I have to agree with Raymond.Griffin Park is very well placed for transport access and comparitively few come by public transport, mainly local/home fansBeing by Kew Bridge station will make little difference as it will still have the same poor saturday service and as Ray says is a branch loop line that does not make travel from the geographical locations of most of the other clubs that Brentford play, or may play any easier. But. There will be even less parking that there is now and Gunnersbury Roundabout/Kew Bridge is one of the worst bottlenecks in the UK.No practicable solution has been suggested in the plans displayed.Add to that Wasps and other events and this could screw the whole area up and badly affect the economy and quality of life for thousands of local residents and businesses.If you look at QPR, despite being in the Premiership, close to East Acton tube and by the A40, Their away fan attendance is poor primarily because there is very limited parking and public transport connections are too slow for long distance fans.As Raymond has pointed out, they have not picked up on a facility that no other London Club has. A disused part of Kew Bridge station that is on a line that links into the whole UK Rail network. Fully signalled and cleared for C1 network use ( passenger trains) This could provide football specials or more practicably a shuttle service to a park and ride to the north. Perfect for away fans, and event goers.The problem is that the proposed development surrounding the ground will do the same thing as with Griffin Park.It will stifle any sort of expansion.What if the team actually do one day get promoted? What if a huge benefactor comes along and they become Premiership contenders? Wigan, Fulham, Swansea, Cardiff, all once no hope clubs have all done so.Then with a huge residential development and very poor facilities for accommodating fans will really tell and the situation will be almost the same as it is now. The ground will be hemmed in and no doubt the residents of the developments will be so seriously inconvenienced that they will probably take legal action to curb events at the stadium.I'm hugely keen to see Brentford FC stay in Brentford, Lionel road is a good location, but with the overdevelopment being actively promoted by the Council with far too many luxury developments it will end up with a stadium and no bums on seats. And that could well lead to Brentfords demise as even a league one side.There has to be a lot more space around the new site and the parking issue has to be taken seriously.
Anthony Waller ● 4630d