A useful tip if travelling further afield by high speed train is to change at Lille Europe if possible, rather than Paris, as many long-distance services stop in Lille, giving a cross-platform change.
Cycling between termini in Paris is rather like London - about the same distances, and with similar traffic levels. Tel: email: new. First Capital Connect.
The official rules are unchanged, but First Capital Connect is now forcing folding bike customers to fold their bikes before passing through the barriers see also attempts by Southern and Southeastern.
The company claims that this has always been the rule, but it has not previously been enforced. Owners of Bromptons and other folding bikes that can be wheeled should bear in mind that they ARE allowed to wheel the bike on its rollers.
Thameslink is happy to carry bicycles between Bedford and Luton Airport Parkway inclusive at any time. Elsewhere, the company cannot carry bicycles on trains travelling towards London that arrive in London stations between Cyclists are asked to use the section of the train with tip-up seats, identified by a cycle symbol on the outside of the train.
Interestingly, Thameslink does not mention that bikes are now banned in and out of Brighton at peak times see Southern entry. Other restrictions:. Monday to Friday on services between Royston and Ely that depart from or arrive at Cambridge between First Great Western.
Reservations are no longer obligatory except on services arriving in London between Up to six bicycles still including one tandem on most services can be accommodated in Coach 'A' of High Speed Trains.
However, on Mondays to Fridays, bicycles may not be carried on trains advertised to arrive at London Paddington between On most long-distance services reservations are free. Bikes CAN be carried on these services without a reservation provided the guard can find space, but if a bike with a reservation is then brought on board, you may be evicted.
On other local trains, bicycles cannot be booked, and are conveyed 'subject to space being available'. The 'two bikes per train' rule is interpreted differently by individual guards - some will allow much larger numbers, even on peak services, but some will not. Groups of cyclists should treat rush-hour or peak summer season trains with caution. Locomotive-hauled trains with proper guard's vans operated until recently from Cardiff to Brighton and Bristol to Weymouth.
These have been withdrawn, but a summer Saturday loco-hauled train is running once again between Bristol and Weymouth on summer Saturdays, offering plenty of cycle space. Interestingly, fGW is now organising bike hire, initially from Reading and Cheltenham stations in co-operation with On Your Bike see www.
Meanwhile, First Great Wwestern is trying to get a bclearer picture of how, why and where customers cycle. You can help by taking part in the survey at: www.
There are prizes, including a folding bike hope it's not the one fGW was promoting a year or two back and a pair of Eurostar tickets. The fleet of High Speed Trains carries up to six bikes in the 'country end' power car, free, and without the need to book. Short platforms at Eaglescliffe, Thirsk and Hartlepool mean that guards will put cycles to and from these destinations at the London end of the train.
Surely that means the true capacity is 12 bikes? Well, yes it does. The company has also gone to some lengths to say it will welcome tandems and trailers, provided they do not exceed one metre in any dimension , but not tricycles, although they could probably be pursuaded, if you have a fairly compact machine.
All indicative of the 'can do' attitude of this new operator. Cheap fares, oodles of legroom, and plenty of bike space to York and the Yorkshire coast. Cycles are carried free, except on trains due to arrive in Paddington between The operator reserves the right to limit bicycles at other times if trains are busy. Tel: email: queries heathrowconnect. Compact machines fit the overhead racks Tandems and tricycles: Unknown. Limited accommodation is available for cycles on Heathrow Express services, for passengers flying with their cycles from the airport.
Heathrow Express reserves the right to limit the number of cycles conveyed on each train to no more than three at busy times. Cyclists not travelling onwards by air may also use the service to and from Terminal 4, subject to space being available for airline passengers.
Reservations: email: queries. Hull Trains welcomes cycles on all services. Although it is advisable to make a free reservation in advance, it is also possible to turn up and travel with your cycle subject to space being available. Up to two bicycles can be carried in the Train Manager's Office in coach 'D'. Please ring The smallest, friendliest and most reliable railway company in the UK, Island Line operates aging Underground trains on the Isle of Wight.
Up to four bicycles may be carried free and without booking at the Shanklin end of all trains, subject to the discretion of the guard. In practice, the number carried off-peak is sometimes much greater. Tel: email: comments island-line. London Midland formerly Silverlink and parts of Central Trains.
