shut up mimsy Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Anyone help me out on the best station to go to and how long a walk it is? Never taken the train there before and livingston's website is quite frankly terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggybunnet Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 http://www.wearethistle.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/4519-livingston-travel-advice/page__hl__trains__fromsearch__1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shut up mimsy Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Thank you very much by the way 3-0 thistle i reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggybunnet Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Thank you very much by the way 3-0 thistle i reckon bloody hopes after last season LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_miss_jag Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 The walk is awful! Half an hour and so many roundabouts! My advice is just book a supporters bus far easier! This comes from me and I get the train everywhere! Just a horrible away day! Worse than Airdrie and that really is saying something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 The walk is awful! Half an hour and so many roundabouts! My advice is just book a supporters bus far easier! This comes from me and I get the train everywhere! Just a horrible away day! Worse than Airdrie and that really is saying something! Would agree as the stations are either side of the town....livingston north is on the edinburgh via bathgate line and livingston south is on the glasgow central to edinburgh line The bathgate line has 4 trains during the daytime, the shotts line has 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shut up mimsy Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 The walk is awful! Half an hour and so many roundabouts! My advice is just book a supporters bus far easier! This comes from me and I get the train everywhere! Just a horrible away day! Worse than Airdrie and that really is saying something! Hmmm okay thanks, I shall consult those I am going with then cheers. Yeah it would seem livingston is one big shopping centre! Actually I remember a challenge cup game a few years back at Airdrie and the police escorted us from the station then stopped us and filmed us, quite needless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Towers Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 The walk is awful! Half an hour and so many roundabouts! My advice is just book a supporters bus far easier! This comes from me and I get the train everywhere! Just a horrible away day! Worse than Airdrie and that really is saying something! Quite right, LMJ. It really is new town hell. It's maybe a 30 min walk from either station (North or South) but each is a soul-crushing venture into the 9th circle (or should that be roundabout?) of the underworld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Fair play to those attending. Worst away day in Scotland - horrible, horrible town, devoid of any redeeming features whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Fair play to those attending. Worst away day in Scotland - horrible, horrible town, devoid of any redeeming features whatsoever. Yip. Cant argue with that except to say that once inside the ground it's no that bad. Think if I lived in Glasgow I'd drink in the Town and get the last train practical from Queens St and hopefully share a taxi to the ground. In true SigeSige fashion Livingston should be deducted points for blandness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantB Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 I see this treead has descended into the usual Livi bashing that goes on on this forum. To compare Livi to a real shithole like Airdrie is frankly laughable. Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing the all conquering Jags playing a short walk away from my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Livingston's ground is a decent venue for football. Taking the car or maybe supporters bus. Any ideas for best places to park if going through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 I see this treead has descended into the usual Livi bashing that goes on on this forum. To compare Livi to a real shithole like Airdrie is frankly laughable. Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing the all conquering Jags playing a short walk away from my house. As one who lives in Airdrie (only part time these days thankfully) and who has worked in livi and been to several games at whatever their stadium is called these days...you are right to be indignant. It's fine lines tho Grant, livi has piss poor transport links but good(ish) amenities. It's the reverse with airdrie, but I'd imagine airdrie just wins in relation to which is the better of the 2 away days in a lesser of 2 evils kinda way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) I believe if I lived in Livi I'd be livid. Edited September 14, 2012 by Jaggernaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Murray Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Has anybody took the bus before? The x15 goes to livi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Murray Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 The walk is awful! Half an hour and so many roundabouts! My advice is just book a supporters bus far easier! This comes from me and I get the train everywhere! Just a horrible away day! Worse than Airdrie and that really is saying something! Kids go free on the train, is that why you like it so much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 When I read the title of this thread, I though it was related to the What Can We Do To Improve Sport in Scotland thread. I was looking forward to reading how you were planning to jog all the way to Livvy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemains Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Livingston's ground is a decent venue for football. Taking the car or maybe supporters bus. Any ideas for best places to park if going through? there's a car park at the stadium - always space if you get there early enough - its £3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantB Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 See my travel advice for parking in Jaggybunnet's link further up the page. Don't give the robbers the £3 parking charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fredthecheesecloth Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 I see this treead has descended into the usual Livi bashing that goes on on this forum. To compare Livi to a real shithole like Airdrie is frankly laughable. Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing the all conquering Jags playing a short walk away from my house. The reason people say it is because you always come back with the same passionate defence. I knew before I opened this thread that you would be involved. As for caling Airdrie a dive (it is), don't throw stones in glass houses. The best bit about Livingston is leaving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_miss_jag Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Has anybody took the bus before? The x15 goes to livi. Kids go free on the train, is that why you like it so much? I love kids there just wonderful! I would say book a supporters bus for the simple reason you are straight in and straight out. No need to spend any longer than is necessary in this dire little place. I see this treead has descended into the usual Livi bashing that goes on on this forum. To compare Livi to a real shithole like Airdrie is frankly laughable. Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing the all conquering Jags playing a short walk away from my house. The 2 places are dire, but Livingston as an away day is horrible but I guess living there you wouldn't know that as you said it is a short walk from your house! I even prefer Morton away to Livingston, that really is saying something! It isn't Livingston bashing, it just people sharing their opinions on what they feel is the worst place to be in Scotland on a Saturday at 3pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) ... for the simple reason you are straight in and straight out. No need to spend any longer than is necessary in this dire little place. Must resist the obvious joke Edited September 14, 2012 by Steven H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir Putin Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Worst away day in Scotland. Someone mentioned Morton, but it is brimming full of character compared to a trip to Livingston, even Airdrie at least feels like an actual football match. Even if I wasn't 2,000 miles away I wouldn't consider a trip to that hellhole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Towers Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 When I read the title of this thread, I though it was related to the What Can We Do To Improve Sport in Scotland thread. I was looking forward to reading how you were planning to jog all the way to Livvy Kind of off at a tangent, but what ever happened to that guy who DID run to a lot of the away games. About 10 years ago I was cycling through to Livvy (as I'm doing the morro) but my feeling-quite-pleased-with-myselfness was totally busted when I passed that dude just outside Bathgate at 2:30! He had run all the way there. I also seem to remember one time we were at Alloa and the same fella was there with only one shoe. He was getting a bit of a slagging on OLAS that night until he came on himself and explained that he had ran all the way there (must be, what, 35 miles?) and, while taking a shortcut across some dodgy tributary of the Forth, had lost the shoe when it had got stuck in the mud. What a hero! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin1876 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 (edited) If you're getting the train to Livingston North then it's worth finding out where the train came from. The trains from Milngavie are pretty quick, only stopping a couple of times once they get out of Glasgow, but the ones from Helensburgh stop everywhere and can add a fair bit to the journey time. The buses are OK, and go past the stadium (look out for the floodlights or Lidl, the stadium is pretty much invisible from the road if you're not looking for it). Bit of a rip off though. On that note, get back to Livingston North ASAP, because the trains back to Milngavie finish quite early, and from experience I can tell you that you meet all sorts on the Helensburgh train. Finally, don't be temped to go to the big shopping centre. It's much further away than it looks on any map, and I got incredibly lost there last season after walking 30 minutes to find a place to eat. Good luck! Edited September 15, 2012 by Lin1876 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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