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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:01 am 
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Alby39 wrote:
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It's never going to happen but a railway station near where the line crosses Watling Street would be excellent.


Too close to both Bletchley and MKC unfortunately, would also likely never ever be used unless for football matches and events.

As stated elsewhere many times before I'm not a huge fan of our stadium. It's beautiful to look at but it's too big for us. Always preferred the idea of a smaller League One sized stadium of about 16k but again, there's never been much point talking about ifs because it was never gonna happen for all the reasons we know why.

But it's allowed me to enjoy going to dives like Gills and Grimsby a bit more.


Yes I agree - it's not a residential area and nobody is going to shop at ASDA or IKEA without a car.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:19 pm 
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Mk Ron wrote:
Gillingham was voted the worst Ground in the country for a fans experience.. Now that is a FACT...

Of course there will be opposing views but........
https://www.ilivehere.co.uk/gillingham-kent-medway.html

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:22 pm 
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voxish wrote:
It's never going to happen but a railway station near where the line crosses Watling Street would be excellent.

Maybe in the year 2062, where we have been rebranded as RB MK playing Champions League football against Al-Hilal. Who knows maybe a frail Dean Lewington could cut the ribbon for the opening of the MK Monorail. A much better spend of public money than HS2 in my opinion.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:08 pm 
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BuckDon wrote:
voxish wrote:
It's never going to happen but a railway station near where the line crosses Watling Street would be excellent.

Maybe in the year 2062, where we have been rebranded as RB MK playing Champions League football against Al-Hilal. Who knows maybe a frail Dean Lewington could cut the ribbon for the opening of the MK Monorail. A much better spend of public money than HS2 in my opinion.


The Orange line to Denbigh Central. He'd probably still be on the subs bench in 2062.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:17 pm 
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Aliramone wrote:
Mk Ron wrote:
Gillingham was voted the worst Ground in the country for a fans experience.. Now that is a FACT...

Of course there will be opposing views but........
https://www.ilivehere.co.uk/gillingham-kent-medway.html

What a great description.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:49 pm 
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BuckDon wrote:
voxish wrote:
It's never going to happen but a railway station near where the line crosses Watling Street would be excellent.

Maybe in the year 2062, where we have been rebranded as RB MK playing Champions League football against Al-Hilal. Who knows maybe a frail Dean Lewington could cut the ribbon for the opening of the MK Monorail. A much better spend of public money than HS2 in my opinion.


He'll be too busy training ahead of his record-extending 83,000th appearance.


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:52 pm 
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voxish wrote:
It's never going to happen but a railway station near where the line crosses Watling Street would be excellent.


When the station entrance for the EWR platforms opens, it should make the walk to the ground easier and more appealing.

I've always wondered if running a shuttle bus from the North of MK (Wolverton, New Bradwell, Newport Pagnell or even further afield like Flitwick, Buckingham and Bedford and limited stops to stadium would help). It was always odd that the shuttle from the stations was stopped just as things to do round the ground were opened. Or even including local public transport with a match ticket, getting from a lot of places in MK by Bus to SMK is a real pain, owing to everything going through CMK. But there'd have to be a business case to justify running services, which I'm guessing there isn't.

Although it's better to have no shuttle than the one every 30 mins to the ground and just one in total on the return, as was the case at Shrewsbury a few seasons ago!


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:37 pm 
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Maybe someone should mention a train station every week. The number of posts on this thread have sky-rocketed. :roll:


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:56 pm 
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Oakeedokee wrote:
Maybe someone should mention a train station every week. The number of posts on this thread have sky-rocketed. :roll:

OK I'll start:
Mornington Crescent.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:02 pm 
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Aliramone wrote:
Oakeedokee wrote:
Maybe someone should mention a train station every week. The number of posts on this thread have sky-rocketed. :roll:

OK I'll start:
Mornington Crescent.

Is it legal to do that in one move?

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