Metrolink to / from Etihad

Went on the 1pm train from Navigation Road to Picadilly then tram to the stadium. Worked a treat absolute doddle.

Coming back was a bloody nightmare.

No sign of the replacement bus back to Old Trafford so gave up at 17:45 and headed to the station to catch the 18:10 Chester train. This train was due in to Navigation Road at 18:38. It eventually got there at 19:12 after stopping three times due to running over debris and having to get it checked out by an engineer.

So got home about two and a half hours after the game ended, the Fulham fans would have got back to London quicker.
 
Gray said:
Went on the 1pm train from Navigation Road to Picadilly then tram to the stadium. Worked a treat absolute doddle.

Coming back was a bloody nightmare.

No sign of the replacement bus back to Old Trafford so gave up at 17:45 and headed to the station to catch the 18:10 Chester train. This train was due in to Navigation Road at 18:38. It eventually got there at 19:12 after stopping three times due to running over debris and having to get it checked out by an engineer.

So got home about two and a half hours after the game ended, the Fulham fans would have got back to London quicker.
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We got there at 1710 as an old trafford bus pulled away, next one must have arrived just after you left and set off at 1750, managed to get back to sale at 1820.
 
Gray said:
Went on the 1pm train from Navigation Road to Picadilly then tram to the stadium. Worked a treat absolute doddle.

Coming back was a bloody nightmare.

No sign of the replacement bus back to Old Trafford so gave up at 17:45 and headed to the station to catch the 18:10 Chester train. This train was due in to Navigation Road at 18:38. It eventually got there at 19:12 after stopping three times due to running over debris and having to get it checked out by an engineer.

So got home about two and a half hours after the game ended, the Fulham fans would have got back to London quicker.
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I was on that train. Absolutely awful it was.
 
Found out about the Metro this morning, took the decision that I really could not be arsed with the hassle of travel , particularly the return journey back on the Alty line. Shame as I was planning on attending the pregame at the co op and my ST seat was left empty today. It's never a coincidence that weekend closures of Metrolink and the Mancunian Way are always scheduled when we are at home.
 
I took the bus today for the first time from Hale. I wasn't sure how long the delay would take on the Metro with all the nonsense at Cornbrook and beyond, so I took the alternative option and, well, it was very pleasant.

It was so much more comfortable. Seats that didn't leave me wriggling in pain after 20 minutes, and not being squeezed in like a sardine were definate plus points.

I'll be using the service again at the next game. There was absolutely nothing to dislike, unlike the Metrolink.
 
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