StuRomseySaint Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 ... are the buses running any service? Seems the trains are off. If cannay get pished on Boxing Day then I won't bother turning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 ... are the buses running any service? Seems the trains are off. If cannay get pished on Boxing Day then I won't bother turning up. Blue Star Line. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1911511,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex saint Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 Are the freebie buses running from the train station does any one know? Cheers in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 21 December, 2009 Author Share Posted 21 December, 2009 Blue Star Line. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1911511,00.html I want Bluestar 4!!!!! :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 Good news for getting in and having drinks before the game, but 5.10 for the Bluestar 1 is leaving it a bit tight after the game, especially if there is loads of injury time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 Good news for getting in and having drinks before the game, but 5.10 for the Bluestar 1 is leaving it a bit tight after the game, especially if there is loads of injury time! Too tight for me! Miss that one and the next is 07:10 Saturday. I have caught the 17:10 once but it nearly killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 Too tight for me! Miss that one and the next is 07:10 Saturday. I have caught the 17:10 once but it nearly killed me. Just read that the football club 'strongly recommend' taking the bus to SMS on Saturday. Can they also recommend how people get back to the city centre by c5.10 to get some of these last buses (BS 1 & 9), bearing in mind injury time means the game may not finish until gone 5, and an expected crowd of somewhere near 30K? That's just for the lucky ones who have a bus running at all, not sure that Bluestar realise that the 26th is a Saturday FFS! Cheers Bluestar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 I have caught the 17:10 once but it nearly killed me. +1! Looks like the same for boxing day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 Too tight for me! Miss that one and the next is 07:10 Saturday. I have caught the 17:10 once but it nearly killed me. Oops! That should be 09:10 Sunday. It's even worse than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 (edited) Just read that the football club 'strongly recommend' taking the bus to SMS on Saturday. Can they also recommend how people get back to the city centre by c5.10 to get some of these last buses (BS 1 & 9), bearing in mind injury time means the game may not finish until gone 5, and an expected crowd of somewhere near 30K? That's just for the lucky ones who have a bus running at all, not sure that Bluestar realise that the 26th is a Saturday FFS! Cheers Bluestar... According to the page on the OS the last buses for those routes are 1950 and 1910. Edit: Just seen Whitey's reply. You're right, that's useless - I can't see why the OS is running this article. Edited 22 December, 2009 by jam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 According to the page on the OS the last buses for those routes are 1950 and 1910. I think that's Christmas Eve. You'd better check with Trousers to see what date that is this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 December, 2009 Share Posted 21 December, 2009 I think that's Christmas Eve. You'd better check with Trousers to see what date that is this year I can confirm (having looked it up in the dictionary - call me Mr Consistent if you must) that 'The day before Christmas day' this year does indeed fall on the 24th December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 (edited) I think that's Christmas Eve. You'd better check with Trousers to see what date that is this year You and Neil are right. I'm wrong. Wago is still better than Antonio though. And Boxing Day is still on the 28th. Even if they changed it to stop people moaning about it being too complicated Edited 22 December, 2009 by jam why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Of course, all this speculation regarding which day is what forgets the impact of Time Zones. It will of course be Christmas Day when it is Christmas Eve. Which is probably why taking a bus would be the wise choice. Don't worry though, I'm sure the weather will screw the schedule up... But, in reality, seems the management at BS cannot be the brightest commercial buttons on the planet. There's Saints having a huge Boxing Day crowd with many wanting to go home after a few beers and the game and they haven't noticed. Surely they could have put on some "Football Specials" Ho hum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky-G Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 At least Blue Star are running some sort of service - First Bus aren't running anything. Amazing really as West Quay is going to be open and the Next sale starts on Boxing day. Blue Star don't even serve the Sholing/Woolston area so anyone from over that way has no choice but to walk or drive (or plead with family for lifts)!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 (edited) At least Blue Star are running some sort of service - First Bus aren't running anything. Amazing really as West Quay is going to be open and the Next sale starts on Boxing day. Blue Star don't even serve the Sholing/Woolston area so anyone from over that way has no choice but to walk or drive (or plead with family for lifts)!! Bluestar No 15 serves Sholing, comes from Weston, along pompey road, up Botley Road, along Bursledon Road and then I think it stops in Bitterne. At least you'll be half way there. http://www.bluestarbus.co.uk/bs15.shtml Mmm.... could catch it to Wrights Hill and knock off 20mins of the journey. Edited 22 December, 2009 by Master Bates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 Hopefully we're 2 or 3 nil up when 90 minutes is up so those including myself can leave early knowing a win is in the bag! Btw I phoned the Hythe Ferry yesterday & they aren't running any services either on Boxing day. So it's the 5.10 bus or bust for those of us coming from the Hythe/Fawley area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 22 December, 2009 Author Share Posted 22 December, 2009 WHAT ABOUT US ROMSEY PEOPLE?!?!?!?!?!??! No train, no bus, no taxi. WHAT ABOUT US?!?!?!?!? :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(:-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 22 December, 2009 Share Posted 22 December, 2009 WHAT ABOUT US ROMSEY PEOPLE?!?!?!?!?!??! No train, no bus, no taxi. WHAT ABOUT US?!?!?!?!? :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(:-( Have you asked Ess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzil Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 WHAT ABOUT US ROMSEY