Paulton Red Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Morning I’ve been to the Hawthorns a few times but I’ve only ever driven. Unfortunately I can’t go next weekend so my son (17) has decided he’s going to drive with his friend. Unfortunately he only passed his driving test a couple of weeks ago and has never driven on a motorway, I don’t think a trip to/from the West Midlands is the best way to learn to drive motorways. he says that the club coaches are full, so what I wanted to ask is what’s it like by train? Getting to New Street is easy, but how do you get to the ground? Is it walkable, are there buses or trains? I tried to work it out but couldnt anyone able to advise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamalagerdrinker Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 14 minutes ago, Paulton Red said: Morning I’ve been to the Hawthorns a few times but I’ve only ever driven. Unfortunately I can’t go next weekend so my son (17) has decided he’s going to drive with his friend. Unfortunately he only passed his driving test a couple of weeks ago and has never driven on a motorway, I don’t think a trip to/from the West Midlands is the best way to learn to drive motorways. he says that the club coaches are full, so what I wanted to ask is what’s it like by train? Getting to New Street is easy, but how do you get to the ground? Is it walkable, are there buses or trains? I tried to work it out but couldnt anyone able to advise? Morning, I've not done it from Bristol but I love planning stuff out like this and may help others out aswell If you use a website called Split My Fair and get the train from Temple Mead's to a train station called The Hawthorns it will cost in total £30.88 for the return ticket. It's then approx a 6 minute walk from The Hawthorns Train Station to the stadium according to Google Maps. (0.3 miles away) He would have to change at Birmingham New Street and walk to Birmingham Snow Hill which according to Google Maps is a 5 minute walk (0.3 miles away) Train time i've found which is cheapest is the 08:42 out of Temple Mead's arriving at The Hawthorns for 12:27 And the return leaving at 17:42 arriving back in Bristol for 20:30 https://www.splitmyfare.co.uk/ 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsteral Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Another option is go on to websire for West Midlands Metro, they run a tram service from Grand Central (shopping centre right outside New St station. Trams every 10 minutes to Wolverhampton via the Hawthorns, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamalagerdrinker Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, dunsteral said: Another option is go on to websire for West Midlands Metro, they run a tram service from Grand Central (shopping centre right outside New St station. Trams every 10 minutes to Wolverhampton via the Hawthorns, £2.80 either way which is cheaper! An alternative to the train is the Megabus is is £16.24 return from Bristol and if you leave at roughly the same time you'll get to the ground sooner, although the train is much more fun. I'll start my proper job now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulton Red Posted October 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Thanks ever so much for the advice, much appreciated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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