I'm only basing my thoughts on what happens elsewhere. At Cheltenham and here for the CG they use Stagecoach but at Edgbaston it's your common or garden WMPTE and it's that shuttle service that would be easiest to replicate if the service is viable at all.
Quote from: Nev on August 08, 2022, 03:20:57 PMI'm only basing my thoughts on what happens elsewhere. At Cheltenham and here for the CG they use Stagecoach but at Edgbaston it's your common or garden WMPTE and it's that shuttle service that would be easiest to replicate if the service is viable at all.Again, it might be timescales. For Villa Park virtually everyone is getting there over a period of two hours before and 30 minutes after. I would guess Edgbaston crowds are more spread out.
It wouldn't just be one journey each way, you have a number of vehicles doing the journey a number of times depending on demand, that's how it works at other large entertainment or sporting events. For it would start at a given time, perhaps 1pm from town with the last bus departing at 2.15/2.30.The return journey's start immediately after the final whistle and continue until there is no one left to pick up.
Are there enough spare buses these days to have them hanging around for a few hours on Saturday afternoon?
Quote from: Mister E on August 08, 2022, 01:51:02 PMQuote from: Flin5tone on August 08, 2022, 01:48:58 PMWe 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??!!!Yes? Around the price it would cost with TFWM service
Quote from: Flin5tone on August 08, 2022, 01:48:58 PMWe 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??!!!
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.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on August 08, 2022, 03:00:13 PMAre there enough spare buses these days to have them hanging around for a few hours on Saturday afternoon? I read somewhere (actually, it might have been a previous page on this thread but I can't be arsed to look now I've stopped typing) that they had to bring in buses from all over the country to run these shuttles, so no, I suspect there wouldn't be.
I just don't understand as to why they don't recommence special buses back to town. Worked really well in the 70's.
Quote from: wittonwarrior on August 10, 2022, 07:44:48 AMI just don't understand as to why they don't recommence special buses back to town. Worked really well in the 70's.If you read the posts above your it will give you a clue. Not enough buses, not financially viable. It's just not an atractive solution for a commercial operator.
Quote from: chrisw1 on August 10, 2022, 08:53:49 AMQuote from: wittonwarrior on August 10, 2022, 07:44:48 AMI just don't understand as to why they don't recommence special buses back to town. Worked really well in the 70's.If you read the posts above your it will give you a clue. Not enough buses, not financially viable. It's just not an atractive solution for a commercial operator.In which case, the challenge for the club, the authorities and the operators is to work out a way to make it an attractive (or viable) solution because, as they say, doing nothing is not really an option.