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Transport to Celtic Park; How things have improved worse.
Topic Started: 18 Jun 2012, 01:28 PM (7,000 Views)
Faust	18 Jun 2012, 01:28 PM Post #1
First-team starter Posts: 948 Group: Members Member #29,428 Joined: 7 September 2011 Favourite all-time player Big Billy	The Celtic shop is offering a new t-shirt I quit like, featuring an advert for our first ever game on 28th May 1888 against a club that no longer exists. However the ad also advises potential spectators that: "The Park is two minutes walk for the Parkhead and London Road Tramcar and Railway Stations". 124 years later and no close rail or tram (as if!) connections. And don't anyone mention the buses that never appear going back into town. Whatever happened to all those much-mooted plans for rail connections? Even then, none of them are anywhere near two minutes walk away. It is a genuine disgrace. Edited by Faust, 18 Jun 2012, 01:28 PM.



Virgil	18 Jun 2012, 01:29 PM Post #2
Looking through an old picture frame, waiting for a perfect view Posts: 4,585 Group: Snr. Member Member #865 Joined: 16 April 2005 Twitter Name @kdsvirgil	Don't look now but I think Dalmarnock is shut until towards the end of the year as well.



SeanBonJovi	18 Jun 2012, 01:31 PM Post #3
Glasgows Green & White Posts: 2,546 Group: Snr. Member Member #28,670 Joined: 13 May 2011	Transport from where??? No direct train to CP from Falkirk so walking it has become a bit of a bitch.



Faust	18 Jun 2012, 01:32 PM Post #4
First-team starter Posts: 948 Group: Members Member #29,428 Joined: 7 September 2011 Favourite all-time player Big Billy	Virgil 18 Jun 2012, 01:29 PM Don't look now but I think Dalmarnock is shut until towards the end of the year as well. I rest my case. But seriously, when are the club, the council and the transport authorities going to do something about serving the community, in this case us.?



Faust	18 Jun 2012, 01:34 PM Post #5
First-team starter Posts: 948 Group: Members Member #29,428 Joined: 7 September 2011 Favourite all-time player Big Billy	SeanBonJovi 18 Jun 2012, 01:31 PM Transport from where??? No direct train to CP from Falkirk so walking it has become a bit of a bitch. Proper transportation systems work on integrated links. So you go into town or another hub point, and you get a train to Falkirk (if you really must) or wherever. It's the getting into town bit that doesn't work. Subwayfaithful CSC



SeanBonJovi	18 Jun 2012, 01:39 PM Post #6
Glasgows Green & White Posts: 2,546 Group: Snr. Member Member #28,670 Joined: 13 May 2011	Faust 18 Jun 2012, 01:34 PM SeanBonJovi 18 Jun 2012, 01:31 PM Transport from where??? No direct train to CP from Falkirk so walking it has become a bit of a bitch. Proper transportation systems work on integrated links. So you go into town or another hub point, and you get a train to Falkirk (if you really must) or wherever. It's the getting into town bit that doesn't work. Subwayfaithful CSC Ae you Barry Whittaker? Cheers anyway.



wigwam	18 Jun 2012, 01:42 PM Post #7
Off treasure hunting in Holland Posts: 12,594 Group: Snr. Member Member #173 Joined: 5 September 2004	Faust 18 Jun 2012, 01:32 PM Virgil 18 Jun 2012, 01:29 PM Don't look now but I think Dalmarnock is shut until towards the end of the year as well. I rest my case. But seriously, when are the club, the council and the transport authorities going to do something about serving the community, in this case us.? I'm sure they've got more to worry about than once a fortnight punters that have to walk for 15 minutes. I hope so anyway.



