The interesting thing here is that, at last, ”The Railway” has made it clear that the works have been scheduled for some time, and that it is the event organiser who has consciously chosen to go ahead with the event at a time and location where there will be restricted services.
a couple of other points:
The cup Semis have not been held over Easter weekend at the new Wembley before. Had the FA indicated that they would be, 3 years ago, the work could well have been scheduled differently.
As
@The Planner has said, there is work all the way from Euston to Bletchley.
big engineering work this year is being crunched up, as there’s very little taking place over the jubilee weekend. Therefore there is more at Easter than normal.
When clubs from the Midlands and North get to the play at Wembley, the number of people who use long distance trains to get there is relatively small. AIUI rarely more than 25-30%. And the number of those doing at least one direction on the day is even smaller. A significant proportion of fans are not coming from the
midlands or north (particularly Man U and Liverpool fans). And for those that are travelling from near their clubs, most people prefer the M6 / M1 / M40. Coaches provided by the clubs are usually cheaper (Man City are charging £40)