Metrobus 6767
Brighton & Hove Albion football club play their home fixtures in Falmer, at the 32,000 seater AMEX Stadium next to the A27. Opened in 2011, it is some way from Brighton and Hove and has limited car parking, not just on site but in the general locality as well. So getting there for many involves using a network of organised bus and coach routes which come from all over Sussex! Seagull Travel run at least 16 coach services and 7 bus services to the stadium which complement the 2 park & ride services from Mill Road and Race Hill. There are other services too, such as the 1901 Club, Zeelo and North West Seagulls and of course you have the visiting team and their fans who, depending on where they are from, can send 10 or so coaches. Plus Brighton & Hove run bus services 3X and 23 past the stadium entrance so all said and done it's a 2-hour bus fest!
So on Saturday 18th October, I popped down to capture the bus and coach movements for the 3pm kick-off game between B&HA and Newcastle United, who brought 3,000 fans to the game. I was rewarded with a huge variety of operators, vehicle types, and good company to boot. Highlights for included the number 23 bus in B&HA colours, the Newcastle United team coaches, a pair of 25-plate Reays Coaches, a trio of Chaseside buses, a fine selection of Sussex Coaches including one of their bendy buses, and a pair of Dutch Van Oeveren Reizen Mercedes-Benz coaches!!
A good day then, and I left after bagging 50 home and 9 away buses and coaches in the coach park, around 20 on the park and rides, another 20 or so service buses, and a single non-football related coach that was just passing by. Brighton won 2-1.
Metrobus 6767
Brighton & Hove Albion football club play their home fixtures in Falmer, at the 32,000 seater AMEX Stadium next to the A27. Opened in 2011, it is some way from Brighton and Hove and has limited car parking, not just on site but in the general locality as well. So getting there for many involves using a network of organised bus and coach routes which come from all over Sussex! Seagull Travel run at least 16 coach services and 7 bus services to the stadium which complement the 2 park & ride services from Mill Road and Race Hill. There are other services too, such as the 1901 Club, Zeelo and North West Seagulls and of course you have the visiting team and their fans who, depending on where they are from, can send 10 or so coaches. Plus Brighton & Hove run bus services 3X and 23 past the stadium entrance so all said and done it's a 2-hour bus fest!
So on Saturday 18th October, I popped down to capture the bus and coach movements for the 3pm kick-off game between B&HA and Newcastle United, who brought 3,000 fans to the game. I was rewarded with a huge variety of operators, vehicle types, and good company to boot. Highlights for included the number 23 bus in B&HA colours, the Newcastle United team coaches, a pair of 25-plate Reays Coaches, a trio of Chaseside buses, a fine selection of Sussex Coaches including one of their bendy buses, and a pair of Dutch Van Oeveren Reizen Mercedes-Benz coaches!!
A good day then, and I left after bagging 50 home and 9 away buses and coaches in the coach park, around 20 on the park and rides, another 20 or so service buses, and a single non-football related coach that was just passing by. Brighton won 2-1.