Over10k people exiting the MEN tonight at 10:30 and the service to Rochdale had already ended so thirty quid in a cab and a wasted return ticket. 10:30! Joke. Utter shambles and white elephant of a public funded service.
It's the difference in funding. Have you been on the tube since the Olympics? It's unrecognisable from the shit hole I used to travel on when I lived in London in the 90s. More cash is always the answer to such infrastructure issues.Funnily enough I overheard someone at a recent home game saying that with the metrolink Manchester is trying to be London and failing miserably, and I agreed 100%.
Ah! Yes that in a nutshell is the problem.When it works, it's fine.
Arrived at Altrincham station at 6.30 tonight. Plenty of time I thought for a journey of 35 minutes or so.
Nope.
We get to Piccadilly, and the tram is taken out of service, so off we get to wait for the next one, which we couldn't squeeze into, and the next one which went past because it was terminating and nobody could get on, but anyway.
Another kick off missed because of those useless trams.
Maybe I'm just unlucky, but so far my experience of using Metrolink to get to the games has been less than positive, to say the least.
Come on, United Utilities, and get the Mancunian Way open again.
Cars = freedom, and bollocks to public transport.
I think I must have been on the same tram as you. Didn't they say someone had smashed a window so the tram couldn't continue? You can't really blame them for that to be fair. I prefer the experience of driving to the match but I've rarely had an issue with the tram and I can be in my seat in the south stand less than an hour from leaving my living room. I just about made kick-off by running from Piccadilly station on Wednesday and was pissed off but couldn't really blame Metrolink for the act of vandalism.