Trams To Hillsborough For Tramlines

[butlers]

You could take the view wanting people to arrive at 6 ish or the hour before would be peak " rush " hour.

 

Tramlines outgrew Dev green there were very serious crushing in the surrounding streets.

 

There's a stage up on Dev Green this year as it's the  "Fringe" wonder if they are going to insist on vaccination proof or neg test .

 

 

 

[prince al]

You couldn’t make it up! What a shambles!
As Toby said this morning, you want the trams running tonight to get home, not earlier in the day.

[Becky B]

So, no trams.  Buses will be "very busy, so make alternative arrangements".  Hmm, what are those alternative arrangements going to be?

 

Guess that's why the bottom of Herries Road looked like match day this afternoon!

 

It's all very well promoting using active travel and public transport to reduce environmental costs, but then it's unavailable...

[alexander874]

1 hour ago, prince al said:

You couldn’t make it up! What a shambles!
As Toby said this morning, you want the trams running tonight to get home, not earlier in the day.

So you think they should provide trams each evening which would mean many trams missing on future days to get people to work and other essential journeys, tram drivers hours are limited just like bus and train drivers you're not living in the real world.

[prince al]

2 hours ago, alexander874 said:

So you think they should provide trams each evening which would mean many trams missing on future days to get people to work and other essential journeys, tram drivers hours are limited just like bus and train drivers you're not living in the real world.

On this weekend, YES!

[butlers]

I agree with above poster.

 

If there has been a will there would have been a way

[Baron99]

With thousands looking for trams back to town, maybe another reason is the trams get so packed, it would be difficult for the conductor to collect the fares?  I know from times the Blades have played at Hillsborough, I don't think I've, (and thousands of others), ever paid coming back into the city centre. 

 

Maybe Stagecoach are also thinking its just not going to be worth it? 

[butlers]

Tramlines communication is not great .

Plenty on twitter can not believe no tram to get away from site.

Few buses too and taxis quoting £30 and upwards to town.

 

The Tram fare could easily be built into the  ticket price .

 

 

 

Has the same feel as when the Sheff half marathon was called off  as no water was being supplied with the runners already at the start line 

 

They went anyway ,the "rebel runners"

 

Sort of turned into a victory in the end

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-running-blog/2014/apr/07/sheffield-marathon-spectators-done-uk-proud-water-shortage

 

 

 

[butlers]

A better read.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/07/sheffield-half-marathon-runners-farce-water-shortage

[prince al]

11 hours ago, butlers said:

A better read.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/07/sheffield-half-marathon-runners-farce-water-shortage

The Sheffield authorities seem quite adept at fouling up relatively simple tasks.
Although I’m not involved, I would imagine that organising the logistics of the event, bands, etc would be far more complicated.