Council pushing for EFC & LFC as enablers to Open Outer Loop Line

[TheBlueGibbon]

How likely is it that the Government will be willing to finance the project if both us and Liverpool do get on board bearing in mind that the Department of Transport will be recieving cuts to its budget until at least 2014? I don't see too many reasons against it, if it would improve the chances of us managing to get planning permission/finance for a new stadium nearer to the line.

 

[neonleon]

I heart Inner-City.*



*dons anorak and broken NHS specs repaired with a plaster.

 

[peskyrobot]

The secret to Arsenal's great business success is:

1. A top quality stadium.
2. Rapid-transit rail access to get the fans in and out fast and comfortable.

 

[neonleon]

The secret to Arsenal's great business success is:

1. A top quality stadium.
2. Rapid-transit rail access to get the fans in and out fast and comfortable.

Nothing to do with on the pitch success or having a huge and wealthy fan base in one of the largest cities in the world?

That's right, its all about the choo choo's to the shiny big stadium.

Not like there wasn't a massive bus network already serving the region, or a tube system.

 

[RFUS]

Inner city?

[video=youtube;7wqfcwgT0Ds]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wqfcwgT0Ds[/video]


For Alio. x

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

 

[peskyrobot]

Nothing to do with on the pitch success or having a huge and wealthy fan base in one of the largest cities in the world?

That's right, its all about the choo choo's to the shiny big stadium.

Not like there wasn't a massive bus network already serving the region, or a tube system.

Get the point about what rapid-transit rail can do for a football club. Do you understand what it can do?

Arsenal just have paid off the stadium loan in 4 years because of rapid-transit rail. It ensured over 98% occupancy in all games in a 60,000 stadium with high revenues of over £100 million per year.

 

[BlackToffee]

Get the point about what rapid-transit rail can do for a football club. Do you understand what it can do?

Arsenal just have paid off the stadium loan in 4 years because of rapid-transit rail. It ensured over 98% occupancy in all games in a 60,000 stadium with high revenues of over £100 million per year.

Before they moved (a move literally down the road), they had one of the most connected stadia in London. No two mile walk as in spuds.

Their success is down to success on the pitch and a massive waiting list of fans wanting to go the game. What the transport does it make the match day experience better, but its not the key to their success. They were already successful in a very connected part of London.

I would also add that some of the promises they made on transport weren't fulfilled which led to defeats for the ruling party at the local election as some angry independents were subsequently voted onto the Council.

Arsenal is not a very good example, though I have no problem with the rapid transport concept.

 

[Inner-city]

Now I'm no financial genius, but that doesn't sound like a "confident of money coming flooding in" type statement.

That statement was by "Merseytravel". The Council have not sucked in their response and are doing it "their" way. The Council want to get all parties together then present the case to the Dpt for Transport to open the "outer Loop" line, not the Bootle Branch Line.

 

[chicoazul]

Inner-city, I'd like to thank you for your extensive article on this. Makes interesting reading indeed.

 

[Inner-city]

Inner-city, I have missed you man, where have you been !

Getting EFC, LFC and the council together. Merseytravel are useless. Well they thought trams would be suitable for the Kirkby stadium, shifting a few hundred every 15 minutes or so. Then lumbering through traffic jams along the way.

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

You watch Thomas the Tank Engine mate?

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Good work....but isn't this all just council ****wittery ? The likelihood of EFC managing to get the Statue of Dixie moved back ontime is slim.

Btw I think you have a point and a plan......just not an implementable one

 

[chicoazul]

Getting EFC, LFC and the council together. Merseytravel are useless. Well they thought trams would be suitable for the Kirkby stadium, shifting a few hundred every 15 minutes or so. Then lumbering through traffic jams along the way.

Agreed, you make a compelling case. I can only hope that those with any ambition in our club and city start ripping up some trees.

It's ridiculous to carry on like this.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

I'm all for it, as long as they extend the loop to Seaforth, then I can get the train to the match, rather than drive and get into fights with knobeads, over parking on their driveway -FFS!