http://www.zible.com/travel/cyclists-banned-from-trains/123/ Travel, web development and miscellany. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:15:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.zible.com/travel/cyclists-banned-from-trains/123/#comment-233 Simon Ashton Mon, 05 May 2008 16:10:22 +0000 http://www.zible.com/travel/cyclists-banned-from-trains/147/#comment-233 Spot on Jake. This has become a real problem for me as someone who likes to cycle out of London and then come back on a train - the new rolling stock on all UK lines now can only accomodate a few bicycles and in summer months these become hotly contested forcing cyclists to wait for later trains. In the older days we always had a "mail carraige" where cyclists could put their bikes and there was plenty of room for many cycles. This is a classic example of a failed integrated transport policy (as you mention) if the Gov. were commited to such things they could insist that train companies provide ample accomodation for bikes as condition of license. Spot on Jake. This has become a real problem for me as someone who likes to cycle out of London and then come back on a train - the new rolling stock on all UK lines now can only accomodate a few bicycles and in summer months these become hotly contested forcing cyclists to wait for later trains. In the older days we always had a “mail carraige” where cyclists could put their bikes and there was plenty of room for many cycles. This is a classic example of a failed integrated transport policy (as you mention) if the Gov. were commited to such things they could insist that train companies provide ample accomodation for bikes as condition of license.

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