Stadium Objection

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by The 17 Bus » 05 May 2007 11:08

Royal Lady Great - another 100 chances to be knocked down whilst walking down the hill. :roll:


not if you are on the bus.

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by JC » 05 May 2007 11:14

Behindu Coaches hold about 50, double decker buses probably hold near twice that when packed.

So just 175 needed !!

But the plans say parking for 100 buses so a lot of offsite space needed somewhere for the balance (even allowing for the local buses to eachdo 3 or 4 round trips)



So where will they find these 100+ buses from? I don't think Reading Transport has that many!

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by Behindu » 05 May 2007 21:06

JC
Behindu Coaches hold about 50, double decker buses probably hold near twice that when packed.

So just 175 needed !!

But the plans say parking for 100 buses so a lot of offsite space needed somewhere for the balance (even allowing for the local buses to eachdo 3 or 4 round trips)



So where will they find these 100+ buses from? I don't think Reading Transport has that many!


I'd guess there woul dbe a big focus on buses from outlaying areas so companies / coach companies other than Reading Buses would be involved. Still a lot to find !

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by The 17 Bus » 06 May 2007 06:37

and a lot of drivers too, shuttle buses are a better use.

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by working class hero » 06 May 2007 15:00

The 17 Bus and a lot of drivers too, shuttle buses are a better use.


Shuttle buses are great if you catch the first one. Rather less great if you end up waiting for an hour or more in the rain - especially after an evening match. Certainly NOT child friendly.


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by weybridgewanderer » 06 May 2007 15:03

doesn't have to be reading buses running shuttle buses from the staton.

stagecoach are running the buses from wokingham and bracknell

maybe buses from as far afield as maidenhead and staines/windsor?

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by fandroid 30004 » 11 May 2007 15:00

If the new station is built in time, I will almost certainly use that for my journey home to Bas. However, as the pre-match ritual includes beer and food in Reading town centre and it seems unlikely that the trains will be that useful for getting from there to the stadium before a game. So it's possible that I can reduce Wok DC's anxiety by at least 0.5 of a person-return-journey. Does that help ?

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by Behindu » 11 May 2007 15:17

fandroid 30004 If the new station is built in time, I will almost certainly use that for my journey home to Bas. However, as the pre-match ritual includes beer and food in Reading town centre and it seems unlikely that the trains will be that useful for getting from there to the stadium before a game. So it's possible that I can reduce Wok DC's anxiety by at least 0.5 of a person-return-journey. Does that help ?


If you would get the train from Green Park to Basingstoke why would you not do the bit from Reading to Green Park ?

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by Seal » 11 May 2007 15:26

Behindu
fandroid 30004 If the new station is built in time, I will almost certainly use that for my journey home to Bas. However, as the pre-match ritual includes beer and food in Reading town centre and it seems unlikely that the trains will be that useful for getting from there to the stadium before a game. So it's possible that I can reduce Wok DC's anxiety by at least 0.5 of a person-return-journey. Does that help ?


If you would get the train from Green Park to Basingstoke why would you not do the bit from Reading to Green Park ?


The bus from town only takes 15/20 mins and goes right outside the stadium. What's the point of getting a train to the middle of an industrial estate, only to either walk from there or get another bus anyway?


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by ScottishRoyal » 11 May 2007 15:36

Because you wouldn't have to queue for ages to get on a train, they leave at set times, they are also faster than the buses, especially on busy match days when traffic is heavy, and the walk from green park is not terribly far.

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by Seal » 11 May 2007 16:00

ScottishRoyal Because you wouldn't have to queue for ages to get on a train, they leave at set times, they are also faster than the buses, especially on busy match days when traffic is heavy, and the walk from green park is not terribly far.


LOL

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by Huntley & Palmer » 14 May 2007 11:46

ScottishRoyal Because you wouldn't have to queue for ages to get on a train, they leave at set times, they are also faster than the buses, especially on busy match days when traffic is heavy, and the walk from green park is not terribly far.


It will stop at Reading West though which means two lots of football traffic trying to get on the same train. It'll be quicker to get the bus from the station to the ground

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by Turns8 » 14 May 2007 12:24

Once the station goes in it would probably mean that buses would pick up from further away from the ground, thus dispersing the crowds even quicker...


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