bunnahabhain
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There's a 1743 Lincoln to Nottingham HST this Saturday as a FOOTEX.
They still run. However, GTR started cancelling them so often that they are now not advertised unless they are running. Control do not even bother to inform frontline staff that they're not running. Sometimes they turn up, sometimes not.
On the flipside however, SWT bring in an entire extra half hourly service when there’s rugby at Twickenham!
Not quite true, they just cancel services elsewhere (usually the Weybridge via Hounslow) as they don't employ enough drivers/ guards.
Who pays for the extra trains or extra carriages? The club, the operator or (in London) TfL?
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A few years ago after a game at Bolton Wanderers, I remember getting on an extra service, a 2 car Pacer to take us from Horwich Parkway to Bolton station
Metrolink always seem to have a habit of messing around with the service when one of the Manchester clubs are at home, as I've often found out after a day at the East Lancs Railway
The Bolton-Horwich shuttles are a regular operation for Saturday afternoon matches but are currently affected by electrification works. While I don't know for certain I suspect that BWFC may well contribute towards the cost as part of the planning permission for the stadium. Anyone care to comment...?
I've been out before on Sundays and seen all Northern Line trains as 6 car when there's been football on. Doesn't happen in the week though, I'll grant you that!Here are a few I'm aware of:
In WAGN and FCC days, there were football extras provided for Arsenal home games on the Hertford and Welwyn stoppers which terminated at Finsbury Park, then started there for the return workings. I think this practice continued into GTR's reign too but it has since been stopped. There were also outer suburban extras including one from Royston IIRC.
For Brighton home matches at Falmer, Southern's recent arrangements have been a 6 car 313 on the Brighton - Lewes service and a combination of 6, 7 and/or 8 car 377s on the Seaford workings.
When matches are on at Hampden Park, ScotRail provide regular Glasgow Central - Mount Florida shuttles (normally a 380 but previously 314s and 334s). The Cathcart Circle locals are also bumped up to 6 cars.
Finally, Merseyrail. They provide no extra services and almost never any additional capacity for football matches despite very high usage and a 'Soccerbus' service to both stadiums. Overcrowding is severe and trains almost always leave people behind in the aftermath of fixtures due to the lack of 6 car workings.
I've been out before on Sundays and seen all Northern Line trains as 6 car when there's been football on. Doesn't happen in the week though, I'll grant you that!
ATW were more or less accused of conning the public today in connection with the Cardiff City v Manchester City 4th Round Cup tie today. During the week, they were tweeted to ask if any additional trains would be running and told "yes". However, what happened was that Taff route (Merthyr, Treherbert, Aberdare) trains were as it happened, diverted to run via the City Line due to Engineering work and 5 in each direction called additionally at Ninian Park. So additional trains just referred to Ninian Park, which has no booked Sunday service, only. There were reports of severe overcrowding on the Cardiff Valleys with many trains running with 2 Cars rather than strengthen to 4 which with many Pacer diagrams with no work on a Sunday. Fair play to ATW, though, they arranged VSTP additionals, a 1350 Hereford to Cardiff and an 1858 Cardiff Cen to Shrewsbury