Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
If there is such a critical mass of people attending the Aintree dates that use Merseyrail to do so, and this is sufficient that Merseyrail are called upon to effectively re-write their timetable for a few days to achieve it, then having people queuing for tickets seems ludicrous anyway. If the claims being made are true, then the obvious solution for convenience is to add £5.30 to the price of all Aintree tickets and for Merseyrail to accept race tickets in their trains all day.
Surely Merseyrail would be happy with this because it cuts down on cost and queuing. Of course it might negatively impact sales of race tickets a tiny amount for those who are insistant on using a car, but it would boost their green credentials. Some residual passengers using the bus might be disadvantaged slightly if an agreement cannot be made for race tickets to include bus travel on routes to Aintree.
What would be good, and is how the Germans would do it, would be that an event ticket (and in Germany this is a wide range of events - often even gigs and theatre tickets) would include unlimited travel on the entire local transport network on the day of the event. This is done by a levy on tickets, similar to a tourist tax. You then simply travel with your event ticket and show it if inspected.