New Everton Stadium Discussion

[GwladysPhil]

I would like a new station near Bramley-Moore more than most, but to say the business model for BMD currently outweighs the new St. James is blinkered at best.

On match day there would be significant uptake of the station, but what about the seven to fourteen other days where we do not have a match? Who'd use it?

St. James is in densely populated area and close to growing city centre projects (China Town, Baltic Market etc.) that it will service on a daily basis - all day too,

Add to that, it already has existing platforms already in situe, so I expect it would be cheaper to open. Based simply on footfall, let alone revenue, it is a no-brainer.

If BMD is the catalyst for the larger Liverpool Waters project kicks and brings in high levels of residents and business users, then I am sure it will be considered.

Until then, I simply can't see the LCRCA putting money forward for a project that would be seldom used apart from the benefit of us as a club and not much else.

Well, unless we paid for most of it...

Billions of pound sterling is being invested into the Liverpoo waters area - guaranteed.

The intended target market (hipsters) for Baltic can easily walk from town to there, but I agree with a station there along as they do the same on the other lines.

 

[maccavennie]

Some absolute clowns in here. Let's just pick a railway station up and move it. Should be a piece of piss that. I mean what difficulties could possibly arise?

Would need to make sure all the nuts and bolts, screws and nails are all bagged up, numbered and colour coordinated and only then could it be rebuilt 100 yards further down.

Its a lot like building Lego on the kitchen table and needing to move it to the bedroom upstairs. It can be done, but it just ain't needed.

Kitchen tables were made for Lego

And Roast Dinners

 

[tommye]

Would need to make sure all the nuts and bolts, screws and nails are all bagged up, numbered and colour coordinated and only then could it be rebuilt 100 yards further down.

Its a lot like building Lego on the kitchen table and needing to move it to the bedroom upstairs. It can be done, but it just ain't needed.

Kitchen tables were made for Lego

And Roast Dinners

Nah, be dead easy. Just slide it onto a massive sheet of 12mm ply and we can all carry it down the hill. Be a piece of piss, there's 40000 of us.

 

[PhilM]

Billions of pound sterling is being invested into the Liverpoo waters area - guaranteed.

The intended target market (hipsters) for Baltic can easily walk from town to there, but I agree with a station there along as they do the same on the other lines.

Errrr, it really isn't.

There are plans for investing billions of pounds, but as of yet it is merely Peel seeking investment to help fund a project that'll last half a century at least.

Apart from BMD itself and work around the Princes dock, Liverpool Waters - with Wirral Waters - is a speculative plan that has drive ground prices for Peel.

Perhaps that's their plan all along, or am I just being cynical?

 

[MIKE85]

Some absolute clowns in here. Let's just pick a railway station up and move it. Should be a piece of piss that. I mean what difficulties could possibly arise?

Some people are small minded like that (sorry, no offence to anyone).

 

[maccavennie]

No.

Nah, be dead easy. Just slide it onto a massive sheet of 12mm ply and we can all carry it down the hill. Be a piece of piss, there's 40 thousand of us.

Does B&Q do 12mm ply that will slide effortlessly under a whole train station mate? Not sure if it's them or Taskers that do it.

 

[maccavennie]

We either all walk or as punishment they pick up the stadium with a nice 12mm ply and plop it on Stone Bridge Cross to teach us a lesson.

 

[tommye]

Does B&Q do 12mm ply that will slide effortlessly under a whole train station mate? Not sure if it's them or Taskers that do it.

We might need to chamfer the edge a bit but with 40k of us we should be able to lift the station edge enough to slip it in

 

[maccavennie]

We might need to chamfer the edge a bit but with 40k of us we should be able to lift the station edge enough to slip it in

Best not use 40k mate, folk might think we've downsized again.

Any talk of carrying train stations should come with a 52k minimum requirement

 

[PhilM]

Anyway, I'm unsure why people are continuously talking about the lack of a train station, even though there's one less than a kilometre away.

The real concern here is the lack of pubs in the area for our match day pints. Where's the pub money Bill?

 

[glorydaze]

Nah, be dead easy. Just slide it onto a massive sheet of 12mm ply and we can all carry it down the hill. Be a piece of piss, there's 40000 of us.

That is plain stupid. It has to be 18mm ply at least.

 

[kev]

That is plain stupid. It has to be 18mm ply at least.

Steady on now, this could get costly.

 

[tommye]

That is plain stupid. It has to be 18mm ply at least.

I did consider this but thought it would prove difficult to bend around the corner onto the Dock Rd at a critical stage of the move so thought the 12 to be more beneficial in the overall scheme of things. I have approached this scientifically and not half arsed it in any way.

 

[tommye]

Steady on now, this could get costly.

Don't wanna be be splashing all the imaginary money on 18mm ply. I mean it's only moving a wee train station and stuff. Save the proper money for a berth for Uncle Uzi's yacht

 

[Bluestar]

Anyway, I'm unsure why people are continuously talking about the lack of a train station, even though there's one less than a kilometre away.

The real concern here is the lack of pubs in the area for our match day pints. Where's the pub money Bill?

Things are opening up already in ten streets. We’ll end up with some great beer warehouses.