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View gerry theagle's Profile gerry theagle Flag newbury 08 Nov 21 6.55pm Send a Private Message to gerry theagle Add gerry theagle as a friend

Unfortunately can't send Palace exactly what I said to Southern as it was on one of their fill in the boxes complaint forms,have had an automated reply to confirm that they have received it.
Will phone the club tomorrow and try to speak to someone with more clout than myself, hopefully Palace are just as concerned about the safety of the fans getting to and from the ground not just inside it.

 

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View trapperjohn's Profile trapperjohn Flag Horsham 08 Nov 21 7.23pm Send a Private Message to trapperjohn Add trapperjohn as a friend

Originally posted by gerry theagle

Unfortunately can't send Palace exactly what I said to Southern as it was on one of their fill in the boxes complaint forms,have had an automated reply to confirm that they have received it.
Will phone the club tomorrow and try to speak to someone with more clout than myself, hopefully Palace are just as concerned about the safety of the fans getting to and from the ground not just inside it.

I am obviously happy to chip in as well if that will help.

 


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View JRW2's Profile JRW2 Flag Dulwich 09 Nov 21 3.50pm Send a Private Message to JRW2 Add JRW2 as a friend

Originally posted by gerry theagle

Unfortunately can't send Palace exactly what I said to Southern as it was on one of their fill in the boxes complaint forms,have had an automated reply to confirm that they have received it.
Will phone the club tomorrow and try to speak to someone with more clout than myself, hopefully Palace are just as concerned about the safety of the fans getting to and from the ground not just inside it.

Unfortunately I don't share your optimism on that.

But it may well be worth contacting the ORR (Office of Rail and Road), which is responsible for safety. They have a website, with instructions on how to get in touch with them, under various headings, including Health and Safety.

 

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View HeathMan's Profile HeathMan Flag Purley 10 Nov 21 8.47am Send a Private Message to HeathMan Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add HeathMan as a friend

There is a lot happening in the background on this,

 

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View trapperjohn's Profile trapperjohn Flag Horsham 10 Nov 21 8.53am Send a Private Message to trapperjohn Add trapperjohn as a friend

Originally posted by HeathMan

There is a lot happening in the background on this,

Do tell

 


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View A1969Eagle's Profile A1969Eagle Flag Redhill 10 Nov 21 11.15am Send a Private Message to A1969Eagle Add A1969Eagle as a friend

Its worth considering the angle coming from them
Its a small station at the end of the day, only really busy on football days.

There were crushing situations where two streams of queues came together in the ticket area or when side door was open.
Remember crushing at hillsborough, lesson were learned, people at the back keep pushing, crushing and killing the ones at front, coming from several areas.

I have come from the side path and been well and truly crushed at Selhurst ticket area, so much so I now use Norward Junction to go home. Plus tight queues, pickpocket heaven!! If Selhurst had a back entrance, like Norwood, then the situation is improved.

Therefore having the one queue forming into the ticket office area at Selhurst to prevent two queues crushing will go on... allow time, safety considerations with the present access to the bottom of the platforms, will need to be there without fail...
Selhurst is what it is.. old.... like our club 1861!!!

 

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View trapperjohn's Profile trapperjohn Flag Horsham 10 Nov 21 4.27pm Send a Private Message to trapperjohn Add trapperjohn as a friend

Originally posted by A1969Eagle

Its worth considering the angle coming from them
Its a small station at the end of the day, only really busy on football days.

There were crushing situations where two streams of queues came together in the ticket area or when side door was open.
Remember crushing at hillsborough, lesson were learned, people at the back keep pushing, crushing and killing the ones at front, coming from several areas.

I have come from the side path and been well and truly crushed at Selhurst ticket area, so much so I now use Norward Junction to go home. Plus tight queues, pickpocket heaven!! If Selhurst had a back entrance, like Norwood, then the situation is improved.

Therefore having the one queue forming into the ticket office area at Selhurst to prevent two queues crushing will go on... allow time, safety considerations with the present access to the bottom of the platforms, will need to be there without fail...
Selhurst is what it is.. old.... like our club 1861!!!

If that is indeed their view then I think it is misconceived on a number of points.

It is always busy on a match day and they have to deal with that. We are their customers. They know when the matches are scheduled and could easily plan for the necessary staffing and access as suggested earlier through the gates highlighted in a previous post.

Plus I have occasionally been in a crush at Selhurst but firstly: Pre COVID I could have a drink in the RednBlue bar, make my way down at 5:15 and walk straight in for a 5:30 train. Now you hit a 100 yard queue. People will start to get nasty when they miss a train and there is not another one for an hour. Or is their view that as football fans we should leave the game early?

Secondly But more importantly the crush is now alongside a busy road which is far more dangerous.

Thirdly it actively blocks the pavement for other pedestrians of whom there seemed to be several who were very unhappy at having to walk in the road and it renders the bus stop unusable. That will create a negative reaction to CPFC

As I have mentioned the crush still exists but is now of far longer duration which must increase the dangers you refer to.

Finally I have been equally caught in a crush at NJ ( one time after a Sunderland game was particularly memorable). At least there the crush is off the main road. I have also been marooned on the platform at NJ because Southern decided to run just a four coach train southbound that gets crammed full to the point where nobody else can get on. So I don’t think that is an answer. A great increase in numbers at Norwood will hardly help matters there.

Finally will the club get beaten over the head with the “lack”of infrastructure argument as a reason not to allow the new stand?

 


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deleted 25 Flag 12 Nov 21 6.40pm

Think after the Brighton game fans that were travelling on East Grinstead line had to get cabs from East Croydon due to reduced service and delays getting into Selhurst ;

some fans got a replacement bus onwards from Oxted, but others had to wait for about an hour to get a bus to Edenbridge

 

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BUMP. In view of comments below about Selhurst station. Clearly sweet FA done about the queuing after games. Hopefully something will be done before somebody gets hurt or worse, but Southern/Govia are aware to the best of my knowledge, so not holding my breath.

 


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deleted 25 Flag 16 Dec 21 7.07pm

This puts me off going to the games to be honest.

Dosent make any sense getting people to queue by Selhurst road unless they close the side of road nearest the station after matches for an hour.

 

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View Spiderman's Profile Spiderman Flag Horsham 16 Dec 21 7.37pm Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Originally posted by trapperjohn

BUMP. In view of comments below about Selhurst station. Clearly sweet FA done about the queuing after games. Hopefully something will be done before somebody gets hurt or worse, but Southern/Govia are aware to the best of my knowledge, so not holding my breath.

Drove past the queue again, it is totally ridiculous, there is going to be an unpleasant incident soon. Surely the police can get involved and insist on more gates being opened

 

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View Pierre's Profile Pierre Flag Purley 19 Dec 21 6.03pm Send a Private Message to Pierre Add Pierre as a friend

These comments say it all. The fact that the authorities, the club and residents would all prefer many more fans to 'commute on public transport' to and from matches rather than driving.
Changes in train times and stations are not communicated to fans, not enough trains or buses are laid on at key times to avoid crushing or overloading platforms, trains and buses when they finally arrive!

Also not enough is done to ensure that fans are kept safe along roads-There should be designated traffic free routes.
Also more gates at stations need to be open to reduce queuing/ crushing.

 

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