Metrolink to / from Etihad

Absolute disgrace by metro link employees tonight. Wanted tram back to city after game only to be told no trams are running you’d best start walking so went down Ashton side of trams to be told they are running to city centre. One turned up in less than 5 minutes
 
zandvoort blue said:
Metrolink hang your heads in shame. Told no trams after the game as MCFC staff had not set up the queue barriers. Told you're better off walking to town. Got as far as Holt Town when trams started coming passed rammed. Continued walking to Piccadilly.
Burnham, you're a fucking wankstain.
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Can't really blame Burnham for most of Metrolinks problems but I feel your frustration. What he should be doing though is giving the top dogs at Metrolink an absolute arse kicking at the state of it.
 
dansyb said:
Absolute disgrace by metro link employees tonight. Wanted tram back to city after game only to be told no trams are running you’d best start walking so went down Ashton side of trams to be told they are running to city centre. One turned up in less than 5 minutes
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To be fair to the employees they were all in the dark. The issue was that large crowds were arriving for the concert and some kids apparently got crushed getting off as football fans were attempting to get on.

Someone made the decision to tell football fans that all trams were suspended until further notice. It lasted about 15 minutes and then it was back to normal.

The poor fuckers trying to police it hadn’t a clue what was going on and were just getting non stop abuse.
 
Stephen230 said:
To be fair to the employees they were all in the dark. The issue was that large crowds were arriving for the concert and some kids apparently got crushed getting off as football fans were attempting to get on.

Someone made the decision to tell football fans that all trams were suspended until further notice. It lasted about 15 minutes and then it was back to normal.

The poor fuckers trying to police it hadn’t a clue what was going on and were just getting non stop abuse.
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I remember the lie they told. No concerts would be taking place on the day of a game.
Last night thousands are arriving at the Etihad stop just as thousands are leaving.
No wonder kids got crushed, absolute piss poor planning as CFG and others chase financial dominance.
 
Stephen230 said:
To be fair to the employees they were all in the dark. The issue was that large crowds were arriving for the concert and some kids apparently got crushed getting off as football fans were attempting to get on.

Someone made the decision to tell football fans that all trams were suspended until further notice. It lasted about 15 minutes and then it was back to normal.

The poor fuckers trying to police it hadn’t a clue what was going on and were just getting non stop abuse.
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When the new stand opens the situation will become untenable. There is no point using the metro after the match.
 
Blue Mist said:
I remember the lie they told. No concerts would be taking place on the day of a game.
Last night thousands are arriving at the Etihad stop just as thousands are leaving.
No wonder kids got crushed, absolute piss poor planning as CFG and others chase financial dominance.
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Tuesday is the first time that a concert and a football match will be starting at pretty much the same time.

The majority of football fans should be gone before the concert finishes but it’ll be interesting getting there, with a potential 20,000 + more people than usual heading to the area at roughly the same time.

The tickets for the concert all come with a recommendation to avoid driving and to use the tram as well.

Also, I’ve no idea if this figure is accurate or just something he’s plucked out of his arse but a Metrolink guy once told me that in bad weather approximately 8,000 more people get the tram to the game than use it on a fine day.
 
Blue Mist said:
I remember the lie they told. No concerts would be taking place on the day of a game.
Last night thousands are arriving at the Etihad stop just as thousands are leaving.
No wonder kids got crushed, absolute piss poor planning as CFG and others chase financial dominance.
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This has the potential to become a huge problem. I walked home around the back of the athletics stadium through Bradford last night and the car parks and roads there were carnage. Concert goers trying to get onto car parks as City fans were trying to get off, taxis simply stuck in the middle of gridlocked traffic both ways, etc. The metrolink issue was likewise totally predictable and avoidable, with some common sense. As usual, somebody will have to be injured badly before logic overrides greed.
 
