SouthernSeasider
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Shocking today. Kicked off at the station as per always.. to be followed by a 45 minute wait at Horwich for the train to be cancelled at Preston.
Awful
Awful
We were kettled on the bridge for 45 minutes gave up and got a cab home, treated like second class citizens once again by the boys and girls in blue.Shocking today. Kicked off at the station as per always.. to be followed by a 45 minute wait at Horwich for the train to be cancelled at Preston.
Awful
You see the doors being forced open story was pedalled over the tannoy with the blame put on our fans but where the fuck was the train for the 35 mins till it tipped up.Train wasn’t moving for about 40 mins, staff at station said the doors had been forced open breaking the train and there was no way of fixing it…. Said they were getting a bus organised… people fuming, train then set off..
The train was late out of Manchester Airport for some reason and later delayed further in Manchester to allow passengers to relocate from the front 3 carriages to the back three due to the expected numbers joining at Horwich. The train seemed to be working fine when it left Lostock. (We jumped on the Man Airport bound train to Lostock to avoid the carnage that was building at Horwich! It didn't help much in the long run)You see the doors being forced open story was pedalled over the tannoy with the blame put on our fans but where the fuck was the train for the 35 mins till it tipped up.
Suppose that was our fault
Spot on, with a rail station next to the ground and over 4,000 Blackpool fans attending it is clearly going to be very busy on the Blackpool to Manchester trains, even more so post match when everyone arrives at Horwich Parkway to return home.One of the reasons I went with Ash tours, could see this being a shit show.
As above, should be a special. The number of people paying would more than cover the cost, plus ensues Joe public doesn't get inconvenienced.
The Blackpool fans behaviour at the station didn’t help.Spot on, with a rail station next to the ground and over 4,000 Blackpool fans attending it is clearly going to be very busy on the Blackpool to Manchester trains, even more so post match when everyone arrives at Horwich Parkway to return home.
The great thing about the football specials were that the trains turned up empty to accommodate all the fans instead of already being pretty full of people travelling on the normal trains which makes it difficult to board the thing anyway.
It amazes me that the people who make these decisions don't engage their brains and put plan in place so we can avoid the carnage that happened on the trains yesterday, it was bad enough watching that pile of shite without all the hassle people had to endure just to get home.
NightmareTrains were a mare even before the game. Went to Manchester first for food and drinks, wanted to get the 2 o clock from Piccadilly back to Horwich which was cancelled. Got an Uber, stuck in traffic, missed most of the first half
Then the shambles on the way home
well he had a blackpool scarf on…….irrespective of that, hope he’s ok. The only bit i saw he was flat out on his back.Does anyone know what happened to the bloke flat out on the platform don't know if Bolton or Blackpool just wondered if they ok?
They don't have the rolling stock anymore. Each train company 'rents' their units and only have the basic minimum for the day to day services; nothing more; they cannot add extra coaches. I have tried on behalf of another football club that has problems every home game.I think BR got pretty sick of 'football specials' trains being smashed up, so no surprise they don't do them any more.
Absolute bollocks that was - you can’t tell me a train door breaks because of some people slapping the side of a train. It’s not made out of cardboard.You see the doors being forced open story was pedalled over the tannoy with the blame put on our fans but where the fuck was the train for the 35 mins till it tipped up.
Suppose that was our fault