PEOPLE?!?!?!?!?!??! No train, no bus, no taxi. WHAT ABOUT US?!?!?!?!? :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(:-( You drive and I will drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 23 December, 2009 Share Posted 23 December, 2009 Of course, all this speculation regarding which day is what forgets the impact of Time Zones. It will of course be Christmas Day when it is Christmas Eve. Which is probably why taking a bus would be the wise choice. Don't worry though, I'm sure the weather will screw the schedule up... But, in reality, seems the management at BS cannot be the brightest commercial buttons on the planet. There's Saints having a huge Boxing Day crowd with many wanting to go home after a few beers and the game and they haven't noticed. Surely they could have put on some "Football Specials" Ho hum I emailed Bluestar saying it was asking a lot to expect people to make the 9 from West Quay at 5.10. I got the usual crap about how it was expensive to run boxing day buses etc etc. I replied back that maybe their advertising guff should say instead "Saints are playing at home on boxing day, take advantage of the bus and watch the 1st half and then leg it to make sure you're not stranded". The other thing to remember here is that the last bus back is guaranteed to be packed. Anyone relying on that bus can't count on getting on even if they make it on time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain saint Posted 24 December, 2009 Share Posted 24 December, 2009 WHAT ABOUT US ROMSEY PEOPLE?!?!?!?!?!??! No train, no bus, no taxi. WHAT ABOUT US?!?!?!?!? :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(:-( I think you only looked at the article down to the picture! If you scroll down the page, Bluestar 3,4,5,6 etc are listed aswell! Bluestar 4 is from romsey to Southampton and back again! Happy bussing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 24 December, 2009 Share Posted 24 December, 2009 I think you only looked at the article down to the picture! If you scroll down the page, Bluestar 3,4,5,6 etc are listed aswell! Bluestar 4 is from romsey to Southampton and back again! Happy bussing! It's an easy thing to miss but the top part of the page is Christmas Eve. If you scroll down even further to the Boxing Day (26th December) sevices then you'll find route 4 is not among them! http://www.bluestarbus.co.uk/pdfs/boxing%20day%20times%202009.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 24 December, 2009 Share Posted 24 December, 2009 stop moaning many years ago we used to walk from Townhill Park/Bitterne Park to The Dell on Boxing Day with a pub crawl on the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted 24 December, 2009 Share Posted 24 December, 2009 stop moaning many years ago we used to walk from Townhill Park/Bitterne Park to The Dell on Boxing Day with a pub crawl on the way Fair enough, that sounds like good fun, but this 26th happens to be a Saturday and there's going to be tons of completely unnecessary car journeys made into Southampton, on a day when West Quay / Ikea etc will presumably be packed anyway, and with 30k at SMS! The bus companies have really screwed this one up badly, and I think Saints should have pointed this out to them. A lot of car journeys will probably be made of no more than 2 miles within Southampton, as fans just drive a bit closer to SMS! Hope everyone manages to get in, and gets as many beers in as they can somehow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 24 December, 2009 Share Posted 24 December, 2009 Why don't people contact PFC? If there's enough interest and a possible profit in it for them of operating some sort of shuttle then I'm sure they'd be keen. "Beggars can't be chosers" and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 24 December, 2009 Share Posted 24 December, 2009 If the buses hadn't been deregulated.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLOTH EARS Posted 24 December, 2009 Share Posted 24 December, 2009 (edited) I have a lift to the VT v AFC Totton game for an 11.30 kick off and after that has finished I am being dropped off at St Marys for the game. At the moment it looks as if I am walking home to Totton after the Saints game! Is anybody else walking home to Totton? Edited 24 December, 2009 by CLOTH EARS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex saint Posted 24 December, 2009 Share Posted 24 December, 2009 Sorry chaps - didn't get an answer earlier. can anyone confirm that the free shuttle buses that run from opposite the train station to SMS are running on Boxing Day?? Ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcowzer Posted 25 December, 2009 Share Posted 25 December, 2009 Too tight for me! Miss that one and the next is 07:10 Saturday. I have caught the 17:10 once but it nearly killed me. Serves you right for standing in front of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 25 December, 2009 Share Posted 25 December, 2009 How many people can get on the 17.10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samoakley Posted 25 December, 2009 Share Posted 25 December, 2009 I have a lift to the VT v AFC Totton game for an 11.30 kick off and after that has finished I am being dropped off at St Marys for the game. At the moment it looks as if I am walking home to Totton after the Saints game! Is anybody else walking home to Totton? I thought my mate said the game was off, he plays for totton and got told the other day it was highly unlikely to be on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samoakley Posted 25 December, 2009 Share Posted 25 December, 2009 Im driving now after reading this thread i was gona buses it but il do some shopping in west quay and then go 2 the game. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsarum Posted 26 December, 2009 Share Posted 26 December, 2009 Sorry chaps - didn't get an answer earlier. can anyone confirm that the free shuttle buses that run from opposite the train station to SMS are running on Boxing Day?? Ta unlikely as there are no trains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South City Si Posted 26 December, 2009 Share Posted 26 December, 2009 Sorry chaps - didn't get an answer earlier. can anyone confirm that the free shuttle buses that run from opposite the train station to SMS are running on Boxing Day?? Ta Looked on Bluestar website yesterday and they said they were NOT running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessex saint Posted 26 December, 2009 Share Posted 26 December, 2009 Thank you chaps - will put my walking boots on then! COYR!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 26 December, 2009 Share Posted 26 December, 2009 Red Fecking Funnel are not much better ! 17.15 which is almost impossible with injury time ! After that is 18.15 which means hanging around for no reason ! Barstewards ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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