Wessex goes back on Bike Ban.

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Wessex goes back on Bike Ban.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4228407.stm

Wessex Trains has bowed to pressure and will allow bikes on peak-time trains after protests over a recent ban.
The company had barred passengers from taking bikes on its services during the morning and evening rush hours because they took up too much space.

Now it says that a maximum of two bikes will be allowed per service.

Recently, a group of cyclists protested at Bath Spa station by taking a variety of large items on Wessex services such as ironing boards and step ladders.

The group wanted to know if these were allowed why bikes were being banned.

Wessex Trains says the policy has been rescinded because most of its trains now have an extra carriage.

Chris Urwin, from the Western Rail Passengers Committee, said: "Cycling and rail travel work well together and it's great that Wessex Trains have listened to their customers and come forward with this simpler policy."
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Commuter trains are way too small...they really need another coach purely for bikes!
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James wrote:Commuter trains are way too small...they really need another coach purely for bikes!
You'll be wanting 'proper' trains with a loco and coaches next! :P
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Are you saying that you don't? :P
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James wrote:Are you saying that you don't? :P
Everytime I watch a Voyager go past I kick myself because I know just a couple of years back the same service would have been loco-hauled.. and I missed it because I wasn't involved in the hobby back then :(
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