Whether or not said:
This has the potential to become a huge problem. I walked home around the back of the athletics stadium through Bradford last night and the car parks and roads there were carnage. Concert goers trying to get onto car parks as City fans were trying to get off, taxis simply stuck in the middle of gridlocked traffic both ways, etc. The metrolink issue was likewise totally predictable and avoidable, with some common sense. As usual, somebody will have to be injured badly before logic overrides greed.
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Having allowed to build the Coop Arena next to the Stadium (even before the North Stand is completed) without any upgrade to public transportation is a disgrace. All in the name of profit.

I am afraid something bad will happen at some point and then somebody will say - it's impossible to manage such crowds in this restricted space.

Incidentally, I see this happening more and more often in Manchester - just try going to Market Street during the week-end these days.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
When the new stand opens the situation will become untenable. There is no point using the metro after the match.
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If there’s somewhere after the game to get a coffee/food in the warm and dry then it might not be too bad as some might do that while the queue shortens. Hopefully the food outlets in the new stand will be opening to cater after the match.

But, as I keep saying, shuttle buses to and from Central Park would be a doddle. Just run it along Ten Acres Lane and either Briscoe Lane or down near the Velodrome. Make use of the expensive tram stop built there.
 
Blue Mist said:
I remember the lie they told. No concerts would be taking place on the day of a game.
Last night thousands are arriving at the Etihad stop just as thousands are leaving.
No wonder kids got crushed, absolute piss poor planning as CFG and others chase financial dominance.
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The bit about no concerts on a match day was a nonsense promise from the start. It's been pointed out loads of times already but concerts are booked months and months in advance. Football fixtures get moved 5 or 6 weeks in advance. And nobody at Sky, TNT Amazon etc will even give a seconds thought to whether there's a concert on. Perhaps just as well yesterday wasn't a close game as it allowed people to start leaving from about 75 minutes onwards to stagger things!!!
 
Blue Mist said:
I remember the lie they told. No concerts would be taking place on the day of a game.
Last night thousands are arriving at the Etihad stop just as thousands are leaving.
No wonder kids got crushed, absolute piss poor planning as CFG and others chase financial dominance.
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Paul McCartney is playing at the Co-Op Live on derby day
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
If there’s somewhere after the game to get a coffee/food in the warm and dry then it might not be too bad as some might do that while the queue shortens. Hopefully the food outlets in the new stand will be opening to cater after the match.

But, as I keep saying, shuttle buses to and from Central Park would be a doddle. Just run it along Ten Acres Lane and either Briscoe Lane or down near the Velodrome. Make use of the expensive tram stop built there.
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There used to be 24 pubs around the stadium when we first moved there in 2003. They all always used to be packed, went in them all over a few seasons. It was a cracking pub crawl for some games.

Now there are 5 pubs left (not forgetting that there is no City Sqaure anymore either), and they are fucking rammed after the game (and before).

If those pubs were all still open, those using the Met would use them over a more spread out period of time before and after the games. With so few options now, people leave getting to the stadium until the last minute before the game and leave immediately after the game so the Mets are rammed before+after.

Back in the early 00s, loads of fans would have been around Bradford/Beswick/MilesPlatting/Clayton/Ardwick areas in the pubs well before kick off and going back to and staying in them well after the final whistle.

The thing with that is, one of the landlords told me he could run his pub just from the take from City matchdays, yet almost 20 pubs have shut?!
 
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I haven't been to the Etihad for years and after reading this thread I wouldn't want to go these days if I had free tickets. It sounds like a worsening shambles. Having concerts on the same day as matches just shows contempt for the paying punters.
 
Stephen230 said:
To be fair to the employees they were all in the dark. The issue was that large crowds were arriving for the concert and some kids apparently got crushed getting off as football fans were attempting to get on.

Someone made the decision to tell football fans that all trams were suspended until further notice. It lasted about 15 minutes and then it was back to normal.

The poor fuckers trying to police it hadn’t a clue what was going on and were just getting non stop abuse.
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Telling people to start walking to town when they struggle to walk that sort of distance. IMHO anyone saying that to people who struggle walking is in the wrong job
 
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