Another rail strike announced this afternoon for 13 August.

[Stanmore Bluebird]

We are due to play Birmingham at home at 12:30 that day. How are we supposed to make it to the ground for kick off if we travel by train for games? Not everyone has access to a car or even wants to drive if they own one. For me living in London, I知 not sure what I値l do. Have just claimed a refund of my train ticket due to strike action.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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meanwhile.....

https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-27/labour-shadow-minister-sacked-for-joining-rail-strike-picket-line

[Canton Kev]

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Megabus? Done it a few times from Cardiff to London and back. Dirt cheap and surprisingly quick. Goes to and from Victoria.

[Tuerto]

Re: Another rail strike announced this afternoon for 13 August.

meanwhile.....

https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-27/...ke-picket-line

Disgrace. It goes to show that the Right Wing media are the real policy makers in this country.

[Stanmore Bluebird]

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Megabus? Done it a few times from Cardiff to London and back. Dirt cheap and surprisingly quick. Goes to and from Victoria.

Thanks very much for the suggestion. - it is definitely very cheap at ｣6.78 each way. But the journey isn’t quick at all. The first bus on 13/8 leaves Victoria at 07:00 and arrives in Park Place at 11:25. Very little wriggle time if delays along the route!

[The Bloop]

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Thanks very much for the suggestion. - it is definitely very cheap at ｣6.78 each way. But the journey isn稚 quick at all. The first bus on 13/8 leaves Victoria at 07:00 and arrives in Park Place at 11:25. Very little wriggle time if delays along the route!

If it's your only option I'd snap them up at that price. There won't be many left that cheap.
Those sort of timings are a regular occurrence for away travellers.

[Canton Kev]

Re: Another rail strike announced this afternoon for 13 August.

Thanks very much for the suggestion. - it is definitely very cheap at ｣6.78 each way. But the journey isn’t quick at all. The first bus on 13/8 leaves Victoria at 07:00 and arrives in Park Place at 11:25. Very little wriggle time if delays along the route!

4hrs 25 is definitely longer than when I致e done it. Usually it痴 3:30 or 3:45. Perhaps it stops off at an extra stop to usual.

[splott parker]

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Disgrace. It goes to show that the Right Wing media are the real policy makers in this country.

Exactly, the party should have backed him, and the strikers, to the hilt. The Tories are on the ropes, it’s maybe a surprise to some how much sympathy the strikers have from the general public. The Labour Party should be piling it on, it’s so frustrating.

[Dave Blue]

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Exactly, the party should have backed him, and the strikers, to the hilt. The Tories are on the ropes, it痴 maybe a surprise to some how much sympathy the strikers have from the general public. The Labour Party should be piling it on, it痴 so frustrating.

I like Starmer but he痴 not reading the country at all is he? All he does is pander to right wing thought in the media.

[Michael Morris]

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We are due to play Birmingham at home at 12:30 that day. How are we supposed to make it to the ground for kick off if we travel by train for games? Not everyone has access to a car or even wants to drive if they own one. For me living in London, I’m not sure what I’ll do. Have just claimed a refund of my train ticket due to strike action.

I feel for you having travel issues. Fortunately we can drive for 20 mins and be parked up near the ground or the city centre (for home games).

Purely from a selfish point of view I hope they work normally on Aug 6th as we have trains booked to Reading.

Do they still do a football bus from the centre of town to the Madejski?

[Mr Soul '68]

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Disgrace. It goes to show that the Right Wing media are the real policy makers in this country.

It's time this government were brought to it's knees. Bring on the winter of discontent!

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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It's time this government were brought to it's knees. Bring on the winter of discontent!

it's already on it's knees ..!

[xsnaggle]

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Disgrace. It goes to show that the Right Wing media are the real policy makers in this country.

I don't care about the man one way or the other but come on Tuerto, how can you claim it is right wing media making the decision when a labour leader sacks a labour shadow cabinet minister for breaching labour shadow cabinet rules? I honestly cannot follow that. :hehe:

Maybe he just wants to wind up Angela? :shrug:

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Another rail strike announced this afternoon for 13 August.

We are due to play Birmingham at home at 12:30 that day. How are we supposed to make it to the ground for kick off if we travel by train for games? Not everyone has access to a car or even wants to drive if they own one. For me living in London, I’m not sure what I’ll do. Have just claimed a refund of my train ticket due to strike action.

It's getting beyond now all these strikes!

[tforturton]

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Megabus? Done it a few times from Cardiff to London and back. Dirt cheap and surprisingly quick. Goes to and from Victoria.

I use it a lot. Book early, and the tickets are very cheap. You can get to most places from Victoria, on the Underground. Used if for Fulham, Chelsea, QPR, Millwall, Charlton, etc. Stay over in Pimlico sometimes.