Villa Park Redevelopment

[darren woolley]

I'm really looking forward to the finished redevelopment of Villa Park and the surrounding area.

[Nelly]

Me too. Incredibly exciting stuff!

[pauliewalnuts]

There's enough Springsteen elsewhere. Can we please stick to the script here?

Yes, Boss*



* see what I did there?

[Drummond]

Not if it's a quality bum.

I was just about to post that I'd not heard it, but then thankfully realised you hadn't put 'album'. 

You've not heard Born in the USA?  Christ, you haven't lived!

Buns in the USA

[London Villan]

With how slickly the shuttle buses have worked from Perry Barr, do we think we’ll have the same service now they have it working?

[Des Little]

More chance of knitting fog. Now get to the back of that mile queue for the train.

[chrisw1]

With how slickly the shuttle buses have worked from Perry Barr, do we think we’ll have the same service now they have it working?

They had hired buses in from all over to cater for 2 weeks of demand (eg I saw some from Cambridge park and ride).  I guess in that context it made financial sense.  It's probably much harder to make it stack up for 1 game every two weeks.

But I agree with the principal, until they can sort out the trains then fleets of buses would make most sense if they can find operators willing to do it.

[cdbearsfan]

There used to always be a row of buzzes lined up between North Stand and Witton Station. As they weren't WM Travel they weren't obliged to stick to the official route so could avoid traffic. You were usually in town within twenty minutes or so. More like an hour if you get the WM ones.

[LeeB]

There used to always be a row of buzzes lined up between North Stand and Witton Station. As they weren't WM Travel they weren't obliged to stick to the official route so could avoid traffic. You were usually in town within twenty minutes or so. More like an hour if you get the WM ones.

There's enough operators in the second largest conurbation in the UK to make it happen, you would think. Is Den Caney still going? God, they were willing to drag 50 or so of us taking various substances to random places like Stafford and Coalville
for clubs in the 90's, they'd lap this up surely?

[olaftab]

With how slickly the shuttle buses have worked from Perry Barr, do we think we’ll have the same service now they have it working?

They had hired buses in from all over to cater for 2 weeks of demand (eg I saw some from Cambridge park and ride).  I guess in that context it made financial sense.  It's probably much harder to make it stack up for 1 game every two weeks.

But I agree with the principal, until they can sort out the trains then fleets of buses would make most sense if they can find operators willing to do it.

Yes the shuttle service from AXS was superb but having a stadium in the middle of a park with lots of space to kettle and corral spectatores into queues  where you kept walking till you were on a bus helped. That's not possible at Villa park but my mind harks back to when I was a school boy and loads of busses  were bringing fans in  from Dale End to Church road and then return. Why can't we have that back? 

[London Villan]

I'm sure with a bit of thought and planning it could be done. A few to Sutton/Erdington and a load into town. Maybe the police could stop the traffic too for 5 mins to let them out.

[algy]

With how slickly the shuttle buses have worked from Perry Barr, do we think we’ll have the same service now they have it working?

They had hired buses in from all over to cater for 2 weeks of demand (eg I saw some from Cambridge park and ride).  I guess in that context it made financial sense.  It's probably much harder to make it stack up for 1 game every two weeks.

But I agree with the principal, until they can sort out the trains then fleets of buses would make most sense if they can find operators willing to do it.

I'd gone on a Stagecoach one that had the Kilmarnock to Ardrossen bus route marked out on the back.

[dorsetvillian]

I was at both athletics sessions yesterday and went into Brum in between. I walked to Perry Barr train station but the queue and wait were too long!!, so I caught a regular bus into town. I used the Comm Games bus back to the Alexander Stadium and the whole operation was very slick. PS: Great sporting day out after the nightmare of being at the Bournemouth game on Sat.

[Flin5tone]

We need a speedy shuttle service from the Lichfield road area(plenty of space around ) that can use the bus lanes and carry people back to the city centre in 5 minutes ,a fair price would be £4 return.

[Mister E]

We need a speedy shuttle service from the Lichfield road area(plenty of space around ) that can use the bus lanes and carry people back to the city centre in 5 minutes ,a fair price would be £4 return.

Four fucking quid? - you serious??!!!