Villa Park Redevelopment

[Flamingo Lane]

Aston station after the game going into the city involved a huge queue, I doubt if all those in the queue would have been able to get on a train before they stopped running.

I myself went to opposite the station, to catch a 65 bus into the city centre.  But no traffic at all seemed to be coming up (down?) the Lichfield Road, and no sign of any bus coming. None of the people waiting for the bus seemed to have a clue what was happening.  I personally was loathe to walk into the city centre from there, so walked back towards the ground, and basically ended up cadging a lift with three people I saw getting into an uber, who very kindly allowed me to travel with them.  I'm actually surprised that there hasn't been more publicity given to the situation(s) that I believe many strangers to the city and the area will have found themselves in after the concert.

[andyh]

That account posted by Percy about someone’s first experience of Birmingham is so disappointing and makes grim reading.
The fact these people were ‘shot’ - albeit with a BB gun - is utterly disgusting.
Our lowest scum fuckers in our wonderful city do absolutely fuck all but to enhance the outside opinion that Birmingham is a shit hole.

[London Villan]

Thankfully they were only bb guns.

[astonvilla82]

Aston station after the game going into the city involved a huge queue, I doubt if all those in the queue would have been able to get on a train before they stopped running.

I myself went to opposite the station, to catch a 65 bus into the city centre.  But no traffic at all seemed to be coming up (down?) the Lichfield Road, and no sign of any bus coming. None of the people waiting for the bus seemed to have a clue what was happening.  I personally was loathe to walk into the city centre from there, so walked back towards the ground, and basically ended up cadging a lift with three people I saw getting into an uber, who very kindly allowed me to travel with them.  I'm actually surprised that there hasn't been more publicity given to the situation(s) that I believe many strangers to the city and the area will have found themselves in after the concert.

little trick I do when required, catch the Aston to gravelly hill train, minutes away,get off at gravelly hill cross over and catch the train into the city, obviously depending on timing of both trains if you're fussy

[PeterWithe]

That account posted by Percy about someone’s first experience of Birmingham is so disappointing and makes grim reading.
The fact these people were ‘shot’ - albeit with a BB gun - is utterly disgusting.
Our lowest scum fuckers in our wonderful city do absolutely fuck all but to enhance the outside opinion that Birmingham is a shit hole.

Oh I dunno, although maybe if they’d done it with a blunderbuss it would have added to the authentic Peaky Blinders experience.

I was home from VP after Bruce in fraction of the time it usually takes me after a Villa game.

[BC Villain]

https://twitter.com/johntownley11/status/1670389644398317568?t=st5gZ8bnYij8-Xhw5Gi_fA&s=19

Plans on hold, apparently.

On hold = political speak for abandoned....

[FatSam]

I had a lot of trouble navigating that link due to the sheer volume of pop-up advertising, but I don’t think it is actually a new story. There are no quotes from the club, or a club statement to say that plans are on hold. We already knew that Witton station was holding things up. That is why work is not starting this summer.

[Dogtanian]

I had a lot of trouble navigating that link due to the sheer volume of pop-up advertising, but I don’t think it is actually a new story. There are no quotes from the club, or a club statement to say that plans are on hold. We already knew that Witton station was holding things up. That is why work is not starting this summer.

Yeah, I thought this was known months ago.

[Ads]

...and Street was hinting it wouldn't be a problem.

[aj2k77]

Typical lying Tory. A world beating train station probably.

[Rico]

Can they start to rebuild without the upgrade to the train station, or is one dependant on the other?

[Dogtanian]

Can’t we just say building a new station will save £350m a week to spend on the NHS? The club can have the team bus painted.

[Chris Smith]

Can they start to rebuild without the upgrade to the train station, or is one dependant on the other?

There was something about improving transport links being an integral part of the plan when permission was granted so it looks like they are part of the same package.

[algy]

The transport thing around Villa Park is absolutely crazy.  I mean, if you were picking a site to newbuild a football ground, then one right next to a motorway - and buy a large industrial estate so presumably one that'd regularly have reasonably high volumes of traffic - within easy walking distance of two railway stations, covering 2 separate railway lines, 2/3 stops away from what's basically the most important railway station outside London ... I mean, it'd seem an obvious location, wouldn't it?

It's absolutely unbelievable that it's still a problem.

[cdward]

Plus the outer circle bus route a 5 min walk away. 15/20 minutes to the inner circle bus route. 10/15 min walks to either Lichfield Road or Birchfield Rd bus routes going in and away from town.