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Train-home ban for big bike ride
"David Martin" wrote in message oups.com... Where do I find one of these mythical beasts? Any online plans as to the internal layout, and how many bikes will one take. Each Electrostar will take (officially) two bicycles in the marked area for bicycles, wheelchairs etc. (look for the cycle/wheelchair symbols on the outside of the doors). Most trains are formed of more than one Electrostar unit (for example, in the peaks Brighton trains are formed of four three-car units, theoretically offering at least eight cycle spaces). In practise, on most services out of the peak, no-one will object to additional bicycles being parked in the vestibule areas. I, for one, have never had a problem when travelling with a cycle. Being both a cyclist and a railway enthusiast it is interesting to see the arguments presented from both viewpoints. For quite a while now there have been many complaints about the fact the the Electrostar and Turbostar (the diesel version) devote one third of an entire coach to the disabled-access toilet, the five (or less, depends on the specification by the train operating company) tip-up seats that can be used as wheelchair spaces or for people travelling with wheelchair passengers and the cycle stowage areas. Critics regularly point out that there is no need for more than one disabled-access toilet per train and that when trains are formed of more than one unit there is an over-provision of such accommodation, where normal seating could be provided. Nice in theory but how do you cater for flexible train lengths using fixed-formation trains, where you have the regulatory requirement to provide disabled accomodation, whether the train is a three-car unit or a twelve-car formation? |
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