Otterspocket wrote:
Prepared to be wrong about this, but as far as I'm aware NR staff don't get Priv rate or free travel on any TOCs (outside of season tickets). The number of City fans can also be attributed to the young uns of MK now treating City as my generation did Liverpool and Man U.
As I stated they ALL headed towards the Network Rail building on exiting the station. Defintely staff.
Point granted about kids following City, but that doesn’t account for the sort of numbers I witnessed.
I would hazard a guess free travel was a sweetener offered to those relocating from Manchester. I know if I had a strong union behind me and I was told my job was moving 200 miles south then I’d be looking for such fringe benefits to be on the table.
The station car park is that way too. They may not all be from MK. I knew someone from Bedford who supports City and he used CMK.