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Alstom derby great gathering 1st-3rd August 2025

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Last week the link to what was then a blank page saying "buy tickets here" came up for half a day on the alsthom website . Guess they were testing it. Luckily I bookmarked it and yesterday the blank page became live and I grabbed two tickets ! I checked at 8am this morning and the page was still working then too but once they put the link back up on the alsthom site at 9 .. Down it went !!
 
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kentrailman said:
Last week the link to what was then a blank page saying "buy tickets here" came up for half a day on the alsthom website . Guess they were testing it. Luckily I bookmarked it and yesterday the blank page became live and I grabbed two tickets ! I checked at 8am this morning and the page was still working then too but once they put the link back up on the alsthom site at 9 .. Down it went !!
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did notice that feel silly for not saving it, I'm hoping some come lose so I can at least visit on one of the days,
 
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Error messages with word 'forbidden' sometimes appear if you are running an 'ad blocker' program on your computer/phone etc.
 
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I think I’m going to give up for now and try again at lunchtime.

At least if everyone is getting these issues it shouldn’t sell out in the meantime…
 
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DanNCL said:
I think I’m going to give up for now and try again at lunchtime.

At least if everyone is getting these issues it shouldn’t sell out in the meantime…
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it comes to a point that the 555 in your profile pic is probably more relaible, I think your right though to step back and let the blood pressure lower,
 
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Its changed to a holding page saying we are experiencing high demand please try again later. Which is more hopeful than error pages. Agree, come back later.
 
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We are experiencing high demand for The Greatest Gathering tickets right now.​

Please try again later today.​

For more information about The Greatest Gathering, please see their website: www.thegreatestgathering.co.uk

Our apologies for any inconvenience.

Many Thanks
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thats what is now displaying, deffinatley not a good introduction to the 200 festivities
 
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You are now in line.​

Thank you for your patience.​

We were unable to estimate the wait time.​

We are experiencing a high volume of traffic and using a virtual queue to limit the amount of users on the website at the same time. This will ensure you have the best possible online experience.

This page will automatically refresh, please do not close your browser.

Last updated 10:27:05 AM
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seems the host has now implimented a queing softwhere that should have been there from step one,
 
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rg177 said:
I have apparently managed to purchase a ticket after much fighting. By that I mean I have a receipt and confirmation number but no ticket!
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Now had confirmation from Morton’s that order was successful
 
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[ Mortons Events office at 9am ]

"Ok boss, i've just made booking for that railway event live."

"Good, good... did you just hear an explosion?"
 
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Waited in line got to end, tickets in basket. 502.... Knowing other people are having the same experience is weirdly calming :)
 
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Well, I think it worked...?

Confirmation screen listed blank pricing info, but did give me an order number. My account shows this:

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Peter Mugridge

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I'm having the same... the time in the virtual queue was 23 minutes when I joined it 15 minutes ago.

It's 33 minutes now.

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