A number of supporters have expressed their concerns after they experienced lengthy delays on approach to the Olympic Stadium on Saturday.
Some supporters reported a jouney time in excess of an HOUR to make the trip from Stratford Central to the stadium - a journey that normally takes no more than 20-25 minutes by foot.Embed from Getty Images
"Yesterday it took 47 minutes from getting off the train at Stratford to entering the stadium at Gate B," wrote KUMB member TPP. "We had to use an alternative bridge, which meant circumnavigating another large chunk of the park.
"We eventually reached another access point where we queued for the search. What used to be the highlight of my week has now turned in to an utter utter chore."
Meanwhile fellow KUMB member steps experienced similar issues. "Absolute chaos trying to get into the ground a good 20 minutes before kick off," he said.
"I got to my seat at 12:37 having left the pub at 12pm. When 'Bubbles' started to play people were just surging forward and the security decided to let people through without searching them. Absolute shambles.
"I thought leaving Stratford town centre with half and hour to get to the game would be ample time, obviously it wasn't. They need to give this new searching system a rethink, as the majority of football fans won't want to get to the ground 1hr before kick off like they advise."
By contrast those using Stratford International reported few, if any problems with their journeys. Here's a selection of your tweets on the subject.
45 minutes Stratford station to seat with the 20 minute security queue Getting fed up with this now
— tony little (@tonylittle29) September 25, 2017
yes got off tube about 1135 got into ground about 1220 and still loads off people still queueing
— mark weir (@hammer_upton) September 24, 2017
35 mins. Not for security search but disabled walkway from Old Ford closed because of store for fences! Had to turn back. #shambles
— Brian Eve (@BrianKEve) September 24, 2017
Forty minutes for me. Arrived at Stratford station at 11:30am, got inside the ground at 12:10pm. Tedious would put it mildly
— Dan Storey (@DapperDan) September 24, 2017
55 minutes - got into seat with 3 minutes gone.
— Canning Town Len (@CanningTownLen) September 24, 2017
Left King Edward 12o/c 33mins pic.twitter.com/Zs3IGpIOn3
— Steve Crisp (@crispocab) September 24, 2017
I travel from near Chichester for every game but It's the palaver at Stratford from/to the ground that will be the last straw when I stop.
— Bill Johnson (@westbournebill) September 24, 2017
Yes and about an hour to get back to the station. Shambles.
— Steve (@Steve60350891) September 25, 2017
Left pub in Westfield at noon. Through security in 5 minutes. Queued for coffee and in my seat before Bubbles. Much better than last season
— Lesley Bradshaw (@newtotheplot) September 24, 2017
Got off at Hackney Wick, a pleasant stroll along the canal , bought a lovely ice cream from a canal boat and in the stadium quickly
— Adam H (@AdaminBarnet) September 25, 2017
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