Metrolink to / from Etihad

I'm in total agreement with the comments around the old Mitchell Arms. Manchester City Council have done there worse to stop fans attending using their cars. They then allow Uber drivers to park/queue on the tram tracks.The tram service would be massively improve if the trams were given exclusive use of the tram tracks. The Ubers should be placed in a hold somewhere about 1k away from the stadium until 45 minutes after the final whistle. The bulk of Uber users after the match are generally people who have been in hospitality who stay for an hour after the match. MCC should have their road management team out post match along with Burnham to assess the issues.
 
Usually go to the grove after the match and have a few then get the tram from Clayton Hall an hour or so after full time. Wont be able to do this tomorrow and will have to get the tram straight after the game from the etihad to ashton. How terrible is this going to be?
 
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For those complaining about the overcrowding, I'm not sure what you expect from an urban transport solution trying to transport people to/from a particular event. There are people at all of the stops to stop an unsafe number boarding (certainly towards town they only allow a set number onto the platform at a time), the same is true at Old Trafford (for the cricket!!!!!). Yes its uncomfortable but I'd be amazed if its legally unsafe.
 
Kemper Boyd said:
Usually go to the grove after the match and have a few then get the tram from Clayton Hall an hour or so after kick off. Wont be able to do this tomorrow and will have to get the tram straight after the game from the etihad to ashton. How terrible is this going to be?
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we park next to the grove pub. Is clayton hall met stop shut tomorrow?

If i was you, I'd either leave earlier than planned & get the tram outside the ground or just walk it to CH and wait.
 
jockblue said:
For those complaining about the overcrowding, I'm not sure what you expect from an urban transport solution trying to transport people to/from a particular event. There are people at all of the stops to stop an unsafe number boarding (certainly towards town they only allow a set number onto the platform at a time), the same is true at Old Trafford (for the cricket!!!!!). Yes its uncomfortable but I'd be amazed if its legally unsafe.
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its the same during normal peak times on the network. The metrolink is an accident waiting to happen
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
we park next to the grove pub. Is clayton hall met stop shut tomorrow?

If i was you, I'd either leave earlier than planned & get the tram outside the ground or just walk it to CH and wait.
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yeah clayton hall is always closed for a bit after the game (not sure how long it is tho)
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
Always thought it was open, usually the stop outside Asda is shut but always see a crowd at CH
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the stop at asda going to ashton as always been closed,no tram stops there after a match for probably an hour.
last season, towards the end of the season,they stopped stopping at clayton hall too , i know cos we always walk back
and they'd stop,but didn't open the tram doors for people to get on or off !
if I'd been a local coming home from town I'd have been furious.
i was told,it was because of people not paying for the tram,going and coming back from games
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
its the same during normal peak times on the network. The metrolink is an accident waiting to happen
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That's what I fear. I can understand why Manchester is discouraging people from using cars but if we don't have a public transport system good enough to pick up the slack that's far from ideal. The good news is the shuttle bus service seems to be expanding out to more areas.
 
Jazzyblue said:
That's what I fear. I can understand why Manchester is discouraging people from using cars but if we don't have a public transport system good enough to pick up the slack that's far from ideal. The good news is the shuttle bus service seems to be expanding out to more areas.
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I agree, still think a regular train service would be miles better
 
It's ridiculous that it often takes two hours or more to travel ten miles home after a match on public transport. Somebody posted they lived in Hull which is almost a hundred miles and their journey was under two hours!
 
Slightly off topic but I was on a well loaded tram from Town to Didsbury this afternoon.
At Chorlton, a group of feral kids boarded and started squirting around a can of deodorant. A lady next to me told them to stop as it may trigger someone's asthma. I then took it upon myself to snatch the deodorant can out of the hand of the kid standing next to me and chucked it out of the tram window.
This was met with a round of applause from everyone in the vicinity, and the kids were shocked as they obviously weren't used to being told to stop doing anything anti social by their parents or teachers.
The coming together of everyone else on the tram restored my faith in humanity!
 
staffsblue said:
Slightly off topic but I was on a well loaded tram from Town to Didsbury this afternoon.
At Chorlton, a group of feral kids boarded and started squirting around a can of deodorant. A lady next to me told them to stop as it may trigger someone's asthma. I then took it upon myself to snatch the deodorant can out of the hand of the kid standing next to me and chucked it out of the tram window.
This was met with a round of applause from everyone in the vicinity, and the kids were shocked as they obviously weren't used to being told to stop doing anything anti social by their parents or teachers.
The coming together of everyone else on the tram restored my faith in humanity!
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Litter bug.
 
Yes there is congestion and overcrowding but don't worry our Mayor, Andy Burnham is on the case.
All you need to do is close down the rail freight yard and move it to St Helens. The cost of several hundred million pounds to do this will come from the government..........

Oh hang on.......let me get back to you on this I think I have my wires crossed.
 
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