Metrolink to / from Etihad

DenisHasDoneIt said:
It’s a mile and a quarter from Piccadilly. Accepting that not everybody can walk this, let alone there and back, the trams are not chock-a-block with people who just can’t walk it. The map says it’s half an hour. That’s on the slow side. I walk from Queen’s Road Met to the South East corner in a little over half an hour; I’m in my fifties, and it’s usually the only physical exercise I get in a week. Apart from the hike up to Tier 3 Row Z, that is. Night games I’ll probably walk back into town. Quiet and dark in Platting, that time of night.

If you’re concerned about the queues, about the cramming, about COVID, about payment, about having to leave early to get in the queue, I’d seriously give walking a try if you think you can. After a game you can be in the bar at Piccadilly waiting for your train while Met customers are still queuing, coughing and complaining their way onto a Westbound tram.
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The best route I can find for Piccadilly Met to the stadium is usually nearer to a mile and a half, and walking at 3mph is a moderate pace. Higher than 3mph is classed as brisk, so with all the lights and crossings to wait at I'd say 30mins is pushing it personally, rather than slow. I once tried Shudehill to the stadium once - when a tram got stuck in traffic there - and it seemed to take an age because there are so many roads to zigzag around. I didn't know anyone did the walk from Queens Rd, that must be over 2 miles so you're going at nearly 4mph which is pretty fast. If the new Sandhills tram stop is still going ahead that's a bit closer and the club could do with looking at developing the walking route there and even shuttle buses, but they probably won't.

I walk a decent pace myself but as a group you can only go at the pace of the slowest!
 
I guess if you are walking that you have to factor in the crowds. That could slow people down. I wish I could still walk from the stadium to Piccadilly as I am sure I would find it easier to get on the tram there. Ah well those days are behind me and I have had a good life. :-)





The consolation of course is that as I've got an old person's pass I'm allowed to use the lift down to the platform instead of standing in that concertina!! :-)
 
manchester blue said:
It's unfair to call him a jobsworth. He probably thinks it's as stupid an idea as you do.
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The point still stands, it wasn't a he anyway, but what got me was total disinterest, shrug, no answer to my question, and no suggestions, so if she did think it was a stupid idea, she certainly had no empathy with me, and i'm sorry, she may well be there to collect payment, but she is still the point of contact for somebody purporting to offer a service!
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
The best route I can find for Piccadilly Met to the stadium is usually nearer to a mile and a half, and walking at 3mph is a moderate pace. Higher than 3mph is classed as brisk, so with all the lights and crossings to wait at I'd say 30mins is pushing it personally, rather than slow. I once tried Shudehill to the stadium once - when a tram got stuck in traffic there - and it seemed to take an age because there are so many roads to zigzag around. I didn't know anyone did the walk from Queens Rd, that must be over 2 miles so you're going at nearly 4mph which is pretty fast. If the new Sandhills tram stop is still going ahead that's a bit closer and the club could do with looking at developing the walking route there and even shuttle buses, but they probably won't.

I walk a decent pace myself but as a group you can only go at the pace of the slowest!
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Walk along the canal towpath into town at night, it's dead safe, honest.
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
The best route I can find for Piccadilly Met to the stadium is usually nearer to a mile and a half, and walking at 3mph is a moderate pace. Higher than 3mph is classed as brisk, so with all the lights and crossings to wait at I'd say 30mins is pushing it personally, rather than slow. I once tried Shudehill to the stadium once - when a tram got stuck in traffic there - and it seemed to take an age because there are so many roads to zigzag around. I didn't know anyone did the walk from Queens Rd, that must be over 2 miles so you're going at nearly 4mph which is pretty fast. If the new Sandhills tram stop is still going ahead that's a bit closer and the club could do with looking at developing the walking route there and even shuttle buses, but they probably won't.

I walk a decent pace myself but as a group you can only go at the pace of the slowest!
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My train home from Piccadilly (if I am not staying around for a few drinks) is 25 past 5 - for 3pm Saturday kickoffs.

I sit second tier north stand and stay to the final whistle. I can just about make it for that train walking at the pace the crowd walks.
 
geoff hammond said:
My train home from Piccadilly (if I am not staying around for a few drinks) is 25 past 5 - for 3pm Saturday kickoffs.

I sit second tier north stand and stay to the final whistle. I can just about make it for that train walking at the pace the crowd walks.
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By "walking at the pace of the slowest" I meant the slowest of the group one attends with. It would be a bit rude to leave one of them behind if they're a touch slower than the crowd walking pace.
 
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