The Eldonian Village has an interesting history, although now somewhat troubled.
It does seem a shame to be so close to the river and not utilise it. I only typically see it from "across the water" and so perhaps it is not as close as it appears?
They probably would not as bus services in the area are poor.
It is very close to the Mersey, but, as the member above noted, that part of the river would need some dredging due to the lack of recent use.
Someone (Everton, Peel or the Council) would have to come up with the money. The new landing stage and gangway at Woodside oost £9m, so add on another couple of million for the quayside works for it to connect to. If you don't want to impact the existing ferry operations you would need a second ferry - the new Mersey Ferry is going to cost at least £20m (you can't just use any old boat, it has to be capable of handling the tidal currents and swells found in the Mersey, and the football season runs through the seasons when you get the worst weather), which outside of matchdays would probably be laid up as the existing ferry is enough to handle the commuter and tourist trade.
The Soccerbuses will be the 939 from Bootle Strand bus station, 929 from Liverpool One bus station and 919 from Commutation Row to stops on Great Howard St./Derby Rd., and only on matchdays.
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As a Liverpool fan who goes to Anfield by public transport its actually quite easy for me to get to and from Anfield.
This is the real problem - Merseyrail can't or won't boost capacity on match days. For Saturday afternoon kickoffs it's manageable as the 15-minute frequency is just about adequate, but evening and Sunday games can be a problem with overcrowding and passengers left behind.
A regular bus service is needed; the area is a regeneration zone and better transport links would undoubtedly give it a boost, and help stave off some of the complaints about the new parking restrictions that have just been introduced.
Sandon Sewage Treatment Works and Bramley Moore are seperated by Wellington Dock.
United Utilities took over Wellington Dock in 2013 to build an extension to the Sandon Dock Treatment Works to increase it's capacity by 11,000 litres per second. Wellington Dock was filled with concrete piles, rafted over and 8 2-story Sequential Batch Reactors were built on it (the 8 rectangular roofs you can see from the satellite view on Lovecross Lane) It was opened by Princess Anne in 2016.
As a Londoner, the poor public transport provision for the giant ground of the NW baffles me. Indeed a London club wouldn't have been allowed to expand like Anfield, for example, has, without better arrangements, both from the club, and the local transport provider. My club in London typically gets crowds 1/4 of those Liverpool gets, but all the trains are at least 8 cars long.
Even if LFC were to offer to pay for more trains, I'm not sure Merseytravel have the rolling stock to operate them.
The 777/0s run double-headed on the Liverpool Central-Southport route (they aren't allowed past Central until the modifications are done for SDO as 8 cars won't fit on some of the platforms between Central and Hunts Cross).
When the stadium was first suggested; I thought of that immediately, with the river you immediately cut access down to 50%, and the Sandhills station simply won't cope (will they close it on match days??). Bing beside a dock, I wonder if there is the option to run ferries that hole hundreds from there southwards and across?
To reiterate Google Maps calculates the stadium as a 30 minute walk from Moorfields (which in the real world we can knock 5 minutes from ).
You obviously no nothing of public transport in the Anfield area. Bus routes 17 26 and 27 run from the City Centre along Walton Breck Road past the Kop End. Route 19 crosses Walton Breck Road at Sleepers Hill and Route 14 runs down Breck Road passing Oakfield Road. Cross City route 68 runs along Lower Breck Road and Routes 60 and 81 run along the Queens Drive outer ring road within walking distance of the stadium.
Hopefully this will help disperse crowds quicker and alleviate the crowding on the platforms seen after the previous event.
If a new platform was built couldn't it be used on match days only for boarding only?And as I said you then break quality cross platform interchange which is the station's primary role. Football once a week for half the year should not be allowed to damage the station's utility the rest of the time.
If this starts to be mooted I'd be very tempted to set Doug Paulley on them - I'm sure he would be happy to assist in opposing this if he is reading
Isn't those stations on the section between Hunts Cross & Liverpool, so if the extra trains starts at Sandhills heading to Ormskirk then there won't be an issue.
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