Metrolink to / from Etihad

[birchvillablue]

Are there any maintenance or overnight depot facilities between Ashton and New Islington. And what about staff facilities. - I know they can be built but nobody seems to have considered it.
Cue many thousands of fans forgetting how they got to games for 9 or 10 years before the Ashton line opened.

Not sure, but no tram for 2 years will be awful, considering the issues with parking. There will be a bus replacement service, can you imagine that?

 

[East Level 2]

The bus replacement east to Ashton might not be too bad but the one into town needs to have priority along Ashton New Road with pedestrians being routed along other streets. - Or vice versa, but the whole thing will collapse like Salah in the box if buses and pedestrians are sharing the same bit of road.
Perhaps buses along Ashton New Road, Merrill Street and Pollard Street and pedestrians down Cambrian Street and other side streets to Bradford Road.

 

[zandvoort blue]

If ever you want proof that Burnham and his bumboys on the Council are Rag-centric look no further than this weekend's closure of the Mancunian Way. Its been cancelled cos the Rags are at home.

https://www.manchesterworld.uk/news...oned-by-a-week-to-minimise-disruption-3601720

The closure of one of Manchester’s major city centre routes for maintenance has been pushed back by a week to try to minimise disruption to journeys.
The repairs had been scheduled to take place this weekend (Saturday 12 March and Sunday 13 March), when the Rag Bastards have a home Premier League match and there are major events in the city.

 

[DTKOAG]

On the bus to Ashton as all trams severely delayed.
Lovely

 

[Newman Noggs]

Well I'm still at Piccadilly waiting for a fucking tram to Sale. A journey of 7 miles (of which I walk 1.1) and they can't even manage that efficiently (again).

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

Well I'm still at Piccadilly waiting for a fucking tram to Sale. A journey of 7 miles (of which I walk 1.1) and they can't even manage that efficiently (again).

It’s bollocks. Door to door a 9 mile journey (I’m in Alty) is going to take near on 90 minutes…I could run it in that ffs

Lord help us when the Arena opens and there’s a concert on the same night as the match

 

[Northerndave]

Well I'm still at Piccadilly waiting for a fucking tram to Sale. A journey of 7 miles (of which I walk 1.1) and they can't even manage that efficiently (again).

Was in same situation last night. Got to Picc, board said 9 mins for a double, 2 mins before arriving disappeared off the board and then a single turned up. Like Sardines in an overheated tin. The amount of fans who didn't get on was shocking.

Apparently the train to Alty was also cancelled last night and the wankers put a single unit on the Met.

 

[Gray]

Listening to the horror stories from last night, I am glad that I do not do Chumps.

Metrolink = not fit for purpose.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Was in same situation last night. Got to Picc, board said 9 mins for a double, 2 mins before arriving disappeared off the board and then a single turned up. Like Sardines in an overheated tin. The amount of fans who didn't get on was shocking.

Apparently the train to Alty was also cancelled last night and the wankers put a single unit on the Met.

We were lucky. My brother is a season ticket holder at OT which is 3.8 miles from my mum's where we leave our car. A couple of games ago, he couldn't even get to their game. Trams were off so he tried the bus and couldn't get on one because they were all full and didn't stop. In the end, he turned round and missed the game

 

[East Level 2]

We were lucky. My brother is a season ticket holder at OT which is 3.8 miles from my mum's where we leave our car. A couple of games ago, he couldn't even get to their game. Trams were off so he tried the bus and couldn't get on one because they were all full and didn't stop. In the end, he turned round and missed the game

Does your brother leave his car at your mum's? If so, why didn't he just drive to the swamp when the trams were off? I've parked a reasonable distance from the swamp for all but two or three derbies over the last 40+ years.