Sandhills station

[dockroad]

If only the authorities had held some kind of small event at the new stadium to pilot how things work and learn lessons for next season.

Yes and if only they'd told Merseyrail there might be a large percentage of 10,000 people wanting to use the trains

 

[ultra]

Anybody travel back on the Kirkby line from Sandhills after the game?
How did it go?

 

[Ed_Winchester]

Rotherham is more concerned walking round with his mop top,doing peace signs trying to be the 5th Beatle

He's absolutely useless.

Spent most of his time as an MP trying to get LFC mentioned in the House of Commons.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Easiest way for them in the interim will be to lift the ridiculous parking restrictions on a match day.

 

[barneygumble]

Anybody travel back on the Kirkby line from Sandhills after the game?
How did it go?

Could have just been timings, but felt Ormskirk had biggest queue, then town, and Kirkby looked alright.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Spent most of his time as an MP trying to get LFC mentioned in the House of Commons.

Probably still trying to clear them of any blame from the Paris final debacle.

 

[YoboCopter]

 

[PhilM]

And on 'Actual' match days there will be thousands who just want to stick around and have a pint or whatever. Think the cold winter mid week night games will be an issue.

This is my take/hope for it. On a Saturday fixture, I usually go to the pub for an hour and a bit afterwards, so all being well the major queues will have died down.

It's the evening games, where most people head straight home, that will be uncomfortable, and I suspect we'll be getting home a good thirty-minutes plus later.

I have no issue doing the thirty-minute walk into town, but my son on the otherhand.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Spent most of his time as an MP trying to get LFC mentioned in the House of Commons.

Exactly...

Manchester got Burnham and we got a Bootleg Beatle.

 

[toffeeblue9]

Who could have possibly foreseen this shocking turn of events?

In all seriousness, I'm just hoping the test events highlight this and pressure is put on the council and Rotheram to address it because it didn't take a genius to spot that this was going to be a potentially really big problem.

 

[Bluelenny1984]

It's not ideal. But for the likes of myself from Wirral, it's easy enough to walk up to Scotland Rd to and from the game and straight on a bus through the tunnel.

Hopefully more will just bail the idea of standing around at Sandhills and seek alternative transport. But obviously some need a train to get home.

And on 'Actual' match days there will be thousands who just want to stick around and have a pint or whatever. Think the cold winter mid week night games will be an issue.

Yeah I think we will all find our way one way or another, one thing is for sure we have a beautiful new stadium.

 

[goldfinchmule]

Just looking at some pics of trains in India,could be a solution.

 

[Togger Blue]

It will be interesting when hundreds of 'lively' away fans are factored into the equation ... BIG problems!!!!

 

[Timbucktoo]

Just looking at some pics of trains in India,could be a solution.

If people think walking to Sandhills is too much of a hike, can`t see them walking to Mumbai to catch a train home.

 

[arch stanton]

Easiest way for them in the interim will be to lift the ridiculous parking restrictions on a match day.

certainly where on street parking would cause minimal impact to residents or businesses that would be close dat match time. as a wool with only 1 train home option for a midweek evening game, travelling by car is the only realistic option at the moment for midweek games, defo the case for an 8pm kickoff cup game that may go on later than normal