Notts County (a) match thread CHAMPIONS!!!!!

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I had a good look at this last night. There is 1 train going from Piccadilly circa 10am, the long way round via Huddersfield, to arrive in Sheffield just after 12; then a train from Sheffield to Notts to arrive at Half 1. Not ideal, but do-able. However..

The way back, you can get to Sheffield but it'll be a Rail Replacement Bus back over this way regardless of how you look at it.. There is a 1746 from Notts to Sheffield that most would get anyway - if by some miracle it arrives on time and you can make the 2 minute connection for the last train to Victoria (the long way round again), it's achievable, but still a pain in the arse, unless you settle for rail replacement bus back as contingency.

If you're happy to take the replacement bus from this way to Sheffield, that'll work and remains the most straightforward way.

It's the Transpennine Route Upgrade working at Grindleford / Dore which blocks the logical way to Sheffield - 20th Jan is the 1st weekend of 4 of the works, Doncaster the next week is the same thing in the same place / week 2 of 4 consecutive weekends. I haven't looked at alternatives for Donny, but Notts at least, it's realistically Replacement Bus to Sheff - Train to Notts (and in reverse), Coach or minibus for the entirety, or in the car. 

4 weeks of it includes Grimsby too then

Then you,ll be shitting yourself all the game just in case there is a cancellation of your homebound train. Be like playing russian roulette with a train company.

Just had a look for me and my dad and it's going to cost over £100 where as if there was a train straight to Nottingham from stockport then it would cost about £40

You can get there from Wilmslow and change at New Street, but Stocky to Wilmslow there and back is also a bus, unless you start your trip at Wilmslow as you say.

It's almost £60pp before railcards though. It would be £25pp to do it the replacement bus route / 25 quid if the trains were actually running normally. 

It's shit, basically!