Neil Williams wrote:
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:22:32 +0100, Steve Fitzgerald
] wrote:

Aye, it's the carrying of cycles though tube tunnels that is banned
by the Railway Inspectorate (or whatever they're called these days).

Best not tell Merseyrail, then - or is it because the Tube trains
themselves might need to be evacuated from the ends, and a Class 508
unit has a lot more space to get a bike out of the way than a Tube
train?

In particular, a bike at one of the car ends on a Tube train, where there
are single sliding doors and restricted space, would impede access to the
end doors for evacuation. Class 508 has only double sliding doors.
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Richard J.
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