I was going to say the same. It should have been obvious that the train wasn't going to get everyone back to London. Maybe in an ideal world the railway would have laid on extra services, but in the real world where they've having to cancel services anyway due to staff shortages, no chance.
Seems odd, normally that is a pretty well oiled operation.
Doesn't normally have that many people heading to Wycombe though
Go ask Stagecoach if they can provide extra bus capacity for events whilst not giving a toss about running their daily timetable. The answer is yes, no problem we’ll find 50 buses easily enough.
Usually, and certainly when the event is Manchester football, they are paid for this by the event organisers however. Historically they didn't even charge customers a fare.
Maybe there's a need to create a statutory obligation for event organisers to properly consider transport to and from. This is a topic that pops up again and again and in some cases the likes of the FA and RFU have actively ignored advice there will be no train service. Despite rail works being organised far in advance of the event having been planned.
That and the fact that they already have their money so will not perceive a huge incentive to grasp any homeward travel nettles with associated huge costs dangling from them.
One example I can think of that is good planning is Chiltern, even today with a Non-League final at Wembley they still have extra services in operation
Except you forget about engineering works which are now notified to the public at T-8 Weeks or less due to covid 19 related issues. Even with the official standard which is T-12 Weeks notice for punters this is insufficient if you are planning to go to a concert where tickets are released 12 to 18 months ahead.
There is an argument for this but why is it an industry standard in the music business to start concerts at 19:30 or later?
I disagree with you and with the future of the railway being the discretionary market rather than the commuter market it will need to have the flexibility to cope with this going forward.
I think it is very much for the operators to plan for services to be available if it can be done and as you say work together. Interms of travel and parking the operators can get hold of postcode data as to where people are coming from but its only a guide.
It wouldn't surprise me if the train crew were offered 12hrs(+) by Control to take the train (2Z05 as referred) back to Euston as a Special. Train Planners can only create diagrams upto 10hrs in length nevermind a myriad of other conditions they have to work to where diagrams are concerned.
Yes, they have been putting out double the services to Wembley for tonight.
Even though Milton Keynes is about to get city status, I think it's unlikely to have thousands of hotel rooms any time soon.
1. It now IS a city.
