Goalie66 Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 It looks like chaos will ensue with Southampton Central closed and buses from Parkway. I live in Woking and if anyone wants a lift I will be driving( no other choice) Contact me on 07802 275097 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 Are you sure? I thought that it was on Sun 17th that Central Parkway had bus replacements. (And best not turn up to the game this Saturday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 https://www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey/planned-improvements/December-works This Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 Ah, ta. Was mulling over train or car - looks like that is decided now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 According to the club it's not just lines in from London that are affected, it's all train lines in the Southampton area, absolute f*ck up from South Western who seem to be having a fight to the bottom with Southern as to who can be the worst train operator in the country https://southamptonfc.com/2017/12/05/travel-information-ahead-of-southampton-arsenal-clash-premier-league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsarum Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 I hate South Western trains, but engineering works are down to Railtrack nothing to do with Individual franchaises, although South Western should have made people aware of distruption far earlier, theve known about this for over a month but only updated times of trains and publisised it this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 I sure the game is on Sunday Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 Mentioned on the OS now. What a pain, no (or maybe one) pre-match pints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 It looks like chaos will ensue with Southampton Central closed and buses from Parkway. I live in Woking and if anyone wants a lift I will be driving( no other choice) Contact me on 07802 275097 As Benjii says, you do know that this game has been moved to Sunday? So many matches are moved around these days it's hard to keep track sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 As Benjii says, you do know that this game has been moved to Sunday? So many matches are moved around these days it's hard to keep track sometimes. The fact it's on a sunday only makes it worse, the engineering work is still in place and SWT are going to be running 5 car trains instead of 10 (which they do on a saturday). Have to be honest i've been annoyed all season with the mess on the rail, this will be third game i'm missing as a result and it's taken me less time to get to Huddersfield from London than it has to Southampton on more than one occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 The fact it's on a sunday only makes it worse, the engineering work is still in place and SWT are going to be running 5 car trains instead of 10 (which they do on a saturday). Have to be honest i've been annoyed all season with the mess on the rail, this will be third game i'm missing as a result and it's taken me less time to get to Huddersfield from London than it has to Southampton on more than one occasion. It is rubbish and will be inconvenient but it won't take that much longer adding on a bus to be worth missing the game for? It's disgraceful how long it takes to get from London to Southampton on weekends recently for a journey that should be possible in 75 mins. What makes this worse is that the journey planner on national rail wasn't recognising the engineering work until yesterday so plenty of people would have planned their journey assuming normal service, Arsenal fans might struggle to make kick off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 It is rubbish and will be inconvenient but it won't take that much longer adding on a bus to be worth missing the game for? It's disgraceful how long it takes to get from London to Southampton on weekends recently for a journey that should be possible in 75 mins. What makes this worse is that the journey planner on national rail wasn't recognising the engineering work until yesterday so plenty of people would have planned their journey assuming normal service, Arsenal fans might struggle to make kick off. It's taking circa 3.5hrs to get from where i live in London to Southampton as a result of this, with no guarantee of a seat due to the shorter cars. It's just not worth coming down for a 12pm kick off that's on TV to be honest as it'll be a 7hr round trip on a Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 6 December, 2017 Share Posted 6 December, 2017 Glad I'll already be with my folks in Winchester rather than travelling from London, but I'm not looking forward to the traffic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Had to abandon going to the game. Snowed in at High Wycombe. Trains sort of running, but most roads, including the one to the station, blocked by stranded vehicles. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Had to abandon going to the game. Snowed in at High Wycombe. Trains sort of running, but most roads, including the one to the station, blocked by stranded vehicles. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk On the plus side when I ever miss a home game we seem to play really well you con expect us to tonk Arsenal 4-0 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 It's a shame people are being affected by the weather as its not bad at all in Soton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Snow bad in Solihull. Decided not to travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 It's a shame people are being affected by the weather as its not bad at all in Soton.That's the frustrating part! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkshire Saint Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 I'm giving this one a miss as well now. Left home but turned back before I got out of Maidenhead as felt it was too bad. It wasn't forecast to come this far south! Seems to have caught the council out too as the roads here haven't been gritted. Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 I'm giving this one a miss as well now. Left home but turned back before I got out of Maidenhead as felt it was too bad. It wasn't forecast to come this far south! Seems to have caught the council out too as the roads here haven't been gritted. Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk Very unlikely the council’s emergency planning group would be caught out. Sophisticated forecast planning is the norm these days. Thing is they are not miracle workers and can only prioritise the main roads. And grit doesn’t neutralise several inches of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyNumber7 Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 My brother struggling to get out of Northampton to get down for the game. Could be quite a few people who don't make it which is a shame. Just wet and windy down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Had to abandon going to the game. Snowed in at High Wycombe. Trains sort of running, but most roads, including the one to the station, blocked by stranded vehicles. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk What's it like up your way Shroppie? Got to be in Shrewsbury first thing tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Codger Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Down here in the Deep South we are basking in balmy temperatures. Dreading the trip North. At least the ferries are running on time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Very unlikely the council’s emergency planning group would be caught out. Sophisticated forecast planning is the norm these days. Thing is they are not miracle workers and can only prioritise the main roads. And grit doesn’t neutralise several inches of snow.Not true. Totally caught out in High Wycombe. No roads gritted, even the M40 in a mess. Chaos. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 What's it like up your way Shroppie? Got to be in Shrewsbury first thing tomorrow.It's pretty bad, but roads passable. Not there myself as stayed closer to Southampton last night to make the early ko. But I can't get there at all. I've got to head back home tomorrow. Expect will be slow, but should get there ok. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 It's pretty bad, but roads passable. Not there myself as stayed closer to Southampton last night to make the early ko. But I can't get there at all. I've got to head back home tomorrow. Expect will be slow, but should get there ok. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Cheers - good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Arrived 20 mins ago. Easiest drive in from m271 for a long time. Guess I was in advance of most others. May be the weather is keeping shoppers away so it might not be too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintalan Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 I'm giving this one a miss as well now. Left home but turned back before I got out of Maidenhead as felt it was too bad. It wasn't forecast to come this far south! Seems to have caught the council out too as the roads here haven't been gritted. Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk Just behind you, am in Windsor and made same decision. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Earlier. Worse now. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Potential keeper signing. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 10 December, 2017 Share Posted 10 December, 2017 Earlier. Worse now. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk That's not earth - you have three moons in the background. Bloody gloryhunters! Doesn't your planet have any decent teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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