Anyone else getting the train tomorrow?

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  1. Joe

    Joester Active Member

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    Any ideas on the beat way to get to the ground from Cov station?

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    Try buses signed for Bedworth/ Holbrooks
    Best advice is add a bit of time
    This is from the Football Grounds guide

    Coventry train station is about three and half miles away from the stadium and really is too far to walk. There is a shuttle bus that operates from the bus station to the Tesco/Arena stadium complex. It departs every 10 minutes and costs £3 return (for adults), otherwise jump in a taxi.

    Lori Kilpatrick adds; 'there is a bus stop directly outside the train station, from which most passing buses go to the Pool Meadow Bus Station. On checking that the bus indeed goes to the Bus Station ask for a "match day ticket" which will cost you £3.50 and will cover all journeys on that day in Coventry (note no change is given on Coventry buses so have the exact cash ready). Get off at Pool Meadow and look for the stand from which the Football Special Service operates from (there will be probably be a number of other fans in the vicinity). The service number is 101 and runs every 10 minutes from two hours prior to kick off and then returns every five minutes, for one hour after the game has ended. Buses depart after the match from outside the Jewson South Stand'. Tim Sansom a visiting Ipswich Town fan adds; 'After the match there was a massive queue for the six football special buses going back to the city centre. We decided not to wait and walked up to the to the roundabout (signposted Holbrooks) by the stadium and caught the number 13 service back into the city'.
     
  3. Joe

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    Thanks mate, sounds like its gonna be a real pain in the arse! Don't understand why these new grounds don't have better transport links!
     
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    Last year when we went we just got a taxi was a fiver from the centre of Coventry
     

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