Man City Rail Strike

[Noodles34]

Surprised no one has mentioned this. 
oct 8 nationwide. 
Wonder if they will postpone the game?

[gsweet87]

Bigger strike on the 1st (Everton home) and no talks of postponements on that day so I'd have thought not.

Edited 22 September, 2022 by gsweet87

[Toussaint]

They should award us the points, it’d be a nice gesture 

[Saint Garrett]

Only sat home game left this year. And no trains. So irritating. Seems to be train strikes every week atm.

2 hours ago, gsweet87 said:

Bigger strike on the 1st (Everton home) and no talks of postponements on that day so I'd have thought not.

 

[gsweet87]

Frustrating indeed. I'll be driving down, hopefully traffic won't be too manic.

[Saint Garrett]

7 hours ago, gsweet87 said:

Frustrating indeed. I'll be driving down, hopefully traffic won't be too manic.

Which is absolutely shit because of that awful 50 limit. 

Edited 23 September, 2022 by Saint Garrett

[JRM]

13 hours ago, Saint Garrett said:

Only sat home game left this year. And no trains. So irritating. Seems to be train strikes every week atm.

 

Ridiculous isn't it, the unions seem to be targeting Saturdays for some reason. Everton home and Man City away pretty much impossible to get to by train. 

[Charlie Wayman]

17 minutes ago, JRM said:

Ridiculous isn't it, the unions seem to be targeting Saturdays for some reason. Everton home and Man City away pretty much impossible to get to by train. 

Maybe we can get Ralph to drive his train to Manchester?

[VectisSaint]

28 minutes ago, JRM said:

Ridiculous isn't it, the unions seem to be targeting Saturdays for some reason. Everton home and Man City away pretty much impossible to get to by train. 

The strikes will always be targeted to.maximise impact, any other plan would be a nonsense. I think these are the first strikes planned for Saturdays, the impact on weekdays was not as extensive as expected, so new strategy. Will continue until Gov get their heads or of their asses and get involved with negotiations (so that will be never).

[FboroSaint21]

Working out alright for driving down - means I get to stay over so my mrs doesn't get to see me steaming when I get home. But trains are screwed for all of the home games in October from what I've - not sure what's happening between Eastleigh and Southampton Central but it's buses for all of the Sunday games.

[suewhistle]

Better at weekends than impacting people who have to get to work. If strikes or engineering works impact our home games at least I save a fair bit of money on pre-match drinks and with an EV my fuel costs are minimal.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

8 hours ago, JRM said:

Ridiculous isn't it, the unions seem to be targeting Saturdays for some reason. Everton home and Man City away pretty much impossible to get to by train. 

Suspect the start of the Tory party conference next week might be part of the reason that weekend was chosen. 
 

It’s annoying, I’ve got match tickets for both and live in London, but I fully support the strikes. 

[JRM]

8 hours ago, VectisSaint said:

The strikes will always be targeted to.maximise impact, any other plan would be a nonsense. I think these are the first strikes planned for Saturdays, the impact on weekdays was not as extensive as expected, so new strategy. Will continue until Gov get their heads or of their asses and get involved with negotiations (so that will be never).

Leicester away was on a strike day, made it impossible to do by train as well. 

[VectisSaint]

10 hours ago, JRM said:

Leicester away was on a strike day, made it impossible to do by train as well. 

True, there were strikes previous weekend as well.

[Lord Duckhunter]

On 23/09/2022 at 12:58, JRM said:

Ridiculous isn't it, the unions seem to be targeting Saturdays for some reason. 

It’s because more and more people can WFH meaning the impact on commuters is a lot less than during previous years. The biggest impact they can make is fucking up our leisure activities, that’s why they’re doing it. 

[moorw003]

I work on the railway, so will keep any political opinion on what's happening strictly to myself.

With my Saints hat on however, living in Haslemere, being a season ticket holder and having bought tickets for Man City away.... yeh, my car will be racking up the miles in the next few weeks.

[NorthLondonSFC]

Has anyone else figured out a way to get there via train? London Northwest railway are running a severely limited service on 8th to Crewe and then can get a train from Crewe to Manchester via Cross Country/Northern Trains. No info provided on times etc yet but in theory it is possible. I haven't decided whether its worth the risk of then getting stranded in Manchester with no way back to London. 

[Victor]

On 25/09/2022 at 12:45, moorw003 said:

I work on the railway, so will keep any political opinion on what's happening strictly to myself.

With my Saints hat on however, living in Haslemere, being a season ticket holder and having bought tickets for Man City away.... yeh, my car will be racking up the miles in the next few weeks.

Bloody Hell! What sort od car have you got that takes weeks to get from Haslemere to Manchester? Best to use Shanks'.

[suewhistle]

Perhaps the forum should organise a lift board so that people can share costs.

[East Kent Saint]

We are being advised not to travel by train on Saturday strike days !

[moorw003]

4 hours ago, Victor said:

Bloody Hell! What sort od car have you got that takes weeks to get from Haslemere to Manchester? Best to use Shanks'.

I'd normally train down for home games! So it includes the Everton game. Because my twin would normally travel from Bournemouth to Southampton by train, I have to go and pick him up as well. Soon adds up! Plus, as has been alluded to, union bosses have realised the weekend will hurt more than weekdays so no doubt this will continue.

Edited 28 September, 2022 by moorw003

[Pamplemousse]

On 28/09/2022 at 13:17, NorthLondonSFC said:

Has anyone else figured out a way to get there via train? London Northwest railway are running a severely limited service on 8th to Crewe and then can get a train from Crewe to Manchester via Cross Country/Northern Trains. No info provided on times etc yet but in theory it is possible. I haven't decided whether its worth the risk of then getting stranded in Manchester with no way back to London. 

Nope. I'm heading up the day before and staying the weekend. In theory you could get the coach up on Saturday morning but it's 5 hours long...

[East Kent Saint]

Tomorrow they are saying there are no trains going from London to any major city !?

[gsweet87]

On 28/09/2022 at 16:59, suewhistle said:

Perhaps the forum should organise a lift board so that people can share costs.

Good idea regardless of strikes