Bikes on trains in the UK

Don’t worry trees are falling on cars in the Gloucester area as well so it’s not all fun fun fun in cars

I'm in Gloucester - best hire a van.

How big is the bike @amey? I’m semi local and have a van if you need it collecting a storing for a bit. Also on a mainline to Paddington - so repeat of the same problem

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Johnny Cash style?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uErKI0zWgjg

just decided to hire a van esp as train was delayed and i claimed for delay

had a little ride before getting the van; lovely around there

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How good of a deal was this cargo bike?

Maybe this is too niche to exist, but are there any route planning apps that let you combine bike and train? For instance it might take me a bus, a train, a bus and a walk to get somewhere in 3 hours, or a cycle, train, cycle to get there in 90 minutes.

Edit: Citymapper has a "Mixed" mode for personal and public transport, might be what I'm looking for although the results aren't totally as I'd imagined. For instance I don't think you can take a bike on the Victoria line..

I'm on a German inter city train. Just parked my bike in the storage area. Light years ahead of what we have.
Space for 8 bikes. The ones in the middle even get a view out of their own window.

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Anyone know how enforced the no bikes on trains from Waterloo before 7 is? Looking at getting a 18:30 train on Friday to Poole but don’t particularly want to be turned away

As those faster trains usually have a dedicated bike space without any seating, you should be OK

But no idea if anyone would be guarding the ticket gates..

My understanding of the Thameslink rules is that I can take a bike onboard at St Pancras before 10am on a Monday morming, as the train will then be heading away from Central London.

Can anyone confirm?

Crossrail: Unfolded can be on when "Leaving Paddington (towards the west) before 16:00 and after 19:00"

Does it literally only care about Paddington? What if I'm leaving a station further west? Or does it mean any train that has left Paddington? ie. it leave Padders at 1630 and gets to Ealing at 16:40 am I not allowed on it?

I think it means any train that has left Paddington in that window, so you're not allowed to get on at Ealing at 16:40...

I figured but it's a bit unclear. Unclear enough for a court of law to dismiss, I wonder? :)

If I get a return ticket to/from Eastbourne, could I return from Brighton? It kinda looks like it's on the same line.

I reckon so if it's on the same line. Last time I got the train from Eastbourne, I had to change at Brighton.

That's what I was thinking. Just thought I'd ask in case anyone knew for sure.

Easier/cheaper just buying an Eastbourne return than two singles from different places.

The direct train doesn't go via Brighton, but it does go via Lewes (which isn't that far away). So I doubt you could use the ticket to get through the barriers at Brighton. But almost certainly you could talk your way through the barriers at Lewes.

All the trains I'm getting on the Southern site go direct via Lewes and don't call at Brighton, so I think you might want to double-check whether you could return from there with an Eastbourne return. (I doubt it.)

Ah, snap.

Hmm, I guess I'll need to ask the train company, but from what you're saying it doesn't sound like it's doable.

I’d expect it to be valid. Most flexible train tickets are valid over a wide range of alternative routes.

Use the Advanced option on the National Rail to route Via Brighton and if it still offers you the same ticket it is valid. Take a printout / screenshot if necessary.

This is the paperwork required for two of us with a bike each, for a return journey...

(Yeah we could have cycled it given more time...maybe we will on the way back)

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