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« on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 17:07:39 » |
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Train tickets from London currently £18.00 return for this (to Coventry Arena via Coventry).  |
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 17:14:25 » |
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Train tickets from London currently £18.00 return for this (to Coventry Arena via Coventry). Have they started to run trains back from Coventry Arena straight after the game yet? last time I got the train up there were no return trains for well over an hour after the match. |
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 17:17:03 » |
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Have they started to run trains back from Coventry Arena straight after the game yet? last time I got the train up there were no return trains for well over an hour after the match.
Seems to be one at 1721, and one at 1749 to Nuneaton to pick up a WM Trains service back to Euston too. |
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 17:22:52 » |
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Seems to be one at 1721, and one at 1749 to Nuneaton to pick up a WM Trains service back to Euston too.
Thats better than it used to be, defeats the point of a station there if you can't get trains back after a match as they lay them on after the egg chasing matches there. |
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 17:25:40 » |
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driving through Cov on way back from York. I have clearance to go!!
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 17:30:26 » |
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Ooh this could be exciting, game's not for another 2.5 weeks and we could get all sorts of talk about train timetables  I seem to remember a railway line, right near the Ricoh when I went season before last. |
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 17:37:25 » |
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I seem to remember a railway line, right near the Ricoh when I went season before last.
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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 18:12:17 » |
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Thats better than it used to be, defeats the point of a station there if you can't get trains back after a match as they lay them on after the egg chasing matches there.
If I remember correctly from when we were there a few seasons ago, they cited potential overcrowding as the reason for not running trains between Coventry Arena & Coventry - until after the crowds had dispersed. So they could run trains for events (such as the rugby) where the crowds were not as large - but not for CCFC games. |
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« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 18:36:47 » |
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If I remember correctly from when we were there a few seasons ago, they cited potential overcrowding as the reason for not running trains between Coventry Arena & Coventry - until after the crowds had dispersed. So they could run trains for events (such as the rugby) where the crowds were not as large - but not for CCFC games.
Quite ironic really as Wasps average 18k and have had a few 30k+ crowds recently. |
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 18:43:09 » |
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I bought my train tickets earlier this week. Only to Coventry though, didn’t realise the arena station was working!
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 18:53:22 » |
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I bought my train tickets earlier this week. Only to Coventry though, didn’t realise the arena station was working!
Cov to Cov Arena is £2.40 return, about 6 mins on the train but half hours walk! |
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« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 19:15:02 » |
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Cov to Cov Arena is £2.40 return, about 6 mins on the train but half hours walk!
Cheers JJ. We got a bus last season and it took forever (think we got the wrong one to boot!) |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
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« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 21:36:33 » |
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Quite ironic really as Wasps average 18k and have had a few 30k+ crowds recently.
But they behave a lot better |
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 10:07:40 » |
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I normally park at a hotel about a 10 mins walk from the stadium when I go to Cov. Last time I went the whole squad was in there so looked a bit stalkerish. Ross Embleton came and had a chat with us and seemed like a genuinely nice bloke.... If only I'd known....
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