Bike carriages rolled out on West Highland rail line

[Jenkins]

Are you listening, Greater Anglia? It's the Dunwich Dynamo this weekend, an event GA deal with by banning all bikes for the day, even folders

I think some of the Scottish cycle carriages are converted from the class 153s that used to run on the Ipswich-Lowestoft line. They only held 2 bikes at any time.

On normal days they have roll on capacity for about 6 bikes. So it’s not all bad. But I wish the train announcement would tell you what bloody carriage the bike bit is. How can I stand at approx right part of platform if I don’t know which carriage I need?

Look for the green stripe along the top of the carriage as it approaches which signifies the bike storage area.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

To add to info Thameslink 12 carriage trains have the bike storage in carriages 3 and 9.

 

[Sallar55]

They say that the extra spaces for bikes are an improvement, we had this and more when the train had a guards van. Was great for impromptu w/ends after looking at the weather forecast on a Thursday night (no need to book). Another on was
the sleeper to the Fort. Dalmuir at 6am, in the Fort for 9am.

 

[matticus]

To add to info Thameslink 12 carriage trains have the bike storage in carriages 3 and 9.

This is Very Useful Info - but located behind a Beware Of The Leopard sign.