They include free travel in some European countries so why not hereAre you being serious?
You expect City to pay travelling expenses for fans!
Nice idea but no other business does that.
Being serious though, the addresses of match going fans will be spread far and wide, even across Grtr Mcr.
You want a bus running from every City fans house?
I checked the bus that calls in Timperley, Timperley may appear to be a small village to those that don't know the area but it covers a huge area. For example, the Metrolink station is about a mile or more from the village centre, so where would you say the bus actually pick up?
It's something that will benefit some, if no good for you then don't worry about it.
I hope it's a success but I would really like them to put a Railway station in behind Tesla!
Regarding the fare price there are only a finite number of drivers available so it’s likely they’ll need to pay overtime rates to get anyone to volunteer to drive these. It’s also free for those with the right passes.Decent enough idea, especially for midweek games when I'm not as bothered about going via town, my only concerns are as its first come first serve, what happens if the bus gets filled at the first stop? Normally you would wait for the next bus going to the same place but this time you will be scrambling for an expensive uber. Secondly, if its run by TFGM why are the fares not capped at £2 each way like normal buses in GM?
Decent enough idea, especially for midweek games when I'm not as bothered about going via town, my only concerns are as its first come first serve, what happens if the bus gets filled at the first stop? Normally you would wait for the next bus going to the same place but this time you will be scrambling for an expensive uber. Secondly, if its run by TFGM why are the fares not capped at £2 each way like normal buses in GM?
Decent enough idea, especially for midweek games when I'm not as bothered about going via town, my only concerns are as its first come first serve, what happens if the bus gets filled at the first stop? Normally you would wait for the next bus going to the same place but this time you will be scrambling for an expensive uber. Secondly, if its run by TFGM why are the fares not capped at £2 each way like normal buses in GM?
Well said.Just a devil's advocate type of post here or thinking aloud to clarify my thoughts?
Yes it seems expensive especially with the price of 'normal' buses being capped at £2 or so per journey.
However with the drivers and the buses for the 'normal' buses being employed for the whole 8 or so hours the cost is spread out over a day.
With the 'football special buses' the driver would be working for say 2 hours before the game and 2 hours after with a 90 minute break. All having to be paid for at competitive rates and no chance to make any more money.
The cost of insurance, petrol/diesel would also be different and equate to more than the 'normal' routes wouldn't it?
Does that make sense? Basically it will cost a heck of a lot more. I know it does for the OSCs who run buses to the matches.
I think it is an interesting venture/gesture from the club. Short of building a multi storey car park, which defeats the object of sustainable and climate saving they appear to be aiming for, I am not sure what else they can do. They are at least trying to help the fans.
JMHO (in peace) :-)
looks like you've found a cloud for your silver liningCall me cynical but I feel the club has collaborated with Manchester council to restrict free parking around the stadium so they can make even more money out of us with this scheme. All take and on the make, they're taking the piss.
Yeah. The club can afford everything the fans demand. Why should they try to make the club self sufficient & competitiveThey include free travel in some European countries so why not here
I do a coach from Middleton so I know the approximate cost of putting a bus on and the club could afford it
What they get in return is less traffic around the ground, less people getting into the ground late, might actually make money on food to cover it.
CynicalCall me cynical but I feel the club has collaborated with Manchester council to restrict free parking around the stadium so they can make even more money out of us with this scheme. All take and on the make, they're taking the piss.
There’s already a bullocks coach that goes through heald green and Cheadle that gets quite busy. Probably why no one was getting on the Macc serviceI used the existing Macc service a couple of times earlier in the season. Only ever 4 or 5 on it plus it wandered all over Heald Green and Cheadle waiting at stops where no one got on, and driver didn’t know where he was going! This looks more flexible, better organised and cheaper, and can use one way, so looks a positive development for getting home, particularly night games.
It gives a departure time and pick up point on the website. Approximately 30mins after the final whistle from where they dropped you off. It's a direct service to and from the ground for slightly more than public transport. This is a great scheme and I'm seeing no downside to this at all.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.
Call me cynical but I feel the club has collaborated with Manchester council to restrict free parking around the stadium so they can make even more money out of us with this scheme. All take and on the make, they're taking the piss.
That takes me back, didn’t you have to get a paper ticket from a little printers shop in Marple for the coach?Remember getting Bullock's coaches from Marple to both Home and Away games in the 70's, it was a brilliant service. Looking forward to using this new service as recently it has been a nightmare getting to and fro the Etihad.
Just for information, the only concessionary pass that will be accepted is the over 65 free travel pass. All others, under 16s etc, won't be.Regarding the fare price there are only a finite number of drivers available so it’s likely they’ll need to pay overtime rates to get anyone to volunteer to drive these. It’s also free for those with the right passes.
Mate, I can see you've been on Bluemoon since 2008, what fck did you expect?This thread is laughable, City helping out with transport and the moaning f****** are out in force, absolute c****