FA Cup Final charter

[The Snap]

There is a charter being advertised at this website:

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Charter train to Wembley for the FA Cup Final 03 JUNE 2023

Worldchoice Sports are offering special charter train transport direct from Manchester to Wembley Central Station for the FA Cup Final for Manchester City fans.

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Why travel by car when you can travel by rail? The advantages are:

• No traffic jams
• Travel in style and relax
• Choice of first class or standard class carriages
• Buffet carriage
• On-board facilities
• Direct return journey to Wembley Central Station
• Security staff on board

APPROXIMATE TRAVEL TIMES
Departing Manchester Piccadilly between 08:00 and 10:00
Departing Wembley Central Station between 20:00 and 22:00
Book your place on our charter train for the FA Cup Final with Worldchoice Sports.

If you wish to sit with friends, please book at the same time to have seats in the same carriage.
A buffet carriage will be present on board.
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Two questions:

A) is this legit? Or do you think it’s a scam? They’ve referred to a train for Newcastle fans for the League Cup Final earlier this year so appears legit?

B) Does anyone know anything about who’s operating the charter and timings for the workings etc?

Thanks

 

[gazzaa2]

They did one for Liverpool last year. It left during the penalty shootout.

 

[The Snap]

They did one for Liverpool last year. It left during the penalty shootout.

Thanks. I’m not fussed about the return leg, we’re staying in London and we’ve got tickets with Avanti booked for the 4th June.
I’d only use this charter to get down there, and hope to get a refund from Avanti for the outbound leg which will undoubtably be canned due to the strike.

 

[JonathanH]

B) Does anyone know anything about who’s operating the charter and timings for the workings etc?

Typically a DB Cargo class 67 with Mark 2f coaches hired from Riviera Trains.

 

[zwk500]

A) is this legit? Or do you think it’s a scam? They’ve referred to a train for Newcastle fans for the League Cup Final earlier this year so appears legit?=

Quite probably is legit, Cup final Footexs do run reasonably often.

B) Does anyone know anything about who’s operating the charter and timings for the workings etc?

Most likely to be DB Cargo, as shown by the 67s in the Video of the Newcastle train. As it's coming from Manchester it might well have 90s on each end.

Timings won't be out until quite close to the day. The path may well be quite random, if it's a pair of 90s with coaches able to do 100/110mph then it might be able to slot in but it could easily get clobbered at a pinch point or be running with diesels and need to start early from Manchester.

 

[CeeJ]

Interesting that it's only for City fans with no provision for United fans?

Still, should be a relatively peaceful journey given the likely lack of other trains!

 

[zwk500]

Interesting that it's only for City fans with no provision for United fans?

Police may have requested only one club, although of course somebody will be along to make the obvious joke about Man utd fans only needing the tube to get from their homes to Wembley.

Still, should be a relatively peaceful journey given the likely lack of other trains!

 

[sammyg901]

Timings won't be out until quite close to the day. The path may well be quite random, if it's a pair of 90s with coaches able to do 100/110mph then it might be able to slot in but it could easily get clobbered at a pinch point or be running with diesels and need to start early from Manchester

If the strike goes ahead it won't have much to slot in with !!

 

[zwk500]

If the strike goes ahead it won't have much to slot in with !!

True, depends if the normal plan has been taken out of the system and replaced by the strike plan before the Charter is planned.

Otherwise the charter may end up rather early to Wembley Central!

 

[jon0844]

Police may have requested only one club, although of course somebody will be along to make the obvious joke about Man utd fans only needing the tube to get from their homes to Wembley.

I've done that already, but TBH they are more likely City supporters these days!

 

[CeeJ]

somebody will be along to make the obvious joke about Man utd fans only needing the tube to get from their homes to Wembley

Followed swiftly by the obvious joke that City don't have enough fans to fill up two trains!

 

[zwk500]

Followed swiftly by the obvious joke that City don't have enough fans to fill up two trains!

True, although it's perhaps slightly unfair on City fans, who've been averaging 53k gates this year, which is near enough the capacity of the ground. https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-premier-league-2022-2023/1/
Granted that's probably tickets sold not actual fans in the ground so Season ticket holders are giving a bit of a false bump but it's hardly unable to fill the 25-30k they get for Wembley.

 

[SteveM70]

True, although it's perhaps slightly unfair on City fans, who've been averaging 53k gates this year, which is near enough the capacity of the ground. https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-premier-league-2022-2023/1/
Granted that's probably tickets sold not actual fans in the ground so Season ticket holders are giving a bit of a false bump but it's hardly unable to fill the 25-30k they get for Wembley.

City have just under 36,000 season ticket holders, and there are a maximum of 3,000 away fans at premier league games, so it means a 53,000 crowd has about 14,000 non-season ticket holders there. Obviously they’re not always the same 14,000 people. They also do cheap deals to get families in for the early rounds of the cups and champions league who’re priced out of league games. Adding all that up they’ll get over 100,000 different home fans there across a season