Fortune Teller	18 Jun 2012, 01:48 PM Post #8
Hot to Trott Posts: 7,569 Group: Snr. Member Member #24,332 Joined: 25 August 2009 Favourite all-time player Zinedine Zidane Twitter Name flyinghippo24	There are plenty of buses that go down the gallowgate on a matchday



Cossy	18 Jun 2012, 01:49 PM Post #9
Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick Posts: 1,933 Group: Members Member #22,935 Joined: 4 February 2009 Favourite all-time player Danny McGrain	The old Parkhead station was only a 2 minute walk from the back of the current Lisbon Lions stand. Indeed, ariel photgraphs from as recent as 2000 showed the route the old line took and there are photographs on the Hidden Glasgow website taken in the mid/late 1990's IIRC. (They've been posted on here a fair bit in the past). Transport links to Celtic Park in this day and age are a disgrace, however nothing other than major and expensive engineering works are going to rectify this, so perhaps our Victorian forefathers vision of puiblic transport (in Glasgow at least) was much more visionary than that of their counterparts in the 1960's. As it stands, we're going to have to put up with getting soaked to and from Bridgeton and/or Bellgrove for a while yet. Bridgeton this season is going to be hellish though, with Dalmarnock being closed.



bryano1976	18 Jun 2012, 01:53 PM Post #10
First-team starter Posts: 1,061 Group: Members Member #4,667 Joined: 29 August 2006 Favourite all-time player Paul McStay	Get a Taxi



mick405	18 Jun 2012, 01:54 PM Post #11
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin' Posts: 15,017 Group: Snr. Member Member #21,723 Joined: 16 September 2008 Favourite all-time player Henrik Larsson	Could be worse. You could have to walk down Westmuir St and avoid the locals like I do



the_cannelloni_of_charisma	18 Jun 2012, 01:56 PM Post #12
First-team starter Posts: 1,249 Group: Members Member #28,811 Joined: 27 May 2011 Favourite all-time player Alessandro Del Piero	I must say the fastest I have ever got to and from Celtic Park is on my bicycle. I think this is the way forward. Not only are u doing exercise, you are saving money as you won't be as likely to go the pub before or after the game. On top of that you may be inclined to go straight home after the game and earn brownie points from your lovely wife. Don't forget the environment aspect as well instead of taking the car as well as petrol costs. See not only have I saved you money, I have made you healthier in body and mind. I am Damien Sandow - The intelectual saviour of the masses........your welcome.



p-livi67	18 Jun 2012, 02:03 PM Post #13
Off treasure hunting in Holland Posts: 17,961 Group: Snr. Member Member #19,432 Joined: 19 May 2008 Favourite all-time player Paul Lambert	the_cannelloni_of_charisma 18 Jun 2012, 01:56 PM intelectual........your welcome Oh dear.



xbillups	18 Jun 2012, 02:06 PM Post #14
Off treasure hunting in Holland Posts: 11,978 Group: Snr. Member Member #20,924 Joined: 28 July 2008 Favourite all-time player tosh mckinlay	Cossy 18 Jun 2012, 01:49 PM The old Parkhead station was only a 2 minute walk from the back of the current Lisbon Lions stand. Indeed, ariel photgraphs from as recent as 2000 showed the route the old line took and there are photographs on the Hidden Glasgow website taken in the mid/late 1990's IIRC. (They've been posted on here a fair bit in the past). Transport links to Celtic Park in this day and age are a disgrace, however nothing other than major and expensive engineering works are going to rectify this, so perhaps our Victorian forefathers vision of puiblic transport (in Glasgow at least) was much more visionary than that of their counterparts in the 1960's. As it stands, we're going to have to put up with getting soaked to and from Bridgeton and/or Bellgrove for a while yet. Bridgeton this season is going to be hellish though, with Dalmarnock being closed. Bridgeton's no further away than Dalmarnock is.



henriks4heid	18 Jun 2012, 02:10 PM Post #15
Blonde on blond Posts: 8,209 Group: Snr. Member Member #19,705 Joined: 30 May 2008 Favourite all-time player Sony Walkman	p-livi67 18 Jun 2012, 02:03 PM the_cannelloni_of_charisma 18 Jun 2012, 01:56 PM intelectual........your welcome Oh dear. Invoice iminant