Routes: London Euston - Birmingham, Birmingham - Liverpool and local services in the West Midlands Folding bikes: Folding bikes are allowed on all services, but London Midland has recently followed Southern's lead by insisting that bikes are carried on the station concourse.
Latest news is that this restriction has been eased. Tandems and tricycles: Not permitted. Cycles are carried free of charge on all off-peak services Restrictions apply Monday to Friday Or not? Latest reports suggest that tandems are banned.
Come on 'one'! Make your minds up! The ludricrously-named 'one' has gone, to be replaced by the equally ludicrous National Express East Anglia.
Are we supposed to call it NEEA? East Anglia? Or the whole mouthful? Even worse, the cycle carriage rules have been tightened up, quite without justification, because the trains are the same. On Underground bikes are allowed on those lines that are above ground.
East Finchley Northward. Golders Green Northward, Metroplitan. A word of warning for those travelling by air with their bikes in a bike box. They will be removed…and binned. Also watch where you back your pedal spanner. I once needed to explain to French security that I had no intention to dismantle the aircraft in mid flight using mine.
The Oxford Tube, the bus service between Oxford and London is able to carry two non-folding bikes. Up to two cycles may be carried at any one time, subject to available space. Very useful for links to north-south trains. Very few spaces for full bikes on each train. Also available to Lille and Brussels, but not further south in France.
People had to stay over and ride CS2 to the start much of CS3 is closed as part of the route. Bikes can be taken free of charge at any time on Merseyrail. Should be top of your list for bikefriendly rail service. In general, folded bikes are accepted on UK buses if there is sufficient luggage space and the bike is either clean including having the chain on the inside of the fold, unlike many Dahon ones or bagged, while non-folding bikes are only accepted on a few special services, such as the Cambridgeshire Bike Bus Explorer.
In metro 1. Great article thank you. I really hope they re-look this. London I was cautioned this morning at 8am by a ticket hall staff member trying to bring my bike onto an overground train.
I ignored it and went onto the train anyways which tend to be very empty. Does anyone know of a fine? Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Seems to work on trams in Germany.
The cyclist needs to stand next to the bike, or at least sit very close, and move it if it blocks anybody else. Joined 27 Feb Messages 6, Joined 4 Aug Messages 5, Location Exeter. Mojo said:. I'm sure it won't affect too many people but I certainly think this will be good news for a few people who want to take their bikes on the train. Hopefully other light rail systems that prohibit bikes will follow suit. Equivalent rules on Metro would be: no bikes allowed at Haymarket, Monument, Central Station, Gateshead or St James or on journeys passing through these stations ; and no bikes for a few hours on home match days.
Deerfold Established Member. Joined 26 Nov Messages 10, Location Yorkshire. It depends on the reason for the DLR banning bikes at Bank; it could possibly be to do with the small lift or how busy the station is.
Island Gardens and Cutty Sark stations are both sub-surface possibly more similar to the sub-surface TW Metro stations and bikes still allowed.
LU allow bikes at sub-surface stations, just not deep-level ones - e. As lifts become more commonplace, I wonder if they will revise this rule in time. Joined 7 Dec Messages Rather oddly for a trial period I can't find a possible end date. The reason for the prohibition of bikes on the Tube lines in tunnels is because of the risk of bicycles getting in the way during a detrainment rather than access to the platforms; also the Tube lines in central London can often be busy all day long whereas the sub-surface lines don't tend to be as crowded.
Joined 9 Feb Messages 6, Location Yorkshire. LU deep level is justifiable in my view. Joined 6 Jun Messages 55, Location Yorkshire. But in that case why are bikes not allowed on the Jubilee Line Extension, where like the surface parts of Tube routes and the whole of DLR evacuation is possible out of every side door onto a tunnel walkway?
Wouldn't be much fun if someone let go of a bike on a crowded escalator and it went ploughing down through all the people below. I'd suggest it is a bit different at the Tunnel where I imagine the escalator would have been mostly empty. Also a bag is unlikely to fall more than a couple of steps but a bike could go all the way down. Eagle Established Member. The same would be true of a any bag or case.
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