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Originally Posted by life through a lens No Myth. Was watching a consumer type programme the other day about train companies and there was an example of a guy who had got on a train with his bike but wasn't allowed to take it through the gates at the other end unless it was wrapped as a present. Ludicrous !!
Would have to agree with the idea of hiring a car or maybe even buying a cheap van type affair just for holidays and declaring SORN for the rest of the year.
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I worked for the railway for many years, any restriction applies to taking the bike on the train itself, when you are on the platform you can unfold it ..... there are no restrictions through the gate. (it is still reasonable to expect you to fold it before you board the train and reasonable to expect you to be prepared prior to the train arriving rather than needlessly causing delay).
There is of course the problem that modern trains can seldon accomodate more than a couple of non-folding bike, this is a simple political issue ..... down to treasury penny pinching.