(01 Aug 2022, 2:17 pm)Andreos1 wrote Always thought you had a sensible head on your shoulders. One of the sensible posterss... Lost all respect I had for you Storx. Extremely disappointed.
*walks away slowly, shaking head with a look of dismay*
But in all seriousness, again, that's something the club and operators have the ability to resolve.
Whether that's working directly with operators or supporters clubs, there must be an offer of some sort of affordable and viable alternative to the car to take supporters from several key locations.
In an ideal world, there's going to be an alternative that goes from north of the river.
Ha we all have a dark secret
Seriously though taking away the football, travelling across the Tyne in general is just a problem. There's about 100 buses, probably more? curious now, across the 4 bridges in the centre of Newcastle then there's 3 to the West (6, 7, 84A?) and 2 to the East (11). I'm not counting the 12 as it doesn't go anywhere bar straight into town and a ferry at a bottom of a bank with dodgy connections and at the wrong end of the town for the buses
It's been a massive problem up for here for ages and it's no wonder there's 100k or so cars (I believe is the number) travelling on the A1/A685 to the West and 40k or so to the East on the A19. Not to mention the cheap bastards who will use the Tyne Bridge to avoid the tolls, ignoring the fact they're paying more in petrol.
Lot of people there and tbh there's no alternative really without a diversion via Newcastle which if your journey is Throckley to the Metro Centre is a long one (ignoring changing buses in random places) or Cobalt to Hebburn.
(01 Aug 2022, 2:21 pm)F114TML wrote I thought there was a park & ride for SAFC that left from (or near) hylton riverside? Certainly was a few years ago (it was Stagecoach deckers - probably Olympians - running it when I was on)
Yeah there is, but it's not exactly any use. Might aswell just park in Southwick / Roker instead and walk and save the bus journey which a lot of people do. It's at the wrong end of the traffic on Wessington Way so you get stuck either way with an additional inconvenience in waiting for a bus. Believe it was a condition of the Stadium of Light so it's there because it has to be there rather than to save traffic.