Eurostar

[Punkawallah]

I thought the spaces were bookable (and maximum box dimensions is a normal thing on public transport, surely?) 🤷‍♂️

What is advertised, and its relationship to Real Life (tm), is often arbitrary - ask any Ryanair customer :-) The dimensions given as acceptable for boxing my ‘83 Galaxy to take it on a flight to Paris meant that I had to choose between pushing my luck, or removing the forks to get everything in. In the space of time between booking a bike place at Kings Cross Station and wheeling it to the platform, I was told the spaces were all taken, and there was no room. Caveat emptor, and all that.
And don’t call me ‘Shirley’ :-)

 

[matticus]

Anyone can TAKE a reservation.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2GmGSNvaM

 

[TomDW]

The whole situation is dire. I feel your pain. I did take my bike back from Paris to Ldn pre pandemic and wasn't that easy even then.

 

[TomDW]

There may be a thread already, tho I looked.

What is the current situation for taking a bike on Eurostar ( have emailed them three times but over 3 months, no reply).

I want to tour the Camargue: the trains would be (Stonehaven) Aberdeen - London (GNER), London - Paris (Eurostar); Paris - Arles (or Avignon - poss TVG or slower train).
I need my bike to get from home to the station in Stonehaven. Not a problem with an assembled bike - a bit of a problem with a disassembled bike. I can book an assembled bike on GNER to London.
I then need to get the short distance from Kings Cross to St Pancras. Not a problem (with an assembled bike, less easy with a bike in a box.
I am not sure if I have to disassemble my bike to take it on EuroStar: it seems one does for the London Paris route.
Once in Paris I need to cross Paris to get from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon: not a problem with an assembled bike, but much trickier with a dissassembled bike.
I also need to spend a night either in London (YHA St Pancras) or Paris (HI next to Gare du Nord) - again easier with an assembled bike.

Needless to say, a bike that is dissassembled (and the bag or box to pack it in) are very much not ideal.

Does anyone have any further or more recent updates.

I am also told I cannot take e-bikes on either EuroStar, Scotrail or GNER trains (I am not intending to take my just purchased e-bike if things go to plan; the e-bike is to build up my stamina again (where I live it is a very steep incline to get out of the town before I can cycle).

Why not hire when you get there? Travelling with ebikes is problematic.