City bus scheme for home games - bus tracking (P91)

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jrb said:
It depends how long the bus is going to wait after the match, especially after midweek matches. People want to get home quickly after a midweek match. They don’t want to be sat on a bus for 20 minutes after the match. Then you have to factor in traffic, buses are slower than cars as a rule, and people getting off at bus stops, etc.
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I hope they do hang about 20mins as I’m sat at 316 and I think it’d take me 20mins to get back to the bus!!

Where are the buses dropping/collecting people??
 
MikeF said:
I hope they do hang about 20mins as I’m sat at 316 and I think it’d take me 20mins to get back to the bus!!

Where are the buses dropping/collecting people??
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Connell College/Alan Turing Way. Edit, this is for Bus 5, not sure about the others.
 
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MikeF said:
I hope they do hang about 20mins as I’m sat at 316 and I think it’d take me 20mins to get back to the bus!!

Where are the buses dropping/collecting people??
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They seem to be a bit of a walk away from the campus. The Radcliffe one is leaving from near Vermillion (AND the Middleton one is too), so that will impact the Supporter Club coaches that normally wait there.

The locations are on the TfGM website …

tfgm.com

Manchester City Matchday Buses

Full details of the bus routes, ticket fares and timetables for the Manchester City Matchday Bus Network
tfgm.com tfgm.com
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
They seem to be a bit of a walk away from the campus. The Radcliffe one is leaving from near Vermillion (AND the Middleton one is too), so that will impact the Supporter Club coaches that normally wait there.

The locations are on the TfGM website …

tfgm.com

Manchester City Matchday Buses

Full details of the bus routes, ticket fares and timetables for the Manchester City Matchday Bus Network
tfgm.com tfgm.com
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Cheers
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
It's a start in the right direction but they need to sort of a proper shuttle bus system back to town as well. After the match they need proper bus lanes and should close Ashton New Road/Merill Street to all traffic except buses, taxis, and trams to stop the gridlock. An airport style taxi rank near the stadium would also help. None of this is rocket science.
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I’ve said it before but too many fans walking in the road to make that be a suitable route.

The very much under used City Link walkway could be cheaply changed to a bus route straight to the back of Piccadilly station. A bit of work to link up to allow the buses to use the tram tracks from Hokt Town including bollards to stop cars using it.

Improve the canal route for the walkers.

Easy :)
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
This is clearly good news, it means the club are aware of the transport issues and are trying to resolve it. A work in progress no doubt, but its a start.
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It smacks of the City Matters situation with the club merely paying lip service to fan engagement and doing fuck all of substance.

They’re a multi billion pound organisation with soon to be 60 odd thousand paying customers each fortnight who find getting to and away from the ground increasingly problematic.

So they lay on a handful of slow, expensive, not particularly convenient coaches to help. Lip service.
 
One Fan Clapping said:
I’ve said it before but too many fans walking in the road to make that be a suitable route.

The very much under used City Link walkway could be cheaply changed to a bus route straight to the back of Piccadilly station. A bit of work to link up to allow the buses to use the tram tracks from Hokt Town including bollards to stop cars using it.

Improve the canal route for the walkers.

Easy :)
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There’s some planning applications that went in in November on the MCC website relating to the canal paths. Mainly for clearing vegetation, adding signage and improved lighting as far as I can see but there may be something I missed.
 
MikeF said:
I hope they do hang about 20mins as I’m sat at 316 and I think it’d take me 20mins to get back to the bus!!

Where are the buses dropping/collecting people??
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Route 13 Shaw, 14 Oldham pick up drop off is the bus stop near fire station on Briscoe Lane, not looked at others
 
Axel Freed said:
It smacks of the City Matters situation with the club merely paying lip service to fan engagement and doing fuck all of substance.

They’re a multi billion pound organisation with soon to be 60 odd thousand paying customers each fortnight who find getting to and away from the ground increasingly problematic.

So they lay on a handful of slow, expensive, not particularly convenient coaches to help. Lip service.
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Chinnock helicopters might be answer
 
It's a nice idea and they're trying but it will probably still be quicker and cheaper to drive and park outside the restrictions near Oldham road

Might be tempted to use it when I'm having a few drinks
 
MikeF said:
That’s the one I’d be looking too. I’ll have to get a sprint on to get back there before it leaves!
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I was trying to do the maths based on Brentford. If the game is ending around 9:20/9:25pm then there's not time to applaud the players if I need to walk to Vermillion by 9:45pm (the scheduled leaving time) as I will likely need to allow time for a pitstop on the way out and then there's the stewards controlling fans down Joe Mercer Way. I wonder if they'll be flexible with the departures to allow 5 - 10 mins injury time? Think I'll see how they run before trying them myself.
 
dadnlad said:
Chinnock helicopters might be answer
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Many a true word is spoken in jest

I’m sure i read somewhere that a group of blues were chartering a helicopter to Wembley one time, might even have been the rags final, as it worked out about the same price as going down on the train.
 
jrb said:
The obvious route is down Kingsway, Burnage Lane, Stockport Road, Broom Lane, Mount Road, and on to the Etihad. I would definitely use it.
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Looking at all the routes, they all start further out than that so it looks like it’s aimed primarily at those who live further afield with pick-ups along the way. The closest one I can see to you is the one from Offerton that picks up in Heaton Chapel and Reddish or the one that starts in Wythenshawe and picks up in Withington. I’d have thought there might at least be a pick up in Burnage for that one.
 
People have been calling for better public transport, so it’s definitely a welcome start.

It’s no good for me but if you live near a pick up point it could be a great way of getting to the game.

There’s bound to be a bit of trial and error. Some routes will probably have demand more than capacity and others underused. So hopefully they’ll monitor it carefully during the trial and be flexible to adjustments if need be.
 
One Fan Clapping said:
I’ve said it before but too many fans walking in the road to make that be a suitable route.

The very much under used City Link walkway could be cheaply changed to a bus route straight to the back of Piccadilly station. A bit of work to link up to allow the buses to use the tram tracks from Hokt Town including bollards to stop cars using it.

Improve the canal route for the walkers.

Easy :)
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Those walking routes appear busy when I've used them

Nowt wrong with the Canal either, it's actually a nice walk and I would recommend it
 
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