Can you take bikes on overground

Folded bicycles are accepted on London Overground trains at all times. In general all trains allow bikes if they are packed away in a small enough bag, but you are only allowed to wheel your bike onto certain trains. The European Bike Express, which started in , offers the one guaranteed means of safely transporting your bike to France by bus.

The Bike Express bus pulls a specially designed bike trailer to accommodate bikes of all shapes and sizes, along with all your cycling kit, including panniers and trailers. Livestock for example, pigs, sheep and goats.

On train staff are authorised to have animals and items such as these removed from the train. You can take your bike on any of our Off-Peak services, which includes any time at the weekends and on Bank Holidays. Ticket to ride? They should be folded away and placed in the relevant spaces on board.

Oversize luggage, standard bicycles and bulky items are unable to be transported. You'll be supporting our work and you'll get a huge range of benefits too.

Public transport and bikes To travel further or get home after a breakdown, it's worth knowing how and when you can travel with your bike. Transporting your bike Want to squeeze your mountain bike on the tube at rush hour? In summary: Folded bicycles can be taken free of charge on the tube at all times. Non-folding bicycles can be taken free of charge on some sections of the tube outside peak times.

Peak times are In certain cases, as listed, non-folding bicycles may also be taken during rush hour in the opposite direction to the majority of travellers. River services take bikes as does the Emirates Air Line, but buses and trams are out for all but folding cycles.

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Search now. More about travelling on Great Northern. Travelling with luggage See our guide to bringing bags. A reular traveler has pointed out to us that as long as it can be shoe-horned into the bag, the bike doesn't nactually eed to be a folder. Unusually, compact machines such as the Brompton can also be carried on the generous overhead racks.

We've been told that it is now possible to book the bike on the same train: the booking service opening 10 days before departure, and bookings being available as late as 60 minutes before departure, but Eurostar says there is no such service!

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'.