For the most up to date and accurate information Cycles are carried free on specific to your rail journey, use National Rail National Rail services Enquiries. Cycle information is available on desktop, mobile, iPad, iPhone & Android National Rail encourages the integrated use of cycles and trains – two convenient and environmentally friendly devices and includes information on: Cycling forms of transport. To plan your cycle-rail journey, please • Cycling facilities at stations check the terms and conditions for taking your cycle on the train detailed in this leaflet. • Cycle carriage rules specific to your rail journey General Advice by Train 2015 • An indicator of levels of cycle spaces on • Full size cycles may be excluded from trains at peak specific trains times, generally morning (0700-1000) and evening (1600- 1900) commuter services to and from , and some • Whether cycle reservations are available or local services, as listed in this leaflet. required • Reservations: Some operators have no seat or cycle reservations on some or all of their services. On such • The new Plusbike facility – also provides trains a common-sense approach may apply where information on hire cycles at station passengers with full size cycles may be asked by station staff not to board busy trains and wait for a later service.

• Where a seat reservation system is available, the Download free reservation of cycle space is also normally provided, and this is strongly recommended to guarantee your journey. Where the service is available, details of how reservations can be made is listed by operator. • Compact, fully folding cycles with wheels up to 20” in diameter are carried without restriction on all trains (when folded down), however you may be required to cover the cycle and place it in luggage racks. You may also be required to fold the cycle before passing through the ticket barrier. • When planning a journey on www.nationalrail.co.uk the blue cycle logo indicates when cycle reservations are required or where restrictions apply. • Full size cycles may not be carried on replacement bus services during engineering work or service disruption, but it should be possible to carry folding cycles on replacement bus services provided they are folded and covered. • All cycles are carried subject to the National Rail Conditions of Carriage - www.nationalrail.co.uk/nrcc. • Cycle storage and hire: A large number of National Rail stations have good quality cycle parking, and cycle hire is sometimes available. For more information see the Station Information section of www.nationalrail.co.uk. • Tandems and special cycles: Some operators can accommodate a wider range of cycles. The Tandem Club has details of current arrangements – email: [email protected]. • A cycle reservation is only valid for one train. Journeys that involve multiple changes or operators will require Developed in partnership with the Enabling Innovation Team multiple reservations for each part of the journey, and it and the Bicycle Association of Great Britain. may not be possible to reserve a space for your cycle on www.futurerailway.org www.bikehub.co.uk trains operating on all legs of such a journey. • Major events that create significant increases in passenger numbers may affect our availability to offer normal levels of cycle carriage on trains. Always check with the train operator prior to travel.

Correct at time of print: 02/03/15 Revised version: 02/03/15 Cycles are carried free of charge on UK Outside of these times, cycles will be East Coast • At any time between Drayton Park and domestic services. carried at the discretion of the , Moorgate. • On trains south of Stevenage or Tel: 0845 600 0650 Tel: 0845 600 7245 Fully folded cycles, with wheels up to see website for full details. Tel: 0845 722 5225 Tel: 0343 222 1234 Hertford North timed to arrive in London www.southwesttrains.co.uk www.stanstedexpress.com Cycles may not be carried on days when www.eastcoast.co.uk www.tfl.gov.uk/londonoverground a size of 20” in diameter, are carried between 0700 and 0930. as luggage, without restriction on all a major event is taking place at the South West London, , , London Liverpool Street – Stansted London King’s Cross – Eastern Counties – • On trains timed to depart from London Non-folded bikes cannot be carried on any trains. You may be required to cover the Millennium Stadium. For dates of events , , , Airport Yorkshire – North East England – . between 1600 and 1900. London Overground train 0730-0930 and cycle and place it in a luggage rack. refer to the website or call the Customer , and . Only fully folded bikes that have been Reservations are compulsory. Three cycle • On trains scheduled to depart Ely or 1600-1900 Mondays to Fridays (except Tandems are only carried by exception Relations Department on 0333 3211 202. Public Holidays). Reservations are compulsory between flat packed in preparation for air travel spaces per train on diesel high speed trains, Waterbeach towards Cambridge can be accepted on Stansted Express and where stated. and five cycle spaces per train on electric between 0745 and 0845. London Waterloo and Salisbury, Exeter Services, bikes meeting this criteria can high speed trains. and Bristol. Two cycles per train. be carried at anytime. You can take a bike with you at any time Abellio Greater Anglia Tandems can be conveyed subject to length between Stevenage and Hertford North. Reservations are not available for any Tel: 0845 601 4873 restrictions but require two cycle reservations. Tel: 0151 702 2071 other services. Number of spaces varies Tel: 0345 600 7245 www.c2c-online.co.uk www.merseyrail.org from 2- 12 depending on rolling stock. Loading restrictions apply at some stations with www.abelliogreateranglia.co.uk London Fenchurch Street – Southend short platforms, see website for full details. Northern and Wirral line services Restrictions apply Monday to Friday, Tel: 0345 026 4700 London Liverpool Street – Norwich Central and Shoeburyness. Tel: 0845 678 6975 around Merseyside. cycles are not permitted on: www.thameslinkrailway.com services and local services in Reservations can be made: www.heathrowconnect.com Reservations not available. Cycles carried Reservations are not available. Cycle • Services arriving into London Waterloo Reservations not available. Cycles Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. subject to space. • At any staffed station First London Paddington, Ealing Broadway, carried subject to space. spaces are subject to availability. between 0715 and 1000 inclusive and Reservations are compulsory on intercity • Via EastCoast’s online ticket booking website West Ealing, Hanwell, Southall, Hayes Restrictions apply Monday to Friday Restrictions apply Monday to Friday Tel: 0345 0710 222 We advise our customers for your own departing London Waterloo between services. Reservations are not available on • Via EastCoast’s Telesales Team & Harlington – local (except public holidays): 0715 to 0945 on services arriving into www.hulltrains.co.uk 1645 and 1900 inclusive from and to local services. service. comfort and that of others to travel off London Fenchurch Street and on services peak with a bicycle. the suburban area bounded by Hook, • On trains travelling towards London Six cycle spaces per intercity train and four departing London Fenchurch Street Hull, Brough, Howden, Selby, Doncaster, Reservations not available. One cycle space , Reading and Dorking. south of Parkway that cycle spaces per local train. Carriage of between 1630 and 1842. Retford, Grantham, Stevenage and per train. All of our services have designated areas for • Services departing Clapham Junction are timed to arrive at or pass Tel: 0845 712 5678 London King’s Cross. cyclists situated at both ends of the train. 0745 to 0900 to the area bounded through any central London station additional cycles is at the discretion of the Restrictions apply Monday to Friday on (From April 2015) www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk by Clapham Junction, Feltham and between 0700 and 1000. conductor. Reservations recommended. Four cycle services departing Heathrow Airport 3 carriage train 4 cycle spaces Strawberry Hill. • On trains travelling away from Mainline services to and from London spaces per train. between 0730 and 1000 or departing London 6 carriage train 8 cycle spaces Ticket holders receive Abellio Greater Tel: 0330 060 0500 London and timed to depart from or including journeys between Sheffield, Paddington between 1630 and 1900. Cycles may be conveyed on services Anglia / ETA cycle recovery scheme whilst www.sleeper.scot Reservations can be made: pass through any central London travelling by train and cycle in Norfolk, Derby, Leicester, Loughborough and between Ascot, Aldershot and Guildford • At any staffed station Northern station between 1600 and 1900. Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. If your cycle London Euston – , , Nottingham. Local services between at any time. • Via Hull Trains’ online ticket booking website Bicycles can be carried at any time breaks down or is stolen, both you and Fort William, Glasgow & . Liverpool Lime Street and Norwich. • Via Hull Trains’ Telesales Team Tel: 0333 222 0125 Reservations can be made: between Bedford and Luton Airport your cycle will be recovered and taken to Reservations recommended. Cycles Reservations compulsory. www.northernrail.org Parkway. the nearest station. • At any staffed station without reservations subject to availability, East Midlands local services – all other Inter-urban and local trains across the • Via Southwest Trains telesales team typically 3-6 spaces available. First TransPennine Express London Liverpool Street – Southend routes. North of England and parts of the East Victoria, Colchester and Ipswich and Reservations can be made: Midlands. London Liverpool Street – Chingford, Reservations are not available. Tel: 0845 600 1674 Southeastern Tel: 0871 977 4222 Enfield, Hertford, Cambridge, Kings Lynn. • Via our website Two cycles per train on all services. If you www.tpexpress.co.uk Reservations not available. Two cycle www.virgintrains.co.uk spaces per train. • By contacting the Guest Service Centre are travelling with a cycle, please make Long distance services across the North Tel: 01732 378 751 or 0845 000 2222 West Coast: London – West Midlands Reservations not available, restrictions www.southeasternrailway.co.uk apply Monday to Friday 0745 to 0945 and yourself known to staff at the station so of England. – North Wales – North West England that we can help you to the correct place on and Scotland 1630 to 1830 on services to / from London Two cycles per train with a valid cycle ScotRail South East London, Kent and East the platform to board as quickly and safely Liverpool Street and Stratford and 0745 to reservation. Sussex. Reservations compulsory. 0845 on services to / from Cambridge, as Tel: 0845 600 5165 as possible. Tel: 0330 303 0112 Reservations available and can be made at: www..co.uk Reservations not available. Cycles carried Virgin Trains operate two types of trains, far as Audley End and Ely. www.chilternrailways.co.uk Reservations can be made: subject to space being available and at the Super Voyager and the Pendolino. • At any station with a staffed ticket office Tandems may be carried on: London Marylebone – Aylesbury • At any staffed station Caledonian Sleepers between Scotland the discretion of the conductor. These trains have racks for up to four • By phone 0845 600 1674 Monday - Friday and London (Until April 2015) cycles. On Pendolino trains one tandem London – Norwich intercity services, Vale Parkway, Stratford-upon-Avon, • On our website Cycles are not permitted on peak time Ipswich – Cambridge / Peterborough Birmingham and Kidderminster. between 0800 and 2000. can be carried. • At our 24 hour customer contact centre Reservations compulsory. Three cycle services arriving into London Monday services and Norwich – Cambridge Reservations not available. Cycles carried, on the above number spaces per train on Inverness to London to Friday between 0700 and 0959, and If you are travelling with a cycle, ask a services. London Liverpool Street – subject to space and at the discretion of staff. Tel: 0845 600 1515 sleeper. Six cycle spaces per train on departing London between 1600 and 1859. member of the station platform team for Southend Victoria, Colchester and Ipswich. all other sleeper services (including the location of the cycle space before www.heathrowexpress.com Exceptions to peak time restrictions: Cycles London Liverpool Street – Chingford, Restrictions apply Monday to Friday on First Great Western Tel: 0345 950 1530 northbound London to Inverness). you board the train. services arriving at London Marylebone permitted if travelling from Gillingham Enfield, Hertford, Cambridge, Kings Lynn. www.gatwickexpress.com London Paddington – Heathrow Airport. Reservations can be made: or Birmingham Moor Street from 0745 to All other ScotRail services. (Kent), Otford & Tonbridge, away from Reservations can be made by calling our Tel: 0845 700 0125 Reservations not available. One cycle 1000 and departing London Marylebone or London Victoria and Brighton – Gatwick London. Cycles also permitted if your • At any staffed station Customer Relations team on 0345 600 www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk space per train. A cycle reservation is compulsory on Birmingham Moor Street from 1630 to 1930. Airport. journey starts in Kent or East Sussex and • Via Virgin Telesales Team 7245 and selecting option 8. services between: High Speed Train services between London, Reservations not available. Restrictions apply Monday to Friday on terminates anywhere before the stations • Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen South Wales and the West Country. services departing Heathrow Airport named above, subject to space. Trains Wales Restrictions apply Monday to Friday on between 0730 and 1000 or departing London • Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness Reservations are compulsory Monday to any services due to arrive or depart from • Glasgow, Oban, Fort William and Mallaig Friday on services arriving into London Paddington between 1630 and 1900. Tel: 0344 822 5822 Tel: 0333 3211 202 London Victoria between 0700 to 1000 or • Aberdeen and Inverness Southern Paddington between 0700 and 1000, or www.eurostar.com www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk 1600 to 1900. • Inverness, Wick, Thurso and Kyle of departing London Paddington between Trains Lochalsh Tel: 0345 127 2920 Bike bags up to 85cm long can be Local, medium and long distance 1500 and 1900. www.southernrailway.com carried on board as part of your services throughout Wales to Cardiff, Grand Central Rail Cycle reservations are also available (but not luggage allowance. Six cycle spaces per train. Tandems can be Tel: 0845 600 0650 West Wales, Aberystwyth, Manchester, compulsory) between Glasgow and Stranraer. London – Surrey, Sussex and South carried on most services. www.southwesttrains.co.uk Bike bags between 85cm and Birmingham International and Holyhead. Tel: 0345 603 4852 East England. CrossCountry www.grandcentralrail.com Isle of Wight only Cycle reservations are available up to 12 120cm long can use turn-up-and-go Reservations recommended. Two cycle Local services between London, the weeks in advance: Reservations not available. registered baggage service £10 each Cotswolds and throughout the Thames Valley. Reservations not available. Four cycle spaces per train. Tel: 0844 811 0124 North Eastern England and Yorkshire to Southern operates trains formed way from London and 15€ from Paris London King’s Cross. spaces per train. • Online at scotrail.co.uk, or Brussels. Local services in and around Cardiff, the www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk Reservations not available. Two cycle spaces • Staffed stations or of multiple units, but in general our Vale of Glamorgan and South Wales Long distance services between per train. Reservations not available. Cycles can be • ScotRail Telesales on 0330 303 0111. services have space for two cycles per Fully assembled cycles or bike Valleys. Scotland, South Wales and England: Restrictions apply Monday to Friday on carried subject to space being available. unit. Cycles are carried subject to space, bags more than 120cm need to use On other ScotRail services, cycle registered baggage service, £25 each East Midlands, East Anglia, North East, services arriving into London Paddington on a first come, first served basis. Reservations not available. Two cycle Newer high speed trains have three cycle Tel: 0844 811 0133 reservations are not available and space way from London, 29€ from Paris or South and South West. between 0745 and 0945, and departing Restrictions apply Monday to Friday spaces per train. spaces in coach B. More traditional Intercity www.londonmidland.com is limited. 25€ from Brussels. Guaranteed same Reservations recommended. Most trains London Paddington between 1630 and 1900. trains: four spaces, two spaces at the front (excluding bank holidays): train bike transfer service is available Restrictions apply Monday to Saturday London – Birmingham, Birmingham – ScotRail Cycle Rescue Service covers have two reservable spaces and one Local, rural and inter-urban services and last carriages. • 0700 to 1000 on any train due to arrive for £30 each way. during peak hours on services to and from Liverpool and local regional services in all ScotRail services, if you are unable to further space for unreserved cycles. throughout the West Country. into London/Brighton or Kensington Cardiff: and around the West Midlands. complete the cycle portion of your journey Taking cycles beyond Paris, Brussels Cycles without a reservation carried Reservations advisable on Cardiff-Portsmouth Great Northern as a result of an accident, vandalism or Olympia. and London bike bags between 85cm • Monday to Friday - arriving into Cardiff subject to space, on a first come, first Reservations not available. Two cycles • 1600 to 1900 on trains due to depart and 120cm can be carried as part between 0730 and 0930, and departing services. Two cycle spaces per train. an irreparable breakdown this service served basis. Tel: 0345 026 4700 per train. from London/Brighton or Kensington luggage allowance. Cardiff between 1600 and 1800. will get you back in the saddle. We’ve Reservations can be made: www.greatnorthernrail.com Olympia. • Saturday – arriving into Cardiff between Reservations can be made: Restrictions apply Monday to Friday 0700 to also arranged discounted cycle hire for To make a reservation in advance or • At any staffed station find out more +44 (0) 344 822 5822, or 1000 and 1400, and departing Cardiff • At any staffed station Reservations not available. 0959 on services arriving into London Euston, rail travellers at various locations across • Via First Great Western’s website www.eurostar.com between 1500 and 1800. • Via our Telesales Team and 1600 to 1859 on services departing Scotland. See website for details. • Via First Great Western’s Telesales Team Restrictions apply Monday to Friday (except London Euston (excluding Public Holidays). public holidays):