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Two race events where I’ve seen a significant proportion of the spectators arrive by public transport are Goodwood Revival and the London Formula E race.

A genuine attempt at a carbon-neutral event is central to Formula E - and their mostly city-centre tracks do seem to work for the specific characteristics of the cars. The location in East London and the excellent Docklands Light Railway is almost perfect.

Goodwood is just a mile or so from Chichester railway station, with direct trains on the busy London-Gatwick-Southampton line. A sizeable fleet of buses run a shuttle service to the track. And a lot of alcohol is consumed.

I guess, because traditions were reset at the track in 1998 - and the commitment to public transport was part of the deal with the local council - taking a train and a bus is the Revival tradition for a sizeable number of people.

Brands Hatch trialled a skeleton bus service from a local railway station last year - but only for a few weekends. I understand it wasn’t used.