Are you saying that you want Network Rail to attach more weight to the convenience of X thousand individuals who happen to be travelling for the same reason, than the convenience of Y thousand individuals who happen to be travelling for different reasons, and are being affected by different engineering works?On London Marathon day? Who decided that was acceptable
What makes the marathon different from most other London events is the early Sunday morning start, which is in Greenwich not Central London.
There were, apparently, close to 40,000 Forest fans at Wembley. Inevitably the majority didn’t go by train but even if 10% did, that represents a significant additional number of passengers on a single flow. It's unlikely that trains were "half empty".
It called additional at Market Harborough, Kettering and Wellingborough.
Well, that's good if so, I just got the impression everything possible was being done to put them off travelling via EMR, while simultaneously extra provision was being made!
Not on EMR, but there were a significant (but manageable) number of Forest fans boarding various trains at Newark towards King's Cross around 1100ish (especially the ex-Lincoln; probably because more seats were available on that), and I also note that LNER did add some additional calls at Newark, as well as a couple of earlier Doncaster starters (for London Marathon) which also called at Newark (thus serving a dual purpose).
I think it was managed for the Olympics, but something which most host cities see once in a generation and most cities never have at all isn't really comparable to annual or more frequent events.
That figure isn’t remotely surprising under any circumstances. I go to away games regularly and I would be astonished if less than half travelled by car.
In my experience of following my team away, car was generally a solid option until it came to going to London. For London aways, many would ditch the car and take the train entirely, or drive to the edge of London and then get the train/tube. You'd think for a big game that more may ditch the car so they can enjoy a few beverages?
Maybe but for most clubs a lot of fans don't travel from the 'home' town anyway. As noted somewhere above a goodnumber travelled by train from Newark. However, I still think above 50% going by car is quite normal - and that doesn't stop passengers having a drink. And, let's be clear, if you are sitting in a car from Nottingham to north London and then using the train you were still going by car.
Wembley matches are an entirely different beast though due to lack of parking options, and I say this as an away member.
I know a fair few that went from Grantham.
It is being reported that there were over a million people spectating for the marathon from what I read today.
And many of them won't have ventured far from their own front door.
As stated, driving to north London and using the train or underground from there still amounts to going by car. When I go to the City Ground I use the train to Nottingham and then walk, but I don't claim to have got to the match on foot.
OK. Newark and Grantham. It doesn't alter the point. You said a poll suggested over 50% would go by car, a point which I am not disputing but you now seem to be.
