Wigan playing at Wembley: no late enough train back for Wigan fans

[trainophile]

Digressing slightly, but goodness knows why Arriva decided to put on a two-coacher yesterday morning to Manchester Piccadilly (not sure where it started, but it was almost full by Hereford where I boarded at 10:43), given the Swansea v Man Utd fixture combined with Fergie's retirement event. There are a large contingent of Man Utd fans in South Wales, plus the Swansea fans. The train was heaving by the time I thankfully got off at Crewe, and there must have been another 100 or so waiting to get on it there.

This wasn't the last service that would have reached MAN prior to the 4.00pm kick-off, so presumably they saved a longer train for the later service? I'd love to know how the return trip post-match went, i.e. whether extra services were provided.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

When I've experienced crowd control at stations it's been the police who've implemented the crowd control. As the police aren't being paid for by the TOCs but by the organisers of the event they aren't permitted to perform ticket checks.

It may be possible to do crowd control before the barriers at Southend Central, not sure what Southend East has by way of facilities. Fenchurch Street also has barriers.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

It may be possible to do crowd control before the barriers at Southend Central, not sure what Southend East has by way of facilities. Fenchurch Street also has barriers.

Southend East is about to be or just has been gated, it's the last c2c station to get gates IIRC.