Bike carriage rollout on ScotRail over the summer [BBC News]





Date: 13/04/2022

ScotRail has announced it will introduce more bike carriages on trains over the summer. It said all its trains would have spaces for up to 20 cycles as well as bulky sports gear in a dedicated carriage. In 2015, there were 932 bike spaces on ScotRail trains. There are now 1,406. Another 100 spaces will be installed on the fleet of high-speed Inter7City trains by August.


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Bike carriage rollout on ScotRail over the summer
Bikes in carriage on a train

BBC News

ScotRail has announced it will introduce more bike carriages on trains over the summer.

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The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be able to accommodate a tandem as promised.
Location: Glasgow Queen Street High Level
Company: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
14/07/2021 John Yellowlees


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