city diehard
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To the stadium, is it up and running and now? If not, anyone know whether it will be operating for the new season?
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Metrolink
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Not at the moment. Testing began in late May and normally take 4 months. They tried to speed up progress so the line could open up as far as City stadium, Velodrome and Asda - but looks as if we will have to wait until September/October for the line to open.
ste.sully said:Not at the moment. Testing began in late May and normally take 4 months. They tried to speed up progress so the line could open up as far as City stadium, Velodrome and Asda - but looks as if we will have to wait until September/October for the line to open.
i dont hold any hope of it will be this year the line and stations are in place
and the test was done but only a small part of the line and i heard they are having signal trouble and road crossing at the pollard street to holt town
Prestwich_Blue
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Don't get too excited about Metrolink. One recalcitrant pigeon sitting on the tracks in Piccadilly and it all grinds to a halt.
Shaelumstash
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I was looking forward to the Met to get running to the stadium, but after speaking with some rag mates I'm now not that arsed.
Apparently it's an absolute nightmare trying to get on a tram from the swamp back in to town after the game. They've said the queues are that big that it's quicker to walk back in to town.
It's good that we've got City Square to wait in while the queues die down, but I think the major problem is that the trams are limited to 2 carriages so it's always going to take an absolute age to get tens of thousands of people away from the stadium.
Apparently it's an absolute nightmare trying to get on a tram from the swamp back in to town after the game. They've said the queues are that big that it's quicker to walk back in to town.
It's good that we've got City Square to wait in while the queues die down, but I think the major problem is that the trams are limited to 2 carriages so it's always going to take an absolute age to get tens of thousands of people away from the stadium.
LongsightM13
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The weekly Metrolink thread. The answer is always the same. Not till after Christmas at the very earliest
Prestwich_Blue
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It'll be running two weeks after Michael Johnson's comeback.city diehard said:To the stadium, is it up and running and now? If not, anyone know whether it will be operating for the new season?
cheers
Prestwich_Blue said:It'll be running two weeks after Michael Johnson's comeback.city diehard said:To the stadium, is it up and running and now? If not, anyone know whether it will be operating for the new season?
cheers
And both will probably weigh the same as well...
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The thing is getting on at Old Trafford is a nightmare because nobody hangs around the ground, there are very few local pubs to go for a drink and there's over 75000 people. We have City Square, loads of pubs and much less people. I will be using the Met when it gets up and running but wont be going near it within an hour of the final whistle and will spend a bit of time in one of the pubs and let the rush die down.Shaelumstash said:I was looking forward to the Met to get running to the stadium, but after speaking with some rag mates I'm now not that arsed.
Apparently it's an absolute nightmare trying to get on a tram from the swamp back in to town after the game. They've said the queues are that big that it's quicker to walk back in to town.
It's good that we've got City Square to wait in while the queues die down, but I think the major problem is that the trams are limited to 2 carriages so it's always going to take an absolute age to get tens of thousands of people away from the stadium.