In a remarkable, but sadly typical, piece of event planning, the Premier League have moved the Liverpool v Man City game on New Year's Eve to a 17:30 kick-off.
Although I'm a red, I'm actually in Manchester that night, so I'm facing the same transport problems as the City fans.
The Manchester-Liverpool trains seem to be replaced by buses. How that's going to work with several hundred footballs fans remains to be seen.
Going to the match, I see I can get a Northern train from Manchester Victoria to Kirkby then a Merseyrail service on to Sandhills. It looks like the return will have to be by a replacement bus from Lime Street.
My questions are:
1) Why are the booking engines refusing to sell me a through ticket from MAN to SDL via KIR?
2) If I book a Manchester Stations to Liverpool Stations Off-Peak Day Return, will it be valid for my journeys?
Although I'm a red, I'm actually in Manchester that night, so I'm facing the same transport problems as the City fans.
The Manchester-Liverpool trains seem to be replaced by buses. How that's going to work with several hundred footballs fans remains to be seen.
Going to the match, I see I can get a Northern train from Manchester Victoria to Kirkby then a Merseyrail service on to Sandhills. It looks like the return will have to be by a replacement bus from Lime Street.
My questions are:
1) Why are the booking engines refusing to sell me a through ticket from MAN to SDL via KIR?
2) If I book a Manchester Stations to Liverpool Stations Off-Peak Day Return, will it be valid for my journeys?