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Dredging up an old thread...
Does anyone know if there's any plan to allow full-size bikes on the DLR, or if there is anyone lobbying for it to be allowed? I got home to find a flyer informing me of plans to build Cycle Hire docking stations at a number of DLR stations, and telling me of the 'DLR's successful Cycle Strategy - a project aimed at encouraging people to cycle to and from DLR stations'. But the flyer also tells me that 'For safety reasons, bicycles can only be taken on the DLR if folded and carried', which seems at odds with the DLR's other good work in getting people on their bikes. I don't really get the safety argument; the DLR is almost entirely overground and outside peak times the trains have plenty of space. Surely the regulations should be consistent with the Metropolitan, Hammersmith and City, Circle, District and Overground (i.e. bikes allowed off peak)? Is it simply because the DLR is a separate entity from the rest of the network?