Virgil	18 Jun 2012, 02:14 PM Post #16
Looking through an old picture frame, waiting for a perfect view Posts: 4,585 Group: Snr. Member Member #865 Joined: 16 April 2005 Twitter Name @kdsvirgil	the_cannelloni_of_charisma 18 Jun 2012, 01:56 PM I must say the fastest I have ever got to and from Celtic Park is on my bicycle. I think this is the way forward. Not only are u doing exercise, you are saving money as you won't be as likely to go the pub before or after the game. On top of that you may be inclined to go straight home after the game and earn brownie points from your lovely wife. Don't forget the environment aspect as well instead of taking the car as well as petrol costs. See not only have I saved you money, I have made you healthier in body and mind. I am Damien Sandow - The intelectual saviour of the masses........your welcome. Where the hell do you leave a bike near Celtic Park? Edited by Virgil, 18 Jun 2012, 02:19 PM.



the_cannelloni_of_charisma	18 Jun 2012, 02:15 PM Post #17
First-team starter Posts: 1,249 Group: Members Member #28,811 Joined: 27 May 2011 Favourite all-time player Alessandro Del Piero	p-livi67 18 Jun 2012, 02:03 PM the_cannelloni_of_charisma 18 Jun 2012, 01:56 PM intelectual........your welcome Oh dear. shampoo im sorry. I see what i've done. Too many fullstops in there.



Bodom Bhoy	18 Jun 2012, 02:16 PM Post #18
nsst nsst. Posts: 8,852 Group: Snr. Member Member #28,474 Joined: 21 April 2011 Favourite all-time player Alexi Laiho	Walk, ya lazy bassa.



RoyAitken	18 Jun 2012, 02:20 PM Post #19
Upsy Daisy here I come, I'm the only upsy one, I'm the only Daisy ... Posts: 1,374 Group: Members Member #29,801 Joined: 1 November 2011 Favourite all-time player Roy Aitken	Bring back the free train pass when you bought a season ticket, hate parking around Bellgrove station Edit: and the buses you got from Bellgrove to Celtic Park, that were laid on by Celtic Edited by RoyAitken, 18 Jun 2012, 02:23 PM.



Faust	18 Jun 2012, 02:23 PM Post #20
First-team starter Posts: 948 Group: Members Member #29,428 Joined: 7 September 2011 Favourite all-time player Big Billy	Cossy 18 Jun 2012, 01:49 PM The old Parkhead station was only a 2 minute walk from the back of the current Lisbon Lions stand. Indeed, ariel photgraphs from as recent as 2000 showed the route the old line took and there are photographs on the Hidden Glasgow website taken in the mid/late 1990's IIRC. (They've been posted on here a fair bit in the past). Transport links to Celtic Park in this day and age are a disgrace, however nothing other than major and expensive engineering works are going to rectify this, so perhaps our Victorian forefathers vision of puiblic transport (in Glasgow at least) was much more visionary than that of their counterparts in the 1960's. As it stands, we're going to have to put up with getting soaked to and from Bridgeton and/or Bellgrove for a while yet. Bridgeton this season is going to be hellish though, with Dalmarnock being closed. I used to use that line in the 50s and 60s with my dad and his mates getting into the Old Ship Bank in Saltmarket via Glasgow X station minutes after the game finished. The steam trains were a nightmare, though, with never a bulb in any of the carriages so it was always pitch dark and smoke pouring in the windows. When you follow Celtic abroad you almost always find proper transport systems that cater for the fans and the populace in general. That is what transport is for, after all. But this is eternally Labour-controlled Glasgow Cooncil we are talking about. The Club could do a lot more too, like insisting that buses are waiting on Gallowgate and London Road to take folk back into town, or eastwards to Lanarkshire. But I don't think many of the board use the buses. They should try it sometime.



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