Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
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- 47906 Kempen, Germany
Just getting myself organised for the London Freewheel on the 21st and I decided to ring my local train company to check with them about any special conditions of carriage for my Trice. I was rather shocked to discover that I can't actually take it on the train at all as it's wider than 70cm. I explained that if I took the front wheels off it'd be narrower than 70cm but the chap on the phone said that in that case it wouldn't be a bike any longer, it'd be luggage which would have to be specially and safely packed!
I was rather appalled by this and asked to speak to a supervisor who talked to me a bit more and was going to ring my local station to see if they'd accept the trike. I use a trike because of an arm disability and so explained that if I took it apart (as they seemed to want me to do) I probably wouldn't be able to lift it anyway.
Has anyone else had any experience of taking trikes on National Express trains?
I was rather appalled by this and asked to speak to a supervisor who talked to me a bit more and was going to ring my local station to see if they'd accept the trike. I use a trike because of an arm disability and so explained that if I took it apart (as they seemed to want me to do) I probably wouldn't be able to lift it anyway.
Has anyone else had any experience of taking trikes on National Express trains?