off “ as we sometimes have special services running which would confuse passengers due to the listing”
Surely better to try to inform so we know at least something like “will it be a double or a single so where best to stand on the platform?” “How long until the next tram?” so do I squeeze onto this or wait for the next one?”
To make a call just to give zero information in case it might be wrong is crazy.
 
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