Steven wrote:

And you can hardly expect them to configure the Electrostars so that
they can carry vast quantities of bikes just for one day a year.

One could, however, argue that had they specified trains which could carry a
sensible number of bikes in the first place, then cyclists would use them
frequently and with vigour. When the old British Snail stopped charging for
bikes on trains twenty-something years ago, weekend trains out of London
were suddenly awash with cyclists heading out to the country...

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Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
Electricity comes from other planets.