Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Cycle parking and ramps

More on cycle parking and ramp on steps

Here is a rather old picture (of 25 yrs ago or more)  taken at the Station at Mechenheim near Bonn, in Germany.  


It is a small station, but there is undercover parking for about 90 bikes.  But also note the double ramp to cater for wheeling  bicycles and buggies, or wheelchairs, up and down the steps.  

     Some major towns in Holland have underground, secure, bike parking for up to 7000 bikes.  

One of the bicycle under-cover parking facilities at Minden Railway Station (which have been in place for many years).  It also has a large number of secure lockers for bikes on one side, a large open parking area  in front of the main building, and a secure cycle store, with repair shop on the other side., .

It is possible to get a train from The Hook of Holland, via Schiphol, to Minden and beyond into Poland, which takes bikes.

On another wide platform is a secure cycle store, and repair shop.  One can also board trains to Amsterdam, Poland, Switzerland, Denmark, etc.  

  It is quite common for bus stop shelters in Germany and Holland to have a couple of cycle stand, or more,s (usually the Sheffield type) next to bus-shelters

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