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Does the London tube have good facilities for carrying bikes?
by worik 4y ago
Does the London tube have good facilities for carrying bikes?
- matth3 4y agoNope, they are not allowed on the underground network unless they are folding bikes.
- Symbiote 4y agoOutside peak hours they are allowed on the sub-surface lines (Circle etc) as those have larger trains and simpler emergency evacuation. It's still not something you'd want to do very often. I think I did it once with a new bicycle that I'd bought from the other side of London, where the route home would have been long and completely new to me. Map of allowed lines: https://content.tfl.gov.uk/cycles-on-public-transport.pdf https://content.tfl.gov.uk/cycles-on-public-transport.pdf
- oakesm9 4y agoNo, but folding bikes are pretty common in London. Those can be taken on trains at any time whereas normal hikes are technically only allowed on off-peak trains.
- iams 4y agoNo. Non folding bikes are not allowed on most tube services in central london. The lines that do allow it don't allow it during rush hour.
- worik 4y agoSo how do all the bikes get into central London?
- yuliyp 4y agoWhile there are certainly some areas like the City of London which are almost exclusively commercial/office, most of London, even the central parts, is a mashup of different land uses including residential. Not everyone commutes in from the suburbs.
- mnd999 4y agoLots of stations have large cycle racks. They just go from office to station and back again.
- dan-robertson 4y agoNot sure I understand your question. I think people cycle them in…
- tim333 4y agoYou can take them on overground trains, though that's kind of restricted at rush hour. I imagine people mostly either cycle from their homes or leave the bike near a station.
- dan-robertson 4y agoFolding bikes are sometimes not allowed