Sandhills station

[No Alla Violenza]

How big do you think the ferry needs to be? A Mersey ferry holds bout 600 people, by the time that gets to town and back you would be quicker walking (if you’re able) or the bus, even then we’re just moving the crowd of people from Bramley to town.

Ferries are a great idea for people coming from across the river though

 

[Papa Shango]

Just put a massive travelator down Regent Road. Problem solved.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Ferries are a great idea for people coming from across the river though

 

[Sam0697]

Exactly the point. As an OAP who lives 20 miles away in a town with no rail station, I have no practical option but to drive.

The massive no parking zone is a hammer blow, meaning a 40 minute walk for me. God help me if I ever get a zimmer.

Pretty much the same situation as I find myself in. I am ok myself, but my Grandad has a season ticket too. At the moment we are ok parking about a mile away from Goodison and walking in, but its not feasible to go walk from any further away really. With the parking restrictions put in place we are pretty restricted to a couple of car parks which will fill up in no time.

Even a few park and rides from further out in the city would work to help alleviate things. I know they are planning shuttle buses to the city centre and bootle, but maybe send some towards Walton Hall Park or somewhere like that?

 

[MACCA75]

We just have to accept Sandhills is limited in what it can do. It can't deal with thousands of people at once. It's not like Stratford station for West Ham which is the 5th most used station in Britain now with multiple different tube lines and national rail - all with high train frequency and capacity. Sandhills is a tiny little backwater in the middle of nowhere only serving Merseyrail. A bit like Falmer by Brighton's stadium.

So we've got to look at numerous different alternatives to Sandhills to lessen the pressure. Train wise - walk to Kirkdale/Bank Hall (north ways). Walk back into town to Moorfields/James Street. But the elephant in the room is the occasions when Merseyrail is knackered then it's going to be chaos. Broken down trains are frequent, weather issues affect the service, signalling problems etc.

A lot of fans are going to just walk back into town, stay in the ground after the game, stay in pubs around the dock road. This is less of an issue on a typical Saturday afternoon, but on a cold/wet Wednesday night in February then that's a problem because none of these things are appealing.

That leaves buses. There needs to be loads of double decker buses within a 5-10 minute walk heading to town/Bootle.

Walking to Bank Hall is pointless tbh. How could you possibly get on to the train at that stop when it’s just set off (probably dangerously full) from Sandhills.

 

[gazzaa2]

Walking to Bank Hall is pointless tbh. How could you possibly get on to the train at that stop when it’s just set off (probably dangerously full) from Sandhills.

By getting on an empty one to town before it gets to Sandhills. But at that point you might as well have walked to town anyway, which is pretty much the same for Sandhills by the time you've queued.

 

[Eggs]

….Evertonians unite to get Rotherham out, if it was his lot this would be well sorted.

 

[COYB75]

Just put a massive travelator down Regent Road. Problem solved.

That would be brilliant. Especially for those who have had a few. You could just lie down and float along to the gates.

 

[gazzaa2]

….Evertonians unite to get Rotherham out, if it was his lot this would be well sorted.

You wonder who set Joe up as well. He's still not been charged 5 years later and he'd have got something sorted.

 

[toffee82]

Onto more important issues, when does the Bramley Moore ferry to Dublin leave.
And why don't they one to Waterford.

But seriously, why don't they just ferry people up and back from the ground.

A licenced ferry with a bar would be class.

 

[rochdaleblue]

….Evertonians unite to get Rotherham out, if it was his lot this would be well sorted.

Surely the club needs to put some pressure on the council. They’ve bent over backwards to help the RS. All we’re asking for is a train station and the lifting of the parking restrictions. Surely it’s not too much to ask?
I cannot understand any merits in the restriction of parking. It is forcing fans to use public transport, when there are no viable transport links to the stadium. Also it is affecting the livelihoods of the local businesses within the vicinity of the stadium.

 

[gazzaa2]

Surely the club needs to put some pressure on the council. They’ve bent over backwards to help the RS. All we’re asking for is a train station and the lifting of the parking restrictions. Surely it’s not too much to ask?
I cannot understand any merits in the restriction of parking. It is forcing fans to use public transport, when there are no viable transport links to the stadium. Also it is affecting the livelihoods of the local businesses within the vicinity of the stadium.

The council are useless. They'll look to the government for funding who are more interested in backing the vanity project at Old Trafford and Manchester. Although Burnham's helped lobby that, he's more likely to lobby us a new station than his RS mate.

 

[mahermi1]

Just put a massive travelator down Regent Road. Problem solved.

Top answer Papa. Haha..

 

[mahermi1]

Surely the club needs to put some pressure on the council. They’ve bent over backwards to help the RS. All we’re asking for is a train station and the lifting of the parking restrictions. Surely it’s not too much to ask?
I cannot understand any merits in the restriction of parking. It is forcing fans to use public transport, when there are no viable transport links to the stadium. Also it is affecting the livelihoods of the local businesses within the vicinity of the stadium.

Thought building the new stadium and attracting business, jobs and publicity to the area to help revitalise it may have helped us get proper transport options to capitalise all of this but no as usual Liverpool City Council is letting us and the club down.

 

[ultra]

Pretty much the same situation as I find myself in. I am ok myself, but my Grandad has a season ticket too. At the moment we are ok parking about a mile away from Goodison and walking in, but its not feasible to go walk from any further away really. With the parking restrictions put in place we are pretty restricted to a couple of car parks which will fill up in no time.

Even a few park and rides from further out in the city would work to help alleviate things. I know they are planning shuttle buses to the city centre and bootle, but maybe send some towards Walton Hall Park or somewhere like that?

I currently park near Walton Hall Park entrance with a manageable 15 minute walk to Goodison.

I found it bizarre that there were no shuttle buses back to Goodison/Walton. Surely that should have been one of the first options?
At least then we could still park near Goodison and hop on the shuttle buses.

What a fiasco by